Contents
Foreign Capital
Resources
See Also
- Multinational
- International Commercial Law
- Corporate Law
- Business Entity
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Permanent Establishment
- International Joint Venture
- Foreign enterprise
Hierarchical Display of Foreign capital
Finance > Free movement of capital > Free movement of capital > Capital movement
Business And Competition > Business classification > Type of business > Foreign enterprise
Finance > Financing and investment > Investment > Foreign investment
Foreign capital
Concept of Foreign capital
See the dictionary definition of Foreign capital.
Characteristics of Foreign capital
Resources
Translation of Foreign capital
- Spanish: Capital extranjero
- French: Capitaux étrangers
- German: Auslandskapital
- Italian: Capitali esteri
- Portuguese: Capital estrangeiro
- Polish: Kapitał obcy
Thesaurus of Foreign capital
Finance > Free movement of capital > Free movement of capital > Capital movement > Foreign capital
Business And Competition > Business classification > Type of business > Foreign enterprise > Foreign capital
Finance > Financing and investment > Investment > Foreign investment > Foreign capital
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