The Foreign Company's Location Investment Decision and Its Role in British Regional Development

Source Country Differences in the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

“…This leads to a preference for border locations. Entrep6t cities are favored in direct investment because they contain an established network of service and warehouse facilities that are easily reoriented from import functions to production (Law 1980). In addition, more reliable knowledge of the economies of entrep6t cities allows foreign firms to identify, in those cities, sources of material, labor, and service inputs.…”

Causal Processes in Spatial Labour Markets

“…The quantitative aspect of being part of a large firm, for example a multinational, causes spatially differentiated employment effects which are, however, not unambiguous. Which location will be selected in a country depends on, among other things, the country of origin (Blackbourn 1982), the experiences gained in a certain country and the government activities (Law 1980). The number of jobs created at the selected locations may be quite considerable.…”

Third World Multinationals and South Africa’s Decentralization Programme

“…68, No. 2, 1986 Downloaded by [University of Birmingham] Lloyd, 1976Lloyd, , 1980McDermott, 1977;Law, 1980;Watts, 1979Watts, , 1980bCunningham, 1981;McConnell, 1980McConnell, , 1983Edgington, 1984; o hUallachain, 1985). Nevertheless, excepting Forbes' (1986) examination of the spatial aspects of Third World multinationals in Indonesia, the extant literature overwhelmingly deals with location decisions made by enterprises whose parent company is based in developed or First World countries.…”