Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) includes significant investments by foreign companies, such as construction of production facilities or ownership stakes taken in Texan companies. FDI not only creates new jobs, it can also lead to an infusion of innovative technologies, management strategies, and workforce practices. There are 439,400 Texas workers employed by foreign companies providing the livelihood for almost 5% of Texas private sector workforce.
Texas had over $119 billion from Foreign Direct Investment according to the 2007 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) data (latest available).
