... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Institutional theory Hofstede cultural dimensions Cultural distance Institutional distance Methodological research Despite widespread recognition of both...

...Ga-Rog Han; Jae-Eun Lee Purpose This study examines the moderating effects of cultural distance and the nationality of foreign subsidiaries’ CEOs on the relationship between internal/external network tie strength and technological innovation. This study focuses on foreign subsidiaries of Korean...

... rights only Innovation capabilities Multinational corporations Emerging economies Cultural distance Institutional distance Organizational learning The global business landscape has undergone a transformative shift driven by the rapid surge of innovation originating from emerging...

...Guillaume Andrieu; Francesco Montani; Ilaria Setti; Valentina Sommovigo Purpose This study aims to shed light on the relationship between gender diversity and group performance by considering the moderating role of relative cultural distance. Drawing from the categorization–elaboration model (CEM...

...Pamsy P. Hui; Jeanne Ho-Ying Fu; Yuk-yue Tong Purpose Interorganizational collaboration has been a major source of exploratory innovation. Despite much research, the authors’ understanding about how partner cultural distance is harnessed for exploratory innovation is limited. The authors...

... local employees change their values to become closer to the MNCs' home cultures, and if so, (2) whether the cultural distance between the MNCs' home and host national cultures affect the degree of such adaptation. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected through stratified random...

...Zhenkuo Ding; Man Hu; Sheng Huang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of bilateral political relations on the completion stage premium of cross-border mergers and acquisitions(CSPCMA) and the moderating roles of cultural distance, trade openness and the nature of firm...

...Hui Li; Lei Xu; Youqing Fan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore mechanisms of cultural distance in the base of Chinese Service Multi-National Enterprise (MNE) settings. When attempting to enter overseas markets, many service MNEs face challenges caused by the cultural distance between...

...Robin Pesch; Ricarda B. Bouncken Purpose While previous studies have primarily assumed dysfunctional effects of cultural distance in joint ventures and M&A, this paper elucidates from a positive organizational scholarship perspective how perceived cultural distance can advance firms’ new...

... variables, rather than just considering cultural distances (CDs) between countries. Originality/value – First, focus on cultural positions (rather than CDs). It allows taking into account both the cultural characteristics of each party and their relative values along individual cultural dimensions...

... of the interplay between global strategy, cultural distance and entry mode strategies are examined by means of an analysis of Carrefour’s global expansion. Design/methodology/approach – To account for the shortcomings of prior research, a hypothesis in the relationship between entry modes and cultural...

...Goudarz Azar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which managers’ perceptions of cultural distance – one of the most important explanatory factors in the field of international business – are congruent with objective reality. Design/methodology/approach...

... observations of home‐target country dyads collected from websites of nine European airlines, and supplemented by additional sources of macro level indicators. The unit of analysis is the country dyad. Findings Cultural distance between home and target country, geographical distance between home and target...

...Linghui Tang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the direction of cultural distance in individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity affects bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) activities. Design/methodology/approach Panel data that include...