"The best summary of FDI successes and easy to follow lessons out there. This book is clearly the most up to date and informative publication on this topic." Robert J., Head of Economic Development for a European country. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Attraction continues to become and ever more competitive effort and geographic regions are competing for corporate investors on the basis of more than jut costs & tax incentives. The chapter authors share specific successes of their cities, regions or countries, including: -USA -Portugal -Switzerland -North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -St. Gallen Bodensee Area, Switzerland -Sheffield City Region, UK -Sao Paulo, Brazil Each chapter gives concrete success stories and offers specific steps to follow to create similar success. Experts in global fdi attraction and business development share their decades of experience and some exciting new ways they are succeeding.