Lang, Mark  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-2273, Huggins, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-8614, Munday, Max ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-2481 and Roberts, Annette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6617-7808
2026.
Regional development and global production networks: The case of the semiconductor industry in Wales.
Regional Studies
60
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, 2608704.
10.1080/00343404.2025.2608704
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Business (Including Economics) Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0034-3404 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 22 December 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 19 December 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2026 13:10 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183401 |
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