A Bibliometric Analysis of Risk Management in Foreign Direct Investment: Insights and Implications

Lili Pan, Lin Wang and Qianqian Feng
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Lili Pan: School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Lin Wang: Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Qianqian Feng: Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Aiming to identify the intellectual structure of risk management in foreign direct investment and its evolving trends, this paper introduces bibliometric analysis to systematically review the 1231 articles published between 1995 and 2022. Through the analysis of publication trends, influential indicators, cooperative networks, and citations, we draw the following important conclusions. From 1995 to 2021, the average annual growth rate of scientific production in the field reached 21.4%, with scholars from the United States and China contributing the most. Regarding the cooperation network, its structure is relatively dispersed, and the deep cooperation among a wide range of researchers has not yet been formed. As for research topics, the popularity of interest in environmental protection, carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and climate change has increased significantly in recent years. Moreover, this paper points out that future research directions include new risks and challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of climate risks on foreign direct investment. These results are helpful for scholars to systematically understand the current research status, research frontiers, and future trends of risk management in foreign direct investment.

Keywords: risk management; foreign direct investment; bibliometric analysis; collaboration network; research topic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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