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Multinational Enterprises, Repeat Investment and the Role of Aftercare Services in Wales and Ireland

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  • Crispian Fuller
  • Nicholas Phelps

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Fuller C. and Phelps N. A. (2004) Multinational enterprises, repeat investment and the role of aftercare services in Wales and Ireland, Regional Studies38, 783-801. Repeat investment by multinational enterprises (MNEs) at 'foreign owned establishments' has become an important form of investment in recent years and, as such, can be considered a significant aspect of the nexus between corporate processes and host territorial economies. In terms of the latter, socio-institutional factors, operating within regional contexts, have increasingly been cited as underpinning prosperous 'economic spaces'. The paper examines the role of regional aftercare assistance (in the case of Wales), defined as services provided directly to MNEs (such as local sourcing initiatives) in comparison with central government aftercare services (in the case of Ireland) and general supply-side conditions. By examining MNEs in the 'electronics-related' sector in Wales and Ireland, it is found that while regional aftercare has a relative level of significance compared with national aftercare and certain supply-side conditions, particular labour market factors are of far greater importance. Further case study analysis examines the corporate processes determining the importance of aftercare services in Wales and Ireland, with the findings indicating that a heterogeneous range of corporate processes and sector dynamics influence the significance of this form of support. Fuller C. et Phelps N. A. (2004) L'investissement accru des societes multinationales et le role des services de suivi aux pays de Galles et en Irlande, Regional Studies38, 783- 801. L'investissement accru des societes multinationales dans les etablissements a capital etranger est devenu un outil d'investissement important dans les dernieres annees et, en tant que tel, pourrait etre considere une connexion cle entre les processus d'enterprise et les economies d'accueil. Quant a ces dernieres, on affirme de plus en plus que sur le plan regional, des facteurs socio-institutionnels etayent les 'espaces economiques' prosperes. Cet article cherche a examiner le role des services de suivi regionaux (pour ce qui est des pays de Galles), definis comme les services fournis directemment aux entreprises multinationales (tels les initiatives en faveur des sources d'approvisionnement local) par rapport aux services de suivi offerts par l'administration centrale (dans le cas de l'Irlande) et face aux conditions generales de l'offre. En examinant les societes multinationales du secteur 'lie a l'electronique' aux pays de Galles et en Irlande, tandis que les services de suivi regionaux sont d'une importance relative par rapport aux services de suivi nationaux et a certaines conditions de l'offre, des facteurs particuliers lies au marche du travail sont d'une plus grande importance. A partir des etudes de cas, d'autres analyses examinent les processus d'entreprise qui determinent l'importance des services de suivi aux pays de Galles et en Irlande, et dont les resultats laissent voir qu'une gamme heterogene de processus d'entreprise et de dynamiques sectorielles influent sur l'importance de cette forme d'assistance. Fuller C. und Phelps N. A. (2004) Mehrstaatliche Unternehmen, Wiederholungsinvestierungen und die Rolle der nachtraglichen Behandlungsdienstleistungen in Wales und Irland, Regional Studies38, 783-801. Wiederholt vorgenommene Investierungen mehrstaatlicher Unternehmen (multi-national enterprises=MNE) in im Fremdbesitz befindlichen Niederlassungen (foreign-owned establishments=FOE) sind im Laufe der letzten Jahre zu einer wichtigen Form der Investierung geworden und konnen als solche als signifikanter Aspekt der Verflechtung von korporativen Verfahren und Wirtschaften des Wirtschaftsgebietes betrachtet werden. Was die letzteren angeht, sind sozial-institutionelle Faktoren, die sich in regionalen Zusammenhangen auswirken, zunehmend als die Stutzen wohlhabender Wirtschaftraume zitiert worden. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die Rolle der regionalen Hilfestellung bei nachtraglicher Betreuung (im Falle Wales), die, im Vergleich mit Nachbehandlungsdienstleistungen der Regierung in London (im Falle Nordirland) und allgemeinen Bedingungen seitens der Angebote als direkt von MNE (wie z.B. ortlichen Beschaffungsinitiativen) zur Verfugung gestellt definiert werden. Durch Untersuchung der MNE im 'Elektronik verwandten' Sektor in Wales und Irland wurde festgestellt, dass, obschon regionaler Nachbehandlung im Vergleich mit uberregionaler nachtraglicher Betreuung und bestimmten Versorgungsbedingungen eine gewisse relative Bedeutung zukommt, bestimmte Arbeitsmarktfaktoren von weitaus grosserer Wichtigkeit sind. Weitere Fallstudienanalysen untersuchen Firmenverfahren, welche die Bedeutung von Nachbehandlungsdienstleistungen in Wales und Irland bestimmen, wobei die Befunde anzeigen, dass eine heterogene Auswahl gemeinsamer Verfahren und Sektorendynamik die Bedeutung dieser Form von Unterstutzung beeinflusst. Fuller C. y Phelps N. A. (2004) Empresas multinacionales, inversion repetida y el papel de los servicios post-cuidado en el Pais de Gales y en Irlanda, Regional Studies38, 783-801. La inversion repetida por parte de las empresas multinacionales (EMNs) en los establecimientos de propiedad extranjera se ha convertido en una forma de inversion importante en los ultimos anos y, como tal, puede considerarse como un aspecto significativo del nexo entre los procesos corporativos y las economias territoriales anfitrionas. En lo que se refiere a las ultimas, los factores socio-institucionales, operando dentro de contextos regionales, se han citado con mayor frecuencia como espacios economicos prosperos subyacentes. Este articulo examina el papel de la asistencia post- cuidado regional (en el caso del Pais de Gales), definida como los servicios que se ofrecen directamente a las EMNs (como por ejemplo iniciativas de fuentes locales) en comparacion con los servicios de asistencia post-cuidado ofrecidos por el gobierno central (en el caso de Irlanda) y condiciones generales del lado de la oferta. Examinando las EMNs en el sector relacionado con la electronica en el Pais de Gales y en Irlanda, encontramos que mientras que la asistencia post-cuidado regional tiene un nivel de significancia relativo comparado con la asistencia post-cuidado nacional y con ciertas condiciones del lado de la oferta, ciertos factores relacionados con el mercado laboral tienen una importancia mucho mayor. A continuacion un analisis de estudios de casos examina los procesos corporativos determinando la importancia de los servicios post-cuidado en el Pais de Gales y en Irlanda, con los resultados indicando que una variedad heterogenea de procesos corporativos y de dinamicas del sector influye en la significancia de esta forma de asistencia.

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  • Crispian Fuller & Nicholas Phelps, 2004. "Multinational Enterprises, Repeat Investment and the Role of Aftercare Services in Wales and Ireland," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(7), pages 783-801.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:38:y:2004:i:7:p:783-801
    DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000265269
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