Distance without direction: Restoring credibility to a much-loved construct

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Zaheer, Srilata ^a   Schomaker, Margaret Spring ^b   Nachum, Lilach ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural distance; distance mechanisms; symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855645611     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.43     Document Type: Article

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