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foreign direct investment

foreign ownership of a controlling stake of a business
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foreign direct investment

Summary

foreign direct investment has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • foreign direct investment is a type of direct investment[2].
  • foreign direct investment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foreign direct investment[3].
  • foreign direct investment's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2140[4].
  • foreign direct investment's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2141[5].
  • foreign direct investment's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FDI'}[6].
  • foreign direct investment's different from is recorded as foreign portfolio investment[7].

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Definition and Type

foreign direct investment is a type of direct investment[2].

Why It Matters

foreign direct investment has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . eib.org. eib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Foreign direct investment
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/foreign-direct-investment
    Different from → foreign portfolio investment
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000770-zahranicni-prime-investice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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