Table 1.

Overview of international business research on cities in 2012–2022

IB research focus
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City typeSingle cityMultiple city focusIndustry typeSingle countryMulticountry
Global citiesWorld citiesPeripheral citiesMultiple typesHomogenousHeterogenousManufacturingServiceMulti-industry
FDI location choice and motives7363, 6, 7  3, 6, 73 6, 763, 7
FDI location choice – MNE regional HQ5  5  5  5 5
Institutional change and MNE market entry mode4  4  4  4 4
FDI location choice – MNE R&D and HQ   9  9  99 
Agglomeration1    1  1  1
FDI pace   2  22  2 
Outward FDI   8  8  8 8

Notes:

All the papers identified in a systematic search of 24 top journals publishing research on cities related to international business are indexed in this table to improve its readability and comply with journal style guidance. Where needed a reference is also included in the references for the paper, when cited in-text

Sources: Nachum and Wymbs (2005), Chen and Yeh (2012); Goerzen et al. (2013), Blevins et al. (2016); Belderbos et al. (2017), McDonald et al. (2018); Belderbos et al. (2020), Zhang et al. (2020); Castellani et al. (2022) 

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