P A Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3719013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P A Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | P A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Geography, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAP, England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5239-2160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 149 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the context of the new UK contaminated land regime and incl…
Regional Influences on Foreign Market Development by Business Service Companies: Elements of a Strategic Context Explanation
O'FARRELL P. N., WOOD P. A. and ZHENG J. (1998) Regional influences on foreign market development by business service companies: elements of a strategic context explanation, Reg. Studies 32 , 31-48. The internationalization literature - both of manufacturing and services - has concentrated upon the issue of entry, and largely ignored post-entry behaviour and market development. A major aim of this paper, therefore, is to present evidence on forei…
Internationalisation by Business Service Firms: Towards a New Regionally Based Conceptual Framework
In this paper we critically review the applicability of the dominant paradigm of international production theory, internalisation theory, and the eclectic paradigm, concluding that they are of very limited utility in analysing the process of internationalisation by business service firms. The principal aim is to conceptualise the influence of three key dimensions of business service activity on internationalisation: the external relations and pat…
Internationalization of Business Services: An Interregional Analysis
O'FARRELL P. N., Wood P. A. and ZHENG J. (1996) Internationalization of business services: an interregional analysis, Reg. Studies 30, 101–118. Internationalization behaviour by business service firms in Scotland and the South East of England is analysed. Evidence is outlined on level of internationalization, time profile of entry into foreign markets, location of foreign markets, mode of entry into first and largest foreign markets, and behaviou…
Internationalisation by Business Services: A Methodological Critique of Foreign-Market Entry-Mode Choice
In this paper the work of geographers, economists, and management scientists in studying interregional and international expansion by service companies is reviewed. A critique is presented of some of the fundamental methodological problems inherent in analysing foreign-market entry-mode choice. These are particularly apparent when studying the process of business service-sector internationalisation. Issues discussed include inconsistencies in the…
Regional Patterns of Small Firm Development in the Business Services: Evidence from the United Kingdom
The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially the role of small firms. Reports the results of an intensive questionnaire survey, undertaken in 1991, of a sample of small management consultancy and market research companies in three areas; inner London, the outer south east, and north west England. In interpreting the demand and supply characteristics of these firms, emphasis is placed on their …
The Role of Services in Urban and Regional Development: Recent Debates and New Directions
The growing prominence of service activities in the advanced economies poses a substantial challenge for studies of urban and regional development. This paper is a review of different approaches to the analysis of service growth. Studies directed specifically at the development of producer or information services have contributed a valuable sense of the way in which services are leading economic change. They are, however, constrained by the predo…
The Geography of the World Economy
The anatomy of job loss and job creation: Some speculations on the role of the ‘producer service’ sector
Wood P. A. (1986) The anatomy of job loss and job creation: some speculations on the role of the 'producer service' sector, Reg. Studies 20, 37–46. Studies of recent employment trends in the United Kingdom have highlighted job losses arising from restructuring by large manufacturing firms. This paper examines the relationships between this and other shifts in labour demand, emphasizing the complexity of change and especially the growing importanc…
Policy Responses to Urban and Regional Economic Change in Britain: Discussion
Industrial organisation, location and planning
Wood P. A. (1978) Industrial organisation, location and planning, Reg. Studies 12, 143–152. Discusses some of the issues that preoccupy industrial geographers at present, concentrating especially upon the spatial significance of modern industrial organisation. Progress in the subject is summarised into three principles, relating to the study of location change, industrial linkage patterns and the regional impact of manufacturing activity. In expl…
Location Theory and Spatial Analysis
Capital investment and regional planning in Britain
Industrial Linkage and Local Agglomeration in the West Midlands Metal Industries
