Attractiveness for investment in innovation is high on the policy agenda in many countries as innovation is a key factor of growth and competitiveness in OECD countries. Virtually all governments are keen to attract international investment by multinational enterprises (MNEs) as a means to...

This dataset provides a comprehensive set of statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) into and out of OECD countries, based on the fourth edition of the OECD Benchmark Edition (BMD4). It combines sectoral and geographical breakdowns for financial flows, income flows and stock data. Data are...