Inward Investment: An Overview and Guide to the Literature

To most people “inward investment” implies companies, particularly foreign‐owned manufacturers, establishing new plants in economically depressed areas. Probably the best known case in the UK is Nissan setting up shop near Sunderland, but numerous other examples abound particularly in South Wales, Central Scotland and North‐east England. Foreign inward investment is certainly the focus of this book, a publication in the Science Reference and Information Service (SRIS) “Keynote” and “Urban issues” series. The author, now a consultant but previously a researcher at the Welsh Development Agency, bases the publication firmly on the UK experience. Much of the review material relates to...