The general benefits of attracting FDI, HR and firms are commonly recognized by policy makers and analysts. Although it may seem natural to argue that most regions would like to attract FDI investment because it creates jobs, transfers technology and leads to more trade, existent literature...

We present evidence on the Italian outward foreign direct investment. We compare it with other outward foreign direct investment statistics in order to measure and characterise its specificity. We use data on the ranking of Multinationals in order to add further considerations to the conclusion...