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Multinationals and the Branch Plant Economy: An Investigation of Plant Quality in Yorkshire and Humberside and Northern Ireland

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Crone, M.
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This paper seeks to contribute to longstanding but recently revived debates about the nature of the branch plant economy in the UK regions. It introduces new empirical evidence on the "quality" of MNE plants in Yorkshire and Humberside and Northern Ireland.

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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Working Papers NIERC. with number 51.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Handle: RePEc:eri:niercp:51

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Keywords: REGIONAL ECONOMY ; ECONOMIC POLICY;

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