Recurring articles

• U.S. Multinational Enterprises (covers operations of U.S. direct investors and their foreign affiliates) | available annually in the SCB, publication month will vary, most recent: December 2016 (PDF)
• Direct Investment: Detailed Historical-Cost Positions and Related Financial and Income Flows | usually available each September in the SCB, most recent: September 2017 (PDF)
• Direct Investment Positions: Country and Industry Detail | available each July in the SCB, most recent: July 2016 (PDF)

Benchmark survey results

• Worldwide activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises: Preliminary Results From the 2014 Benchmark Survey | Publication, December 2016
• Worldwide activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises: Preliminary Results From the 2014 Benchmark Survey | SCB, December 2016 (PDF)
• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Final Results from the 2009 Benchmark Survey | Publication, November 2012
• Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies in the United States and Abroad: Preliminary Results From the 2009 Benchmark Survey | SCB, November 2011 (PDF)
  • Tables
• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Final Results from the 2004 Benchmark Survey | Publication, November 2008
• Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies: Preliminary Results From the 2004 Benchmark Survey | SCB, November 2006 (PDF)
• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Final Results From the 1999 Benchmark Survey | Publication, April 2004 (PDF)
• Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies: Preliminary Results From the 1999 Benchmark Survey | SCB, March 2002 (PDF)
• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 1994 Benchmark Survey, Final Results | Publication, May 1998 (PDF)
• Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies: Preliminary Results from the 1994 Benchmark Survey | SCB, December 1996 (PDF)

Selected research & analysis

• Research and Development Activities of U.S. Multinational Companies: Preliminary Results from the 2004 Benchmark Survey | SCB, March 2007 (PDF)
• Research Spotlight: The Internal Markets of Multinational Firms | SCB, March 2007 (PDF)
• Research Spotlight: Taxation and Multinational Activity: New Evidence, New Interpretations | SCB, February 2006 (PDF)
• Real Gross Product of U.S. Companies' Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates in Manufacturing | SCB, April 1997 (PDF)
• U.S. Intrafirm Trade in Goods | SCB, February 1997 (PDF)
• A Guide to BEA Statistics on U.S. Multinational Companies | SCB, March 1995 (PDF)
• Rates of Return on Direct Investment | SCB, August 1992 (PDF)