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作者：Banerji, K; Sambharya, RB
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Camden; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：This study investigated whether small Japanese automobile ancillary firms followed the major Japanese automakers in setting up production facilities in the United States, Based on Dunning's eclectic theory of foreign direct investment and resource dependence theory, hypotheses were generated to explain the determinants of foreign investment of Japanese suppliers, It was hypothesized that mutual dependencies between the major Japanese automobile firms and their suppliers, firm-specific ownershi...
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作者：Malnight, TW
摘要：This paper investigates and models the transition process within established multinational corporations (MNCs) in moving from decentralized toward network-based structures. Whereas there has been substantial research on various MNC models, there has been little longitudinal research on the movement toward projected network-based models. This paper develops an evolutionary perspective of this transition, distinguishing adjustments altering how the MNC defines its ''global'' strategy, where it l...
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作者：GIBSON, CB
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine
摘要：This study investigates the emphasis males and females place on leadership behaviors and styles across four countries characterized as two cultural dyads (Norway - Sweden and Australia - U.S.). Previous gender comparisons and cross-cultural studies of leadership are reviewed. A framework for exploring leadership, consisting of five leadership behaviors and six leadership styles, is then presented and tested with questionnaire data for 209 managers across the four countries. Results demonstrate...
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作者：SALTER, SB; NISWANDER, F
作者单位：University of North Carolina; East Carolina University
摘要：This paper attempts to test the theory developed by Gray [1988] linking accounting values and systems with Hofstede's [1980] cultural constructs, Based on data from twenty-nine countries, it finds that while Gray's [1988] model has statistically significant explanatory power, it is best at explaining actual financial reporting practices and is relatively weak in explaining extant professional and regulatory structures from a cultural base, This paper further finds that both the development of ...
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作者：Gencturk, EF; Aulakh, PS
作者单位：Memorial University Newfoundland
摘要：This study builds upon previous control research to propose a model of formal controls used in managing activities performed in foreign markets. Theoretically derived contingency relationships are also proposed to assess the performance consequences of different formal control types. The findings support the importance of internal and external sources of uncertainty in determining the type of control used. Partial support was also found for the premise that the fit between the type of control ...
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作者：MULLEN, MR
摘要：Many researchers have pointed out that it is necessary to ensure measurement equivalence in cross-national comparative research, Three aspects of measurement equivalence, translation, metric, and calibration equivalence, are necessary to establish the cross-national reliability and validity of items used to measure theoretical constructs, This paper discusses these issues and proposes two recently developed empirical techniques, Multiple Group LISREL and Optimal Scaling, for use in diagnosing ...
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作者：YEH, RS; LAWRENCE, JJ
作者单位：University of Idaho
摘要：Hofstede and his associates have presented statistical evidence purporting to identify a link between national culture and economic growth, This note describes two problems with this line of research. First, two of the dimensions of culture used in this research, individualism and Confucian dynamism, are treated as if they are independent when in fact they appear to be highly interrelated, And second, culture is not a sufficient condition to explain economic growth and is related to other impo...
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作者：Peterson, RA; Jolibert, AJP
作者单位：Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole
摘要：This note reports a quantitative analysis of the country-of-origin (COO) effect. Based on fifty-two articles or papers containing sixty-nine independent studies and 1,520 effect sizes, an analysis of fifteen study characteristics revealed that country-of-origin effects are only somewhat generalizable. Using omega-squared as the measure of effect size, verbal product descriptions produced larger COO effect sizes than did the presence of an actual product. Likewise, single-cue studies produced l...
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作者：HANNON, JM; HUANG, IC; JAW, BS
作者单位：National Sun Yat Sen University
摘要：This paper explores how the tension between global integration and local responsiveness affects the dimensions and determinants of international human resource (IHR) strategy. To accomplish this, Jarillo and Martinet's [1990] business strategy framework for parents and their subsidiaries was recast in an IHR strategy setting. Then, the relationships between the two dimensions of IHR strategy that emerged, global integration and local responsiveness, and a set of interorganizational interdepend...
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作者：Zaheer, S
摘要：This essay assesses the impact of global market integration in the currency trading industry as the market interfaces with states,,vith firms and with individuals, and raises questions for research from a variety of disciplines, Issues discussed include the question of state control in global markets, the impact of globalization on firm structures and processes, how firms can derive competitive advantage from global circadian rhythms, and the influence of the circadian rhythms of the global ma...
