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A review of research on outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries, including China: what do we know, how do we know and where should we be heading?

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Pages 90-115 | Published online: 27 Jul 2017
 

Abstract

Using the Antecedents, Decisions and Outcomes (ADO) format as an organizing framework, this article gives an overview of the literature on different dimensions and characteristics of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by firms from emerging countries. Based on an extensive coverage of studies published over a period of nearly 25 years between 1993 and 2017, we review extant research on this phenomenon from mainly China, as well as other emerging countries. We identify advances and analytical areas of OFDI research and pinpoint the key theories, methodologies, observed characteristics and the variables that have been examined in this growing research literature. Many areas of the above research themes remain underexplored, despite recent significant advancements, and may provide directions for future research.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful for very helpful and constructive comments and suggestions by the Editors of this journal and two anonymous reviewers. We thank Esther Galan, Jose Ernesto Colon and Gurmeet Singh for providing research support and assistance. We also thank Masaaki Kotabe, Arie Y Lewin and A Ramanath for comments on earlier versions of this article.

Notes

1. They are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States.

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