This study analyzes the impact of Foreign Direct Investment and labor quality on employment in 29 Asia-Pacific nations from 1990 to 2020. We employ the Dynamic System Generalized Method of Moments to estimate the results. This study finds that a ten percent increase in Foreign Direct Investment creates an additional 0.890 % in employment, and a percent increase in labor quality increases employment by 0.0021 %. Our study also figures a moderating role of labor quality and FDI on employment in Asia Pacific countries. Our findings are robust before and after the recent financial crisis and alternative regression method. Finally, the findings are robust even if we employ an alternative estimation method. Our results are consistent with the Traditional FDI, the Neo-classical, and Resource-Based View theories. Our research generates practical policy implications to develop employment sustainably in Asia-Pacific nations.

The development of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has far-reaching effects on all aspects of life, the economy, and society, bringing various growth opportunities for businesses. However, businesses are still hesitant to apply these new technologies. On a research sample from a survey of 396 Vietnamese enterprises, the study uses the SEM-neural network method to determine the relationship and importance of five groups of factors affecting the firms’ Industry 4.0 technologies adoption. The results suggest that five groups of factors, including Perceived characteristics, Technological competencies, CEO characteristics, Environmental characteristics, and Subjective Norms, all positively and significantly impact the Industry 4.0 technologies adoption in Vietnam. In particular, Technological competencies are the most influential factors according to the SEM method, while Subjective norms factors have the most decisive impact according to the neural-network method. Moreover, the research also found that adopting Industry 4.0 technologies depends on different company characteristics, such as age, size, status, and industry.