Distance in International Business : Concept, Cost and Value

Intro -- Distance in International Business: Concept, Cost and Value -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Prologue - Voyages of Self-Discovery: A Reflection on Four Decades of Research on Expatriation and Cross-Cultural Interactions -- What Stands? -- What's New? -- 1. Talent Poaching -- 2. Greying of the Labor Force -- 3. Rise of Emerging Markets -- 4. Need for Global Orientation -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 1-Distance in International Business Studies: Concept, Cost and Value -- Introduction -- Part I: The Concept of Distance -- Part II: The Cost of Cultural and Psychic Distance -- Part III: THE COST OF INSTITUTIONAL Distance -- Part IV: the Value of Distance -- Part V: Alternative Lenses for IB Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 1-THE CONCEPT OF DISTANCE -- Chapter 2-Are we at a Turning Point for Distance Research in International Business Studies? -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Distance Research in IB -- The 1st Turning Point -- Phase 2: The Kogut and Singh Index -- The 2nd Turning Point -- Applying Coleman's Boat to Distance Research in IB -- How Perceptions of Distance Are Formed -- How and Why Perceptions of Distance Influence Preferences for Particular Courses of Actions -- How Individual Preferences Determine What Action a Company Takes -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3-Institutional Overlap as Basis for International Business -- Introduction -- Institutional Diversity: Theoretical Perspectives -- New Institutional Economics -- NIE and International Management -- Neo-Institutional Sociology -- Neo-Institutional Sociology and International Management -- Why Diversity is about Overlap, not Distance -- An Institutional Overlap Perspective on International Business -- Constraints vs. Opportunities -- Countries vs. Transactions -- Additivity vs. Arbitrage.