TY - JOUR AB - This PEP report finds that firms opening new factories in the Special Development Areas have varied greatly in their experience, but for every firm dissatisfied with its development area location there were four others which were pleased. While some firms have run into serious difficulties, and most made losses in the first year or two, nearly all the firms in the survey looked forward to further expansion and expected a viable future. VL - 1 IS - 1 SN - 0140-9174 DO - 10.1108/eb027680 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027680 AU - Northcott Jim PY - 1978 Y1 - 1978/01/01 TI - Industry in the Development Areas: The Experience of Firms Opening New Factories T2 - Management Research News PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 14 EP - 14 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -