Green field

Green field sites - Areas of land, usually on the outskirts of towns and cities, where businesses develop for the first time.

Green Field Investment
A form of foreign direct investment where a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing new operational facilities from the ground up.

Green field investment
FDI that involves construction of a new plant, rather then the purchase of an existing plant or firm. Contrasts with brown field investment.
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The replacement cost basis may be used where a large company is considering setting up in a particular country and is debating whether to purchase an existing publisher or to start a new company on a "green fields" basis.

A term used in project finance to denote a totally new project, starting from a "green field" (i.e., an empty construction site).
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investment in a manufacturing or production plant in an area where little or no physical infrastructure or facilities exists; for example, the construction of a car assembly plant in an agricultural region. The plant would be built on a green field.

See also: Banks, Equilibrium, Gross domestic product, Developed countries, World Bank