如果一个公司拥有少数股权,其余的所有权是分散的,没有任何其他的业主可以对公司有效控制。则两家以上的公司的股权的外国投资操作合资企业。当政府加入一个公司能够掌控外国直接投资,操作所说的混合风险,它是一种合资企业。

　　Companies may choose FDI as a mode to access certain resources or reach a market.

　　公司可以选择外国直接投资的一种模式用以接收特定资源或获得市场。

　　Today, about 60,000 companies worldwide have FDIs that encompass every type of business function – extracting raw materials from the earth, growing crops, manufacturing products or components, selling output, providing various services, and so on.

　　现今，全世界约60 000家公司拥有对外直接投资，它们的这些投资包括各种经营的业务，像从陆地采掘原料、种植庄稼、制造产品或零部件、销售产品及提供各种服务等。

　　FDI is not the domain of large companies only. For example, many small firms maintain sales offices abroad to complement their export efforts, which are FDI along with the real estate they own abroad. However because large companies tend to have larger foreign facilities and operate in more countries, the value of their FDI is higher.

　　外国直接投资不是只有大公司。例如，许多小公司保持销售办事处，在国外，以补充其出口的空间，这是伴随着他们自己的海外房地产的外国直接投资。但是，由于大公司往往有较大的外国设施和经营在更多的国家，其外国直接投资价值较高。

　　Porfolio Investment 有价证券投资

　　A portfolio investment is a noncontrolling interest in a company or ownership of a loan to another party. Usually a portfolio investment takes one of two forms: stock in a company or loans to a company or country in the form of bonds, or notes that the investor purchases.

　　一有价证券投资是一个公司贷款所有权转让给其他当事人控制性权益。通常有价证券投资有两种形式:一个公司的股票和借款或国家债券以票据形式向投资者出售。

　　Foreign portfolio investments are important for most companies that have extensive international operations. Companies use them primarily for short-term financial gain, that is, as a means for a company to earn more money on its money with relative safety. Company treasurers routinely move funds among countries to get higher yields on shortterm investments.

　　外国有价证券投资对大多数公司是重要的,这些公司有一般有广泛的国际业务。公司主要是利用他们从事短期经济利益,作为一种手段为公司去赚更多的相对安全的钱。公司的财务人员经常将资金通过在国家间短期投资得到更高的收益