Retreat from the regions : corporate change and the closure of factories

Author(s)

• Fothergill, Steve
• Guy, Nigel
• Regional Studies Association (London, England)

Bibliographic Information

Retreat from the regions : corporate change and the closure of factories

Stephen Fothergill and Nigel Guy

（Regional policy and development series, 1）

Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Regional Studies Association, 1990

• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. [182]-187

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Multi-plant companies are the dominant component of most regional economies. For much of the post-war period such companies enjoyed unprecedented expansion, but for more than a decade now they have been involved in major restructuring, leading to the closure of factories and to redundancy for thousands of workers. As a result, some localities have been plunged into a recession from which they have not recovered. The book explores two crucial questions. Firstly, the reasons why a company finds that it needs to close a factory, and secondly, how it decides exactly which of its factories to close. This book places branch closures within the context of wider debates about the nature of industrial change in the last part of the century, including the impact of new technology and working practices, the internationalization of production and de-industrialization. It considers discussions about appropriate policies for assisting in the economic development of lagging regions, including the role of possible new branch factories and the sorts of initiatives needed to retain and up-grade the jobs in existing branches.

Table of Contents

• The industrial economy in transition
• the great recession
• branch plants and regional policy
• new branches for old
• the de-industrialization debate
• structure of the book
• the rise and fall of the branch plant
• the opening of new branches
• acquisitions
• the impact of regional economics
• branch closures - statistical studies
• case studies of corporate restructuring
• the limitations of previous research
• closures, North and South
• the study areas
• the investigation
• what sort of factory closes?
• the branch/subsidiary distinction
• why a closure?
• the closure decision
• the reasons for closure
• closure processes
• the reasons for closure - some conclusions
• why this factory?
• the selection procedure
• the final decision
• the factory's role
• operational factors
• locational difficulties
• property factors
• the selection process - some conclusions
• case study - Northern Ireland
• the growth of externally-owned industry
• survey evidence
• the troubles
• peripherality
• management and labour
• grants
• Norther Ireland's problem
• the impact of closures
• branches and uneven development
• key conclusions
• closures in the assisted areas
• core and periphery
• a policy response
• saving jobs
• the case for regional policy
• the role of the branch factory.

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Details

• NCID: BA12317063
• ISBN:
  • 1853021016
  • 1853021008
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 192 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC7 : 601
  • LCC : HD2328
  • DC20 : 338
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Industry
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12317110