Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I Introduction -- II Theory and empirical implementation -- A Assumptions -- B Location decisions -- C Empirical implementation -- III Data -- A The dependent variable: Investments abroad and at home -- 1 Individual features of investing firms -- B "Standard" covariates -- C Supply Access -- 1 Supply Access -- D Sectoral and Firm-level Networks -- 2 Summary statistics on the network variables -- E Trends in the location of French-owned manufacturing establishments -- 2 Distribution of French FDI by Geographical Zone -- 3 Investments by French firms: Domestic/Foreign -- 4 French investments and Market Size -- IV Results for foreign affiliates -- 3 Conditional Logit for the Location of Foreign Investments -- V Results on foreign and domestic investments -- A Conditional logit -- 4 Conditional Logit for the Location of Domestic and Foreign Investment -- 5 Coefficient on Domestic Investment over Time -- 6 Coefficient on Investment in Ex-colonies over Time -- 5 Conditional Logit for the Location of Domestic and Foreign Investments by MNCs -- B Nested logit -- 6 Nested Logit France/RoW Choice -- VI Conclusion -- References -- Footnotes.