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In France, as in several other developed countries, the public debate on matters related to foreign direct investment (FDI) often leads to intense controversies. At the beginning of the 1990s, the questions raised were mostly related to outward FDI and (more precisely) to the phenomenon of relocation abroad. At the end of the decade, however, several discussions were focused on questions dealing with inward capital flows, such as the fast growing influence of foreign institutional investors in the capital structure of domestic firms (Morin, 1998) or topics such as ‘the nationality of the firm’ (Commissariat Général du Plan, or CGP, 1999a) or France’s attractiveness as a business location (Lavenir etal., 2001).
This chapter does not necessarily reflect the view of the CGP. The author would like to thank Dominique Francoz (of the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology) for providing some recent data, and Mohamed Harfi (CGP) for useful comments on an earlier draft. The usual disclaimers apply.
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Lallement, R. (2002). Foreign-owned Firms and the Competitiveness of France as a Host Country: A Focus on Foreign Trade and Innovation Issues. In: Jungnickel, R. (eds) Foreign-owned Firms. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503434_6
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