29/07/2015
Barcelona, an Attractive City for Foreign Direct Investments
Barcelona, an Attractive City for Foreign Direct Investments
Barcelona is the eighth European city in terms of attractiveness for company investment, according to the European Attractiveness Survey 2015 elaborated Ernst & Young. The Top 3 are London, Paris and Berlin.
This ranking was performed based on 808 responses from investors (52% European, 30% from the USA and 18% from Asia and the rest of the world). The study defines attractiveness as a combination of a city’s image, the confidence it inspires in investors and the perception of competitiveness that foreign investors have of each area.
This document also gives the Top 10 European urban areas projects based on foreign direct investments. In this ranking based on compiled figures obtained for the Ernst & Young 's Global Investment Monitor 2015, Catalonia (Barcelona) ranked 4th in 2014 with 108 projects, after Greater London, Greater Paris and Darmstadt (Frankfurt).
Image: Port of Barcelona (www.catalonia.com)
This ranking was performed based on 808 responses from investors (52% European, 30% from the USA and 18% from Asia and the rest of the world). The study defines attractiveness as a combination of a city’s image, the confidence it inspires in investors and the perception of competitiveness that foreign investors have of each area.
This document also gives the Top 10 European urban areas projects based on foreign direct investments. In this ranking based on compiled figures obtained for the Ernst & Young 's Global Investment Monitor 2015, Catalonia (Barcelona) ranked 4th in 2014 with 108 projects, after Greater London, Greater Paris and Darmstadt (Frankfurt).
Image: Port of Barcelona (www.catalonia.com)
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