Added psychic distance stimuli and MNE performance: Performance effects of added cultural, governance, geographic, and economic distance in MNEs' international expansion

Journal of International Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-54

  Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^a   Kleindienst, Ingo ^a   Lange, Sandra ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Added distance; Cultural distance; Economic distance; Firm performance; Geographic distance; Governance distance; Internationalization; Psychic distance stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893815993     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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