Author, as appears in the article.: Nazzal, A; Sánchez-Rebull, MV; Niñerola, A
Department: Gestió d'Empreses
URV's Author/s: Nazzal, Ahmed S.A. / Niñerola Monserrat, Angels / Sánchez Rebull, María Victoria
Keywords: Strategic asset seeking Multinational corporations Mnc Internationalization Intellectual theme Fdi Emerging economies Conceptual structure map Bibliometrix Bibliometric analysis ownership outward fdi multinational corporations markets internationalization intellectual theme institutions innovation impact fdi entry mode choice emerging economies developing-countries conceptual structure map bibliometrix bibliometric analysis
Abstract: PurposeThis study introduces a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the foreign direct investment (FDI) literature by multinational corporations (MNCs) focusing on emerging economies to identify the most influential authors, journals and articles in FDI research and reveals the fields' conceptual and intellectual structures. The purpose of this paper is to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyzed 533 articles published between 1974 and 2020 in 226 academic journals indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. We used the R language for statistical computing to map author collaboration, co-word and develop a conceptual and intellectual map of the field.FindingsThe results show that, although the FDI literature has many authors, few dominate the field. The International Business Review (IBR) and International Journal of Emerging Markets (IJoEM) are the main sources of the publications. Moreover, bibliometric laws show that our dataset follows the Lotka law of scientific productivity and Bradford law of scattering, identifying the core journals. Finally, FDI by MNCs in emerging economies research is divided into four sub-research themes related to (1) FDI determinants, (2) entry mode, (3) MNCs and FDI performance and (4) the internationalization process.Originality/valueThe current article provides several starting points for practitioners and researchers investigating FDI. It contributes to broadening the vision of the field and offers recommendations for future studies.
Thematic Areas: Sociología Management Interdisciplinar General business,management and accounting Economics Ciencias sociales Business, management and accounting (miscellaneous) Business, management and accounting (all) Business and international management Business Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: angels.ninerola@urv.cat ahmed.nazzal@estudiants.urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-5598-1203 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Emerging Markets. 1-26
APA: Nazzal, A; Sánchez-Rebull, MV; Niñerola, A (2023). Foreign direct investment by multinational corporations in emerging economies: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. International Journal Of Emerging Markets, (), 1-26. DOI: 10.1108/ijoem-12-2021-1878
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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