Case study explores regional economic development through global production networks in Wales' semiconductor industry, indicating potential for growth.
This article explores the interface between global production networks and regional economic development. The case study focuses on the semiconductor industry in Wales where multinational enterprises are, with regional institutions, developing deeper forms of regional embeddedness. Although these firms boost the Welsh and UK economies through wage, export and knowledge effects, their scope to support more fundamental regional development is constrained by their internationally focused trade patterns. The case raises issues as to how the semiconductor industry might, in seeking to advance regional development, improve domestic up- and downstream supply chain integration, whilst not undermining its international cooperation and trade.
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