Purpose This study aims to examine foreign direct investment (FDI) factors and develops a rational framework for FDI inflow in Western European countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study were collected...

Recent studies show regional factors play an important role to attract Foreign Direct Invest-ment (FDI) and, the performance of these factors varies within the country. Therefore, it isimportant to develop a measurement system to analyse the insight of these FDI factors. Inthis study, we used...