Hofstede, Schwartz, or managerial perceptions? The effects of different cultural distance measures on establishment mode choices by multinational enterprises

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-380

  Drogendijk, Rian ^a   Slangen, Arjen ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cultural distance; Establishment mode choice; Greenfield; Hofstede; Managerial perceptions; Schwartz

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746216879     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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