162480 20251017144546.0 doi 10.1016/j.intman.2015.10.002 sideral 94084 ART-2016-94084 eng Ramírez-Alesón, M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9758-0149 Is the Importance of Location Factors Different Depending on the Degree of Development of the Country? 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The increasing importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the global markets and its unequal distribution throughout the world have been the source of studies on the importance of country factors in determining where foreign investors choose to invest. Our paper aims to provide a better understanding of the location factors of FDI. Based on the Investment Development Path (IDP) we study how the importance of these country factors, such as location advantage, varies depending on the degree of development of the host economy. We consider a broad set of well-known location factors (13) and we analyze them using panel data for a broad set of economies (117) over the period 2006-2013 (8 years). Our results establish that most of the location factors studied are not only decisive in attracting FDI, but also that their importance is moderated by the host economy''s stage of development. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/S125 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S17 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2012-36290-C03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 2.6 2016 MANAGEMENT 59 / 192 = 0.307 2016 Q2 T1 1.891 2016 Business and International Management 2016 Q1 Strategy and Management 2016 Q1 Finance 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Fleta-Asín, J. (orcid)0000-0003-3582-116X 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 22, 1 (2016), 29-43 Journal of International Management Journal of International Management 1075-4253 260835 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162480/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1181111 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162480/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:162480 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:09:45 ARTICLE