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Definition of Foreign direct investment

1. Noun. Investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business).

2. Noun. A joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreign Direct Investment

foreign agent foreign aid foreign bill foreign body foreign body aspiration foreign body giant cell foreign body granuloma foreign body salpingitis foreign body tumourigenesis foreign correspondent

foreign countries foreign country foreign currency foreign debt foreign debts foreign direct investment (current term) foreign draft foreign exchange foreign exchange market foreign exchange markets

foreign exchanges foreign key foreign keys foreign language foreign languages foreign legion foreign medical graduates foreign minister foreign ministers foreign mission

Literary usage of Foreign direct investment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Both types of foreign direct investment usually involve long-term commitments. ... I Flows of foreign direct investment to the region increased steadily to ..."

2. Yen for Development: Japanese Foreign Aid & the Politics of Burden-sharing by Shafiqul Islam (1991)
"In particular, foreign direct investment can serve debtor Latin American economies in the following two ways. First, the inflow of investment supplies ..."

3. Vietnam Assessment: Creating a Sound Investment Climate edited by Suiwah Leung (1997)
"... foreign direct investment in Vietnam Nguyen Tuan Dung The growing share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in total net resource flows to developing ..."

4. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"The assumption is often made that foreign direct investment brings with it technology as well as capital—that is, it has qualitative as well as quantitative ..."

5. Poland: From Transition to New Regulatory Challenges by OECD ECMT Staff, Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service), Economic Research Centre (2002)
"... the capital of Polish commercial banks. Table 8. foreign direct investment Source: OECD, Internationa! Direct Investment database and National Accounts. ..."

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