Unpublished Paper
Disentangling the different concepts of distance: a lexicographic exploration of the past 20 years of the Journal of International Business Studies
Presented at the AIB (Academy of International Business) annual conference in Nagoya, Japan, in 2011, and at the EIBA (European International Business Academy) annual conference in Bucharest, Romania, in 2011.
(2011)
Abstract
This empirical study aims at a better understanding of the various types of distance (cognitive, cultural, geographic, institutional, psychic) present in International Business literature. As the lexicographic and content analysis reveals, some are often mixed up and therefore not adequately operationalized. Based on the last 20 years of publications of the Journal of International Business Studies, this paper indicates for each type of distance how they are defined, operationalized, what they are applied to, and how they are related to the other types of distance.
Keywords
- lexicographic analysis,
- content analysis,
- cultural distance,
- psychic distance,
- institutional distance,
- geographic distance,
- cognitive distance
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2011
Citation Information
Laetitia EM. "Disentangling the different concepts of distance: a lexicographic exploration of the past 20 years of the Journal of International Business Studies" Presented at the AIB (Academy of International Business) annual conference in Nagoya, Japan, in 2011, and at the EIBA (European International Business Academy) annual conference in Bucharest, Romania, in 2011. (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/laetitia_em/1/