Assessing the impacts of foreign manufacturing on regional economies: The cases of Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands

This paper examines the direct and indirect contributions made by foreign m anufacturing companies to the regional economies of Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands. Survey data derived from foreign manufacturers in each regi on were used in conjunction with regional input-output tables to assess the comparative contributions of defined foreign and domestically owned sector s to regional value added. The analyses are a starting point for the more a ccurate targeting of regional resources to industry sectors in the respecti ve regional economies.