PHELPS N. A., MACKINNON D., STONE I. and BRAIDFORD P. (2003) Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England, Reg. Studies 37 , 27-40. The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) upon host regions is a topic of...

Urban Tourism: Performance and Strategies in Eight European Cities, L. Van DEN Berg, J. Van DEN Borg and J. Van DER Meer, Avebury, Aldershot (1995). x+226 pp. £32.50 (hbk). ISBN 1 85972 152 4. Post-Fordism: A Reader, A. Amin (Ed), Blackwell, Oxford (1994). ix+435 pp. £13.99 (pbk). ISBN 0631...

In this paper we suggest that some elements of the observed urban-rural shift in firm formation and growth may centre on the phenomenon of 'borrowed size'. In doing so, we make a link between literature on the geography of small firm formation and growth, the theory of agglomeration and the...

Phelps N. A. Cluster or capture? Manufacturing foreign direct investment, external economies and agglomeration, Regional Studies. This paper reviews the nature and significance of external economies associated with multinational enterprise (MNE) participation in the manufacturing industries of...

TEWDWR-JONES M. and PHELPS N. A. (2000) Levelling the uneven playing field: inward investment, interregional rivalry and the planning system, Reg. Studies 34 , 429-440. Concern has been mounting recently over the increasing intensity of competition among British regions for foreign direct...

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...

STONE I. and PECK F. (1996) The foreign-owned manufacturing sector in UK peripheral regions, 1978-1993: restructuring and comparative performance, Reg. Studies 30, 55-68. This paper presents an analysis of foreign direct investment (FDI) trends since the late 1970s in the four main peripheral...

Birch K., MacKinnon D. and Cumbers A. Old industrial regions in Europe: a comparative assessment of economic performance, Regional Studies. Recent academic and policy discourses on regional development in Europe promote the expansion of 'knowledge-based' economies and learning regions. The...