In this review article we take stock of international business (IB) research on emerging economy multinational enterprises (EMNEs) over the past three decades. Our review covers 690 articles published in 64 high-impact peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2021 (inclusive). We first present bibliometric findings on some key patterns of this vast body of scholarly work. We then conduct content analysis to critically assess this literature and provide a multilevel synthesis of the existing knowledge base. To do so we propose a theoretical framework that highlights three dimensions – micro-foundations, organizational characteristics, and institutional environment – by which the distinction between EMNEs and their predecessors, namely multinational enterprises (MNEs) from advanced economies, is investigated. At each level, we seek to understand EMNEs’ convergence with and divergence from their predecessors in terms of their motives, strategies/approaches, and outcomes of internationalization. Through this process we identify opportunities to move EMNE research forward through interdisciplinary inquiry, and we propose several avenues for future research.

在这篇评论文章中，我们盘点了过去三十年国际商务 (IB) 对新兴经济体跨国企业 (EMNE) 的研究。我们的综述涵盖了 1990 年至 2021 年（含）期间在 64 种具有高影响力的同行评审期刊上发表的 690 篇文章。我们首先介绍这一庞大学术著作的一些关键模式的文献计量学发现。然后，我们进行内容分析以批判性地评估这些文献，并提供现有知识库的多层次综合。为此，我们提出了一个突出三个维度的理论框架——微观基础、组织特征和制度环境——通过该框架研究了 EMNE 与其前身，即来自发达经济体的跨国企业 (MNE) 之间的区别。在每个级别，我们试图了解 EMNE 在动机、战略/方法和国际化结果方面与其前辈的趋同和差异。通过这个过程，我们确定了通过跨学科调查推动 EMNE 研究向前发展的机会，并且我们为未来的研究提出了几种途径。