This prospective rise in FDI expenditures coincides with a
continued desire of TNCs to internationalize their operations. This
year’s survey confirms the continuation of a long-term trend to greater
internationalization of TNCs as measured by a number of variables,
including: R&D expenditures, assets, investment expenditures,
employment, and sales. More than half of respondents foresee their
companies’ foreign operations accounting for 50 per cent or more of
their sales and employment by 2014 (figure 4).