Bibliometric review on FDI attractiveness factors

Vanessa P.G. Bretas; Ilan Alon; Andrea Paltrinieri; Kavilash Chawla

doi:10.1504/EJIM.2022.120721

Bibliometric review on FDI attractiveness factors

Vanessa P.G. Bretas, Ilan Alon, Andrea Paltrinieri, Kavilash Chawla

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This article reviews the literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) attractiveness factors through bibliometric and content analyses. We analyse 499 articles between 1994 and 2021 extracted from the Web of Science database. Using Bibliometrix R-package and VOSviewer software, we combined co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and keyword co-occurrence temporal analysis with a content analysis of the most cited articles. Five main research categories are revealed: structure for FDI, market conditions, entry conditions, institutional framework, and resources offer. We propose a conceptual framework of FDI attractiveness factors aligned with FDI motives. The article comprehensively reviews the key determinants using quantitative and qualitative approaches and provides future research directions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	469-499
Number of pages	31
Journal	European Journal of International Management
Volume	17
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2022.120721
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Attractiveness factors
Bibliometric review
FDI
FDI determinants
Foreign direct investment

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