Regional development and the international division of labour

Industrialisation in developing countries and a de-industrialisation to a certain degree in for example Europe during the past two decades is often described as a New International Di vision of Labour. This reshuffling of product lines and industrial jobs on a world-scale is analysed in this book for an industrially 'un derdeveloped' region in the Netherlands with an emphasis on the role of multinational cor porations in this process of 'global shift'. Special attention is paid to different reasons for firms operating internationally as to where and why they establish their affiliates. Furthermore industrialisation in India and the role of Dutch Multinationals is analysed within the same theoretical context.

Tentatively, it is asked in the end whether there might be in developing countries as well as in industrialised countries comparable develop ments with regard to industrialisation, job creation, and the role of (provincial) govern ments when multinational corporations have a dominant influence on these issues.