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Contrasts in agglomeration: proto-industrial, industrial and post-industrial forms compared
For geographers and economists, urban agglomeration remains an enduring feature of the industrial landscape and a perennial source of theoretical and empirical interest. Curiously, despite this… Expand
Clusters, Dispersion and the Spaces in Between: For an Economic Geography of the Banal
- N. Phelps
- Economics
- 1 May 2004
While the geographical clustering of economic activities remains an enduring feature of the industrial landscape and a perennial source of theoretical and empirical interest, the geographical scale… Expand
Cluster or Capture? Manufacturing Foreign Direct Investment, External Economies and Agglomeration
- N. Phelps
- Economics
- 1 May 2008
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… Expand
Multinationals, Intracorporate Competition, and Regional Development*
- N. Phelps, Crispian Fuller
- Economics
- 1 July 2000
Abstract In this paper we concentrate on a neglected process in the restructuring of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the formation of spatial divisions of labor. Existing conceptions of… Expand
Post-Suburban Europe: Planning and Politics at the Margins of Europe's Capital Cities
- N. Phelps, N. Parsons, D. Ballas, A. Dowling
- Geography
- 2006
Post-suburbia is a term that encapsulates a variety of contemporary urban forms, in particular the 'edge city' - a term used to describe the rapid growth of new urban centres at the edges of… Expand
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On the edge of something big: edge-city economic development in Croydon, South London
- N. Phelps
- Sociology
- 1 October 1998
The New Post-suburban Politics?
- N. Phelps, Andrew Wood
- Sociology
- 1 September 2011
Settlements variously termed ‘ex-urbs’, ‘edge cities’, ‘technoburbs’ are taken to signal something different from suburbia and as a consequence might be considered post-suburban. Existing literature… Expand
Multinational Enterprises, Repeat Investment and the Role of Aftercare Services in Wales and Ireland
- Crispian Fuller, N. Phelps
- Economics
- 1 October 2004
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… Expand
Lost in Translation? Local Interests, Global Actors and Inward Investment Regimes
- N. Phelps, Andrew Wood
- Economics
- 1 August 2006
Global economic integration is often viewed as a process orchestrated from 'above' by constituents of an emergent transnational class. Yet such perspectives neglect the autonomous contributions made… Expand
Small Firms, Borrowed Size and the Urban‐Rural Shift
- N. Phelps, R. Fallon, C. L. Williams
- Economics
- 1 October 2001
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… Expand