A significant number of studies explore outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) mainly focussing on the rationale for and the evolution of such investments. It is not clear if the entry mode patterns established in studies on developed economy multinationals (DMNEs) are valid for EMNEs. This study assesses the literature on entry mode by EMNEs by volume of output by major academic disciplines, the evolution of the number of papers in the area, the theoretical underpinnings of the papers, the methodolog...