Sample establishments in the metal industries of the West Midlands conurbation are classified according to the number and function of their material linkages with other establishments. Three industries are examined and compared: ironfoundry, dropforgings and lock and latch production. Multivariate ordination techniques are employed to assess the combined influence of various linkages, and to identify different arrays of local and non-local connec…
Character of a Conurbation: A Computer Atlas of Birmingham and the Black Country
Industrial Linkage and Local Agglomeration in the West Midlands Metal Industries
Sample establishments in the metal industries of the West Midlands conurbation are classified according to the number and function of their material linkages with other establishments. Three industries are examined and compared: ironfoundry, dropforgings and lock and latch production. Multivariate ordination techniques are employed to assess the combined influence of various linkages, and to identify different arrays of local and non-local connec…
Internationalization of Business Services: An Interregional Analysis
O'FARRELL P. N., Wood P. A. and ZHENG J. (1996) Internationalization of business services: an interregional analysis, Reg. Studies 30, 101–118. Internationalization behaviour by business service firms in Scotland and the South East of England is analysed. Evidence is outlined on level of internationalization, time profile of entry into foreign markets, location of foreign markets, mode of entry into first and largest foreign markets, and behaviou…
The Role of Services in Urban and Regional Development: Recent Debates and New Directions
The growing prominence of service activities in the advanced economies poses a substantial challenge for studies of urban and regional development. This paper is a review of different approaches to the analysis of service growth. Studies directed specifically at the development of producer or information services have contributed a valuable sense of the way in which services are leading economic change. They are, however, constrained by the predo…
The Geography of the World Economy
The anatomy of job loss and job creation: Some speculations on the role of the ‘producer service’ sector
Wood P. A. (1986) The anatomy of job loss and job creation: some speculations on the role of the 'producer service' sector, Reg. Studies 20, 37–46. Studies of recent employment trends in the United Kingdom have highlighted job losses arising from restructuring by large manufacturing firms. This paper examines the relationships between this and other shifts in labour demand, emphasizing the complexity of change and especially the growing importanc…
Regional Patterns of Small Firm Development in the Business Services: Evidence from the United Kingdom
The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially the role of small firms. Reports the results of an intensive questionnaire survey, undertaken in 1991, of a sample of small management consultancy and market research companies in three areas; inner London, the outer south east, and north west England. In interpreting the demand and supply characteristics of these firms, emphasis is placed on their …
Industrial organisation, location and planning
Wood P. A. (1978) Industrial organisation, location and planning, Reg. Studies 12, 143–152. Discusses some of the issues that preoccupy industrial geographers at present, concentrating especially upon the spatial significance of modern industrial organisation. Progress in the subject is summarised into three principles, relating to the study of location change, industrial linkage patterns and the regional impact of manufacturing activity. In expl…
Regional Influences on Foreign Market Development by Business Service Companies: Elements of a Strategic Context Explanation
O'FARRELL P. N., WOOD P. A. and ZHENG J. (1998) Regional influences on foreign market development by business service companies: elements of a strategic context explanation, Reg. Studies 32 , 31-48. The internationalization literature - both of manufacturing and services - has concentrated upon the issue of entry, and largely ignored post-entry behaviour and market development. A major aim of this paper, therefore, is to present evidence on forei…
Internationalisation by Business Service Firms: Towards a New Regionally Based Conceptual Framework
In this paper we critically review the applicability of the dominant paradigm of international production theory, internalisation theory, and the eclectic paradigm, concluding that they are of very limited utility in analysing the process of internationalisation by business service firms. The principal aim is to conceptualise the influence of three key dimensions of business service activity on internationalisation: the external relations and pat…
Character of a Conurbation: A Computer Atlas of Birmingham and the Black Country
Internationalisation by Business Services: A Methodological Critique of Foreign-Market Entry-Mode Choice
In this paper the work of geographers, economists, and management scientists in studying interregional and international expansion by service companies is reviewed. A critique is presented of some of the fundamental methodological problems inherent in analysing foreign-market entry-mode choice. These are particularly apparent when studying the process of business service-sector internationalisation. Issues discussed include inconsistencies in the…
