Multinational enterprises within cultural space and place: Integrating cultural distance and tightness-looseness

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 904-921

  Shin, Duckjung ^a   Hasse, Vanessa C ^b   Schotter, Andreas P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 85023208034     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.0423     Document Type: Article

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