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Lombardy's success factors

Posted by investinlombardy × 6 October 2014 at 11:47

What happens if we compare Lombardy with the regions that attract the most investments in the rest of Europe?

A question of this type has recently met with a well-articulated response in a study conducted by FDI Benchmark (Financial Times Group), in which Lombardy's performance was compared to that of 3 of the continent's most attractive regions, namely Greater London, Rhein Main and Ile-de-France.

This study took into account the cost of the investments and the quality of the business environment in 30 different sectors, and ultimately came to the conclusion that Lombardy was the most attractive region overall for over 50% of the sectors.

In particular, among the 17 sectors in which Lombardy ranked first with respect to other geographical areas of excellence, 8 recorded the highest scores in terms of both the cost of the investments and the quality of the business environment. These were the Automation, Automotive, Chemical, Plastic, Textile, Waste Recovery, Wood and Furniture and Nautical sectors.

In 2013, the FDI Benchmark study acknowledged Lombardy as Europe's most attractive region for 17 sectors

The FDI analyses seem to leave no doubts: Lombardy has succeeded in implementing the perfect attraction strategy. And that’s not all: The prestigious sector-specific magazine of the Financial Times is willing to bet that this trend will not be slowing down in the near future. FDI markets, in fact, has predicted that Lombardy will remain Southern Europe's most attractive region for at least another two years.

This flattering result is also owed to Invest in Lombardy's winning strategy for attracting investments.

FURTHER READING: the complete list of all the major awards won by the region of Lombardy:

WINNER – SOUTHERN EUROPEAN REGIONS:

OVERALL

(in 2012/2013: 10°)

TOP 10 – SOUTHERN EUROPEAN REGIONS:

FDI STRATEGY (2°)