Concept information
Preferred term
foreign direct investment
Definition
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs when a foreign investor exerts direct control over domestic assets. It normally consists of an international capital flow from the home country to a host country for the purpose of acquiring partial or full ownership of tangible business activity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Foreign Direct Investment]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- British East India Company
- concession
- diversifying investment
- Dutch East India Company
- foreign portfolio investment
- Hanseatic League
- home country
- horizontal and vertical foreign direct investment
- host country
- Hudson's Bay Company
- indirect foreign direct investment
- internationalization
- late mover
- locational advantages
- market-seeking investment
- multinational competitive disadvantages
- multinational corporation
- resource-seeking investment
- Royal Africa Company
- tax holiday
- Virginia Company
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/foreign_direct_investment
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