国外FDI技术外溢研究的现状与热点分析

International Study on FDI Technology Spillover: a Literature Metrological Analysis

在国际学术界,有关FDI技术外溢研究的文献数量正在逐年增多,此已发展成为一个热点研究领域。本文通过文献发表数量和引用次数等量化指标分析总结了国外FDI技术外溢研究的现状,列出了被引用次数最多的20篇研究论文。分析发现,高引用率论文以实证研究为主,主要采用计量的和数理的方法,或者整合运用这两种方法。在研究内容上,重点关注FDI技术外溢的内部机制,在寻求技术外溢是否存在的经验证据的同时,更多地关注技术外溢的渠道和过程性质。上述研究取向和重要研究结果将直接影响未来研究的选题思路和技术路线。

Using the method of literature metrology, this paper begins with searching papers related to FDI technology spillover in top journals embodied in Elsevier. The search results show us a growing tendency in the number of relevant literature, and that FDI technology spillover has been the hot topic for the past decade. Using citation frequency, this paper then sorts out and probes into 20 important papers, which are most frequently cited by other relevant articles. It has meaningful findings as follows： （1） Empirical studies played a dominant role, including econometric model and symbolic logic; （2） The latest research mainly focused on the investigation on the mechanism of FDI technology spillover, instead of proving its existence and magnitude; and （3） Being the largest host country of FDI in developing world, China has attracted much attention. All these are of great importance and help for our further studies, both in topic selection and methodology choice.