Title: A bibliometric analysis on foreign direct investment

Authors: Haitham Nobanee; Abeer Al Misleh; Lukas Christian Christnacht; Mohammed Bayzid; Salah Albeshr; Hiba Zaki Shanti

Addresses: College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1-2J, UK; School of Histories, Languages and Cultures, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69-3BX, UK ' College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ' College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ' College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ' College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ' College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: Foreign direct investment is defined as expanding a business beyond one's domestic country, and is a continuously growing topic that has gained the attention of numerous scholars all around the world. This interest has developed as a result of the great economic and social impact FDI leaves in a society. The purpose of this paper is to present a bibliometric review on this topic including all papers published until 2020 as there is a need to have a comprehensive analysis on all literature that will help in identifying the literature gap and guide future researchers when conducting their research. The bibliometric analysis methodology was conducted on 4,525 articles between 1942 and 2020 on the subject of FDI. The data was extracted only from Scopus as we wanted to focus our attention on the leading worldwide used citation database that includes modern material. The top authors, countries, organisations, and documents were also identified.

Keywords: foreign direct investment; FDI; economic growth; capital flow; globalisation; multinational enterprises.

DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2024.135286

Global Business and Economics Review, 2024 Vol.30 No.1, pp.12 - 38

Received: 05 Aug 2021
Accepted: 25 Jan 2022
Published online: 04 Dec 2023 *

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