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Lecture 4:
Video 7:
4 dimensions of distance (Gemhawat):
The greater the distance, the more complicate it is to transfer non-location bound Fsa’s
Limitations of Ghemawat’s distance:
Video 8:
Many people experience language difference, what one finds normal, the other one can find offensive, multiple models for cultural difference like, Hofstede(measured them as first in large sample) and Schwartz.
Six dimensions of Hofstede (first 4):
Globe-looks at leadership and is theory driven. Often presented as an updated culture framework.
Video 9:
Cultural difference refers to the difference in cultural background between people, managers form home and host country
Kogut and Singh, developed a CD-index in their article. For exact formula see slides
If cultural difference it is more complex to deal with foreign workforce, but they also may need a local partner to help with the cultural difference
If CD increases
The illusion of symmetry: assumes that CD between country A and B is the same, but does not have to be the other way around
The illusion of stability: CD measured at single point, but CD is constant over time
The illusion of linearity: effect of CD may depend on a firm’s learning curve and is not linear
The illusion of causality: distance should be studied together with geographical distance
The illusion of discordance: all aspects of cultural distance matter equaly, doesn’t have to be the case
The assumption of corporate homogeneity: also looking at a variance on corporate/organizational
The assumption of spatial homogeneity: potential intra variation is excluded
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