According to the most recent Ernst & Young barometer, the most attractive country for foreign investors is China (48%), now substantially ahead of the USA (33%). India is in third position (26% as opposed to 18% in 2006), in front of Germany (18%), Russia (12%), the United Kingdom and Poland (11% each), Japan (8%), Brazil and the Czech Republic (7%). France and Spain are no longer in the top 10 countries preferred by investors, having been replaced by Central and Eastern European countries (especially Poland and Czech Republic). Western Europe is at the top of the geographical zones with 55% but has seen its attractiveness drop by 13 points compared to 2006. Central Europe is beaten to second place by China, while the USA/Canada zone loses 10 investor attractiveness points and falls to fourth place. The main sources of investment in Europe come from the USA (28%), Germany (12.7%) and the United Kingdom (6.8%). The United Kingdom is ahead in number of implantations, followed by France, Germany and Spain. US information technology groups, IBM and Microsoft, as well as DHL from Germany are the biggest investors in Europe. The sector attracting most investment is still the software sector (13.4% of implantations). According to Ernst & Young, investors are still demonstrating confidence in Europe and 56% of them think that its attractiveness will increase over the next three years. Nonetheless, they would like improvements to flexibility (44%), simplification of administrative procedures (44%) and support for innovation (35%).