This book brings together previous work by the authors that explores the
location of foreign direct investment. It uses a broad range of
approaches and quantitative techniques. The issues that are addressed
concern the changing nature of FDI location, its determinants, and the
role of policy in attracting FDI. The chapters of this book focus on the
UK experience, but also analyse the location determinants at a European
level. The authors present expert analysis that charts the increase in
FDI since the mid-1980s and examines the shift in manufacturing and
service location, arguing that these result from policy changes and the
creation of the European Single Market. Overall, the book finds that the
regional benefit of FDI location is unlikely to be long-lasting, owing
both to the nature of plant reinvestment and to the effect of
agglomeration economics on FDI location.