Foreign direct investment

A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country. It is thus distinguished from a foreign portfolio investment by a notion of direct control.

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Total Publications

Lifetime

20,381

Prior Five Years

6,041

Total Citations

Lifetime

224,359

Prior Five Years

24,153

Total Scholars

Lifetime

13,576

Prior Five Years

10,591

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Global (Worldwide)

Academic Institutions Lifetime		Academic Institutions Prior Five Years		Non-academic Institutions Lifetime
#1	University of Reading United Kingdom	#1	University of Leeds United Kingdom	#1	National Bureau of Economic Research United States
#2	University of Oxford United Kingdom	#2	Universidad de Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	#2	Kiel Institute for the World Economy Germany
#3	Harvard University United States	#3	Istanbul Gelisim University Turkey	#3	Centre for Economic Policy Research United Kingdom
#4	University of Leeds United Kingdom	#4	Australian National University Australia	#4	International Monetary Fund United States
#5	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	#5	University of Nebraska Omaha United States
#6	Australian National University Australia	#6	Beijing Institute of Technology China
#7	University of Nottingham United Kingdom	#7	Kyushu University Japan
#8	Columbia University United States	#8	University of Johannesburg South Africa
#9	Howard University United States	#9	University of Nottingham United Kingdom
#10	Stockholm School of Economics Sweden	#10	Princeton University United States
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