Definition: Foreign-controlled affiliates (FCA)

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Foreign-controlled affiliates (FCA) are the fully consolidated enterprise group within the compiling country that are majority-owned members of foreign MNEs (multinational enterprises) (thus majority-owned by their foreign parent companies). Activities of FCAs are a consequence of inward FDI, whereas activities of CAAs relate to outward FDI. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Frascati-Manual-2015_EN.pdf
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Frascati Manual 2015: The Measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities - Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development", Paris, 2015
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