由於國際間貿易壁壘已漸拆除,以及通訊、運輸等科技快速的發展下,促進各地的貿易成長以外,也為許多國家帶來外國地區的投資。而FDI在各國法規開放下,急速的成長,且對於全球經濟發展已具有不可忽視的影響力。 企業投資目的地之選擇影響成敗甚大,因此謹慎評估投資環境,選擇適當地點成為對外投資首要工作。國際間主要學術機構或民間團體對於各國投資環境評估皆定期公佈排名。本研究將針對這些投資環境評估模式討論投資環境排名與實際投資額的關係,並透過等級相關性的分析來了解投資環境評估與實際投資的關係。以內容分析討論各個投資環境評估模式在指標上的異同。 本研究搜集資料後經過統計分析,得到以下結果:以國家別而言,世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum, WEF)、世界銀行(World Bank,WB)的投資環境排名中,投資環境評比較好的國家或經濟體,可以吸引較多的FDI;在國家的選擇上,企業注重的是投資標的的金融市場成熟度、與該國金融法規的成熟度。就城市別而言中國社會科學院(Chinese Academy of Social Science , CASS)、WB以及富比士雜誌(Forbes Magazine)三者大陸城市投資環境的排名與實際利用外資的相關係數皆有達到顯著水準。在這三者的投資環境排名較高的城市,在FDI的吸收能力上比起投資環境較差的城市國家來的好;至於投資者在於城市區位的選擇上,最重的是的城市的經濟特徵,再者是各城市的商業效能,以及相關的商業指標。
International trade has been on the path of growth, due to the removal of trade barriers as well as the advancement of communication and transportation technology, not only promote the growth of trade, but also bring foreign investment for many countries. Moreover, growth of Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) has huge with national legislation opening up.Influence of FDI on the development of the global economy is getting more and more important. The impact of choosing the destination of investment for enterprises is fairly serious. Therefore, assessing carefully for the investment environment and selecting a suitable site are the top priority for the investment. The evaluation of investment environment which are assessed regularly by international academic institutions or non-government organizations in various countries. The study will discuss the relationship between evaluation of investment environment and FDI through the rank correlation analysis. Furthermore, through Content analysis, the study will also discuss indicator differences on assessment model of investment environment. After collecting information and statistical analysis, the following results have been obtained as follows, Firstly, according to World Economic Forum(WEF), World Bank(WB) investment environment ranking, countries or economies with better appraisals in investment environment, will attract more direct foreign investment; as for the country selection, enterprises will focus on the financial markets maturity and the financial regulations maturity of investment target. Secondly, the correlation coefficient of FDI and the rankings of investment environment of cities China, which were announced by CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Science), WB and Forbes Magazine is significant. The cities which investment environment ranked were high of the three, the absorptive capacity in FDI were better than the countries with poor investment environment; investors’ choice of city areas mostly lies on the economic characteristics of the city and then the city's commercial performance, and the related business indicators.