Structural Change in the World Economy

1. Introduction John Dunning and Allan Webster, University of Reading 2. U.K Manufacturing Industry : Structural Change, Competitiveness and Future Propsects - a Lesson for Other Countries ? John Reynolds, Prudential-Bache Capital Funding Ltd 3. Historical Perspectives on Structural Change and Economic Decline, Stephen Nicholas, University of New South Wales 4. Competition, Innovation and Industrial Performance, Kirsty Hughes, University of Manchester 5. The Role of Services in Global Structural Change, Peter Gray, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A 6. The Growing Internationalisation of Industry: a Comparison of the Changing Structure of Company Activity in the Major Industrialised Countries John Cantwell, University of Reading 7. Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment: A Study of Recent Evidence Jeremy Clegg, University of Bath 8. Restructuring Among the Largest Firms: Changing Geographical and Industrial Diversification, Robert D. Pearce, University of Reading, 9. Japanese Manufacturing Investment and the Restructuring of UK Industry, John H. Dunning, Universities of Reading and Rutgers, 10. Trade Liberalisation and Specialisation in Manufactured Goods Chris Milner, University of Loughborough, 11. Voluntary Export Restraints and Lobbying: Another Example of the Non-Equivalence of Equivalent Restrictions, David Greenway, University of Nottingham 12. Skills in International Trade, Allan Webster.