What Do Multinational Firms Want from Cities?

Zhu, T. Juni; Aranda Larrey, Yago; Santos, Valerie-Joy

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What Do Multinational Firms Want from Cities? : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 5

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2015-12

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Zhu, T. Juni

Aranda Larrey, Yago

Santos, Valerie-Joy

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The objective of this paper is to understand the factors driving the location decisions of multinational corporations. The paper uses literature-review and expert-interview techniques to understand what cities can do to be best positioned to attract international capital.

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“Zhu, T. Juni; Aranda Larrey, Yago; Santos, Valerie-Joy. 2015. What Do Multinational Firms Want from Cities? : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 5. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23571 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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