Similarly, the survey reveals that in the next three years, firms intend to significantly increase their foreign operations by raising the share of assets, investment expenditures and employment abroad. The share of those TNCs having less than 20 per cent of operations overseas is expected to fall by between 6 and 10 percentage points in all areas of activity
With respect to last year, the internationalization drive is particularly marked for employment where by 2016 about 46 per cent of companies are expected to have more than half of their staff abroad. In contrast, research and development activities, while still showing increasing internationalization intentions by TNCs, will maintain their main location in headquarters.