Foreign-built factories popular among Indian public
The Indian public voices much enthusiasm for this kind of so-called “greenfield” investment arrangement, in which a company establishes operations in a foreign country. A majority believes that foreign companies building new factories in India has a good impact on their country, including 24% who say this is very good. This type of investment is more popular than foreign mergers and acquisitions, where a foreign company buys a domestic company outright. Just 43% of Indians say it’s good when foreign companies buy Indian companies, compared with 47% who think that has a bad impact on their nation.
Foreign-built factories popular among  | Indian public  | % who say the impact of  | on India is  | Good  | Bad  | Foreign building companies  | 62%  | factories building companies new  | factories in India  | 29%  | Foreign companies  | 43  | buying Indian  | 47  | companies  | Note: Don t know responses not shown.  | Source: Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey. Q26 & Q27,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 