Character of a Conurbation: A Computer Atlas of Birmingham and the Black Country
Industrial Linkage and Local Agglomeration in the West Midlands Metal Industries
Sample establishments in the metal industries of the West Midlands conurbation are classified according to the number and function of their material linkages with other establishments. Three industries are examined and compared: ironfoundry, dropforgings and lock and latch production. Multivariate ordination techniques are employed to assess the combined influence of various linkages, and to identify different arrays of local and non-local connec…
Capital investment and regional planning in Britain
Location Theory and Spatial Analysis
Industrial organisation, location and planning
Wood P. A. (1978) Industrial organisation, location and planning, Reg. Studies 12, 143–152. Discusses some of the issues that preoccupy industrial geographers at present, concentrating especially upon the spatial significance of modern industrial organisation. Progress in the subject is summarised into three principles, relating to the study of location change, industrial linkage patterns and the regional impact of manufacturing activity. In expl…
Policy Responses to Urban and Regional Economic Change in Britain: Discussion
The anatomy of job loss and job creation: Some speculations on the role of the ‘producer service’ sector
Wood P. A. (1986) The anatomy of job loss and job creation: some speculations on the role of the 'producer service' sector, Reg. Studies 20, 37–46. Studies of recent employment trends in the United Kingdom have highlighted job losses arising from restructuring by large manufacturing firms. This paper examines the relationships between this and other shifts in labour demand, emphasizing the complexity of change and especially the growing importanc…
The Geography of the World Economy
The Role of Services in Urban and Regional Development: Recent Debates and New Directions
The growing prominence of service activities in the advanced economies poses a substantial challenge for studies of urban and regional development. This paper is a review of different approaches to the analysis of service growth. Studies directed specifically at the development of producer or information services have contributed a valuable sense of the way in which services are leading economic change. They are, however, constrained by the predo…
Regional Patterns of Small Firm Development in the Business Services: Evidence from the United Kingdom
The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially the role of small firms. Reports the results of an intensive questionnaire survey, undertaken in 1991, of a sample of small management consultancy and market research companies in three areas; inner London, the outer south east, and north west England. In interpreting the demand and supply characteristics of these firms, emphasis is placed on their …
Internationalisation by Business Services: A Methodological Critique of Foreign-Market Entry-Mode Choice
In this paper the work of geographers, economists, and management scientists in studying interregional and international expansion by service companies is reviewed. A critique is presented of some of the fundamental methodological problems inherent in analysing foreign-market entry-mode choice. These are particularly apparent when studying the process of business service-sector internationalisation. Issues discussed include inconsistencies in the…
Internationalization of Business Services: An Interregional Analysis
O'FARRELL P. N., Wood P. A. and ZHENG J. (1996) Internationalization of business services: an interregional analysis, Reg. Studies 30, 101–118. Internationalization behaviour by business service firms in Scotland and the South East of England is analysed. Evidence is outlined on level of internationalization, time profile of entry into foreign markets, location of foreign markets, mode of entry into first and largest foreign markets, and behaviou…
Regional Influences on Foreign Market Development by Business Service Companies: Elements of a Strategic Context Explanation
O'FARRELL P. N., WOOD P. A. and ZHENG J. (1998) Regional influences on foreign market development by business service companies: elements of a strategic context explanation, Reg. Studies 32 , 31-48. The internationalization literature - both of manufacturing and services - has concentrated upon the issue of entry, and largely ignored post-entry behaviour and market development. A major aim of this paper, therefore, is to present evidence on forei…
Internationalisation by Business Service Firms: Towards a New Regionally Based Conceptual Framework
In this paper we critically review the applicability of the dominant paradigm of international production theory, internalisation theory, and the eclectic paradigm, concluding that they are of very limited utility in analysing the process of internationalisation by business service firms. The principal aim is to conceptualise the influence of three key dimensions of business service activity on internationalisation: the external relations and pat…
Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the context of the new UK contaminated land regime and incl…
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