Is cultural similarity misleading? The experience of Australian manufacturers in Britain

International Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-309

  Fenwick, Marilyn ^a   Edwards, Ron ^a   Buckley, Peter J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Britain; FDI; Interpersonal relations; Management style; Psychic distance and cultural distance; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410444     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(03)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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