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* '''[[w:Foreign direct investment|Foreign direct investment]]''' ('''FDI''') is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to [[w:portfolio investment|portfolio investment]] which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as [[w:stock|stock]]s and [[w:Bond (finance)|bonds]]. ( Wikipedia ) | * '''[[w:Foreign direct investment|Foreign direct investment]]''' ('''FDI''') is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to [[w:portfolio investment|portfolio investment]] which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as [[w:stock|stock]]s and [[w:Bond (finance)|bonds]]. ( Wikipedia ) | ||
* A '''[[w:parent company|parent company]]''' is a [[w:company|company]] that owns enough [[w:voting share|voting stock]] in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its [[w:board of directors|board of directors]] ( Wikipedia ) | |||
A '''[[w:subsidiary|subsidiary]]''', '''subsidiary company''', '''daughter company''', or '''sister company''' is a [[w:company (law)|company]] that is completely or partly owned by another corporation that owns more than half of the subsidiary's [[w:stock|stock]], and which normally acts as a [[w:holding company|holding corporation]] which at least partly or (when as) a parent corporation, wholly controls the activities and policies of the daughter corporation. | * A '''[[w:subsidiary|subsidiary]]''', '''subsidiary company''', '''daughter company''', or '''sister company''' is a [[w:company (law)|company]] that is completely or partly owned by another corporation that owns more than half of the subsidiary's [[w:stock|stock]], and which normally acts as a [[w:holding company|holding corporation]] which at least partly or (when as) a parent corporation, wholly controls the activities and policies of the daughter corporation. | ||
:::... The controlling entity is called its ''[[w:parent company|parent company]]'', ''parent'', or ''[[w:holding company|holding company]]''. ( Wikipedia ) | ::::... The controlling entity is called its ''[[w:parent company|parent company]]'', ''parent'', or ''[[w:holding company|holding company]]''. ( Wikipedia ) | ||
* In many disciplines a '''[[w:Greenfield_project|greenfield]]''' is a project that lacks any constraints imposed by prior work. The analogy is to that of construction on greenfield land where there is no need to work within the constrains of existing buildings or infrastructure. ( Wikipedia ) | * In many disciplines a '''[[w:Greenfield_project|greenfield]]''' is a project that lacks any constraints imposed by prior work. The analogy is to that of construction on greenfield land where there is no need to work within the constrains of existing buildings or infrastructure. ( Wikipedia ) | ||