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...The current period of globalisation seems to be entering a second phase. After a period of quick moves, massive investments in emerging locations, pressure on suppliers and crises in undersized, labour-intensive industries, investors are looking at consolidating and ensuring their return on investment...
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...In 2005, foreign direct investment (FDI) in France doubled to €40 billion, making us the world’s fourthranked destination for inward FDI. Outside the financial and government sectors, one out of every seven employees works for the subsidiary of a foreign company – more than in Germany, the UK or the Netherlands. All in all, close to 2 million French jobs are linked to foreign investments, which generate 30,000 jobs a year on average...
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...The originality of this survey resides in a twofold approach: firstly, the survey is based on opinions expressed by several hundred executives. Secondly, the survey compares the perceptions of these decision-makers with their actual investments, which have been analysed in the European Investment Monitor since 1997...
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Plans to create a scoreboard to measure the attractiveness of France were unveiled at the first World Conference on International Investment in May 2003. The scoreboard plays a key role in conducting and monitoring the government’s attractiveness policy. By tracking a series of indicators, it provides an objective basis for measuring how France is faring against its main competitors. In so doing, the scoreboard helps to shape eff orts to enhance France’s appeal. Th e latest round of measures was announced in February 2005 at the second government seminar on attractiveness.
> Dowload this surveyImplementation of the Lisbon Partnership for Growth and Jobs - The Contribution of Regions and Cities
A sustainable Lisbon strategy requires greater participation at the planning stage and a more decentralised implementation. Lisbon reforms must, therefore, involve EU Regions and Cities to a greater extent and at an early stage.
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