National cultural distance as liability of foreignness: The issue of level of analysis

Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-421

  Mezias, Stephen J ^a   Chen, Ya Ru ^a   Murphy, Patrice ^b   Biaggio, Angela ^c   Chuawanlee, Wiladlak ^d   Hui, Harry ^e   Okumura, Tetsushi ^f   Starr, Stephanie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Robert H Schaffer and Associates   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultural dimension; Cultural distance; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036423360     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(02)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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