Which scenario best demonstrates foreign direct investment? Salia started a Polish restaurant in her home country, the United States, after she took cooking lessons from a well-known chef in Poland. Super Blooms, a reputable vegetable plant company in Holland, exports tomato, pepper, and potato garden plants across the globe. Ups n Downs Inc., a Chinese firm, supplies roller coaster components in the United States. Domesticity, a U.S.-based office furniture company, has set up its own assembly plant in Japan to cater to the needs of the Asian market. Lux Linens, a fabric conglomerate in the United States, imports raw silk from China and Italy.

Which scenario best demonstrates foreign direct investment? Salia started a Polish restaurant in her home country, the United States, after she took cooking lessons from a well-known chef in Poland. Super Blooms, a reputable vegetable plant company in Holland, exports tomato, pepper, and potato garden plants across the globe. Ups n Downs Inc., a Chinese firm, supplies roller coaster components in the United States. Domesticity, a U.S.-based office furniture company, has set up its own assembly plant in Japan to cater to the needs of the Asian market. Lux Linens, a fabric conglomerate in the United States, imports raw silk from China and Italy.

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Chapter7: Economic Growth: Theory And Policy

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