Investigating and Ranking the Factors Affecting the Foreign Investment Opportunities by TOPSIS

Many developing countries are facing shortage of capital، and financial resources. These countries، including Iran، need to attract foreign investment to compensate the lack of capital، and financial resources. The purpose of this study is to identify factors which affect the foreign investment attraction and rank them، using the TOPSIS method. The study population is 39 persons، including of university professors and experts in finance and economic officials of the executive government، industry and commerce، Economic and Finance Affairs and Yazd Chamber of Commerce. Data collection was done through questionnaire and the TOPSIS techniques has been used for data analysis and ranking the factors. The rating of 33 factors are respectively as follow، exchange rates، investment security، the expected rate of capital return، a supportive government policies against foreign investment، free movement of capital possibility and the existence of economic infrastructure such as roads، energy، ports and Internet.