主管单位:中国科学技术协会
主办单位:中国地理学会
承办单位:华东师范大学

World Regional Studies ›› 2026, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 35-49.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2026.10.20250442

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The dynamic relationship between foreign-invested enterprises and place: From FDI to dynamic coupling

Bingquan LIN1,2(), Congwen XU3(), Zhongzhi WANG3   

  1. 1.Department of Economics and Management, Party School of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of CPC, Nanjing 210009, China
    2.School of Geographic Sciences; East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
    3.School of Geography, Geomatics and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • Received:2025-06-08 Revised:2025-12-11 Online:2026-10-15 Published:2026-10-30
  • Contact: Congwen XU

外资企业与地方的动态关系:从FDI 到动态耦合

林柄全1,2(), 徐从文3(), 王仲智3   

  1. 1.中共江苏省委党校经济管理教研部,南京 210009
    2.华东师范大学地理科学学院,上海 200241
    3.江苏师范大学地理测绘与城乡规划学院,徐州 221116
  • 通讯作者: 徐从文
  • 作者简介:林柄全(1989—),男,副教授,博士后,硕士生导师,研究方向为产业集群、演化经济地理学,E-mail:lbq0802@163.com。
  • 基金资助:
    江苏省社科基金一般项目(24EYB010);上海市哲社规划课题青年项目(2023JG003-ECK666);国家自然科学基金青年项目(42401194);江苏师范大学研究生科研与实践创新计划项目(2024XKT0086)

Abstract:

The dynamic relationship between foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) and localities constitutes a classic topic in economic geography. Clarifying the evolutionary patterns of this relationship represents an essential prerequisite for promoting high-quality regional development. This paper systematically reviews the developmental trajectory and theoretical underpinnings of three key processes—location choice, local embeddedness, and strategic coupling—of FIEs. It develops an analytical framework for dynamic strategic coupling, explicates the multifaceted impacts of FIEs on local development, and outlines potential avenues for future research. The principal findings are as follows: ①The geographic pattern of FIE location choice is gradually shrinking and shows regionalization characteristics; the driving force shifts to prioritize non-economic factors; ②During local embeddedness processes, FIEs form diverse embeddedness types while embeddedness experiences dual influence from parent companies and host countries; ③In dynamic strategic coupling processes, power relations between FIEs and localities continuously transform; decoupling phenomena occur frequently and form different decoupling modes. Future research is urgently needed to refine quantitative approaches for measuring strategic coupling, establish new frameworks for regional industrial evolution from the perspective of dynamic coupling, and promote the theoretical integration of strategic coupling with political economic geography, sustainable development, and related paradigms. Study conclusions enrich the dynamic relationship theoretical system between FIEs and localities and hold important policy reference value.

Key words: foreign-invested enterprises, location choice, local embeddedness, strategic coupling, Global Production Networks

摘要:

外资企业与地方的动态关系是经济地理学领域的研究热点,厘清两者之间关系的演变规律有助于推动区域高质量发展。本文系统地梳理外资企业区位选择、地方嵌入、战略耦合的理论脉络,构建动态化战略耦合的分析框架,阐述外资企业对区域发展的影响效应,并展望未来研究趋势。主要研究结论如下:①外资企业区位选择的地理范围逐步收缩,驱动因素由重视经济因素转向非经济因素;②在母国、母公司和东道国的多重影响下,外资企业在地方形成多样化的嵌入模式;③在动态战略耦合过程中,外资企业与地方之间的权力关系不断转换,多种形式的去耦合现象频发。未来研究亟须深化战略耦合的测度方法、构建动态耦合视角下区域产业演化的新框架,推动战略耦合与政治经济地理学、可持续发展等理论融合。研究结论丰富了外资企业与地方动态关系的理论体系,并具有重要的政策参考价值。

关键词: 外资企业, 区位选择, 地方嵌入, 战略耦合, 全球生产网络