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作者：McNamara, G; Vaaler, PM
作者单位：Michigan State University; Tufts University
摘要：Rating agencies play a pivotal role international credit transactions, Their sovereign risk-assessments are largely thought to reflect objective evaluations of the creditworthiness of potential borrowers, We test this assumption by examining the role that competitive positioning Td dynamics play in the risk-assessments these agencies provide. rr analyses of agency risk-assessments for emerging-market sovereign borrowers indicate that they are significantly related to agency positioning as an i...
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作者：Veiga, JF; Lubatkin, M; Calori, R; Very, P; Tung, YA
作者单位：University of Connecticut
摘要：The primary objective of this paper an artificial intelligence technique known as neural network analysis as an aid to uncovering the underlying patterns, or trace effects, of national culture. To make our case, we provide an application of the technique's pattern recognition capability utilizing survey data from top executives in French and British firms. We conclude by interpreting rbe trace effects found and encouraging aging the use of this tool by crosscultural researchers in the future.
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作者：Davis, PS; Desai, AB; Francis, JD
作者单位：University of Memphis; University of Wisconsin System; Mississippi College
摘要：The determination of entry-modes is examined using an institutional theory framework. Two sources of isomorphic pressures affect a strategic business unit's (SDU) entry-mode choice: (1) host country institutional environment, and (2) internal institutional environment (the parent organization). SBUs were hypothesized to adopt similar organizational forms, structures, policies, and practices, us becoming isomorphic, based on felt pressures to conform to behavioral norms within the environments....
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作者：Griffith, DA; Hu, MY; Ryans, JK Jr
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; University System of Ohio; Kent State University; Kent State University Kent; Kent State University Salem
摘要：Theory suggests that culture may der the ability to effectively standardize the process of relationship development strategies across intra- and inter-cultural relationships. Construct relationships between trust, commitment, conflict and satisfaction in manufacturer-distributor relationships are examined intra- (i.e., within a single cultural type) and inter-culturally (i.e,, between different cultural types) with a sample of distributors from Canada, Chile, Mexico and the United States, Resu...
