Brown Field Investment

What Does Brown Field Investment Mean?
When a company or government entity purchases or leases existing production facilities to launch a new production activity. This is one strategy used in foreign-direct investment.

Investopedia explains Brown Field Investment
The alternative to this is a green field investment, where a new plant is constructed.

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