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American investment in British manufacturing industry /

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American investment in British manufacturing industry /

[Book]

John H. Dunning.

Rev. and updated ed.

New York :

Routledge,

1998.

xiii, 341 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and indexes.

1. The growth of US investment in British manufacturing industry -- 2. The present-day scope of American participation in British industry -- 3. The structure and organization of US affiliates in Britain: geographical distribution, size and ownership patterns -- 4. The structure and organization of US affiliates in Britain: financial and managerial supervision of branch units -- 5. Comparative operating methods and productivity in US parent and UK branch plants -- 6. The influence of US firms on UK industrial development and on the efficiency of their UK competitors -- 7. The influence of US firms on their UK suppliers -- 8. The products supplied by US firms and their contribution to industrial productivity and consumer welfare -- 9. Managerial techniques adopted by US firms and their influence on UK ideas and policies -- 10. Overall economic effects and future prospects of US direct investment in the United Kingdom -- 11. Forty years on: American investment in British industry revisited -- App. 1. US affiliates known to be operating in British manufacturing industry, December 1956 -- App. 2. The fifty largest US affiliates and Anglo-US financed firms in UK industry, 1995 -- App. 3. US direct investment in UK manufacturing industry 1950-95 Statistical annexc.

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On the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, Dunning has updated this seminal classic, adding a new introduction and concluding chapter that puts the work in contemporary perspective. This was the first study to examine the extent and impact of foreign direct invesment in a host of countries.

Investments, American-- Great Britain.

Manufacturing industries-- Great Britain.

Direktinvestition.

Direktinvestition.

Investments, American.

Manufacturing industries.

Produzierendes Gewerbe.

Produzierendes Gewerbe.

Great Britain.

Großbritannien.

Großbritannien.

USA.

USA.

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