The attraction for international investment

France, the 1st European choice for R&D investments

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France has massively raised international R&D investments these last few years. Up by 40%, the R&D sector now represents 10% of jobs created, thanks to foreign investment.

Projects for administrative centers and head offices installation have also increased considerably (+ 40.3% in 2002).

Rhône-Alpes remains attractive

The Rhône-Alpes region confirms its international image by retaining a large amount of foreign capital.

The share of establishments depending on this capital has thus risen to 29% in industry, 20% in commerce and 12% in services.

Furthermore, the Invest in France Agency (AFII - Agence Française des Investissements Internationaux) has observed that our region had the largest number of international siting projects in 2002. Another plus point is that these foreign sitings are not just storage or sales areas, but real key sites with marketing, R&D functions, etc.