Cultural Distance Assignment IIB 1. What is the formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. CDj is the cultural distance between the host country (j) and the home country (in this case Germany). It is calculated with a summation of 4 different variables indicating different cultural dimensions. These are uncertainty avoidance‚ power distance‚ individualism/collectivism and masculinity/femininity
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Japan Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. Some are so different that they do not even remotely resemble the original festival despite sharing the same name and date. There are also various local festivals that are mostly unknown outside a given prefecture. It is commonly said that you will always find a festival somewhere in Japan. Unlike most people in East
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in the 1870’s was raw cotton. It’s price fell 45 percent. Japan’s largest export in the 1870s was raw silk. Its price rose 50%. (8 points) Show using a graph why if these were Japan’s only export good and only import good‚ this would imply that Japan would have gained from trade. (note: the specific numbers don’t matter‚ just showing the kind of change from autonomy to trade). Label all parts of your diagram. 70866016764000 1798320161290Cotton 2255520106680E1 4000020000E1 95250052070 214122011303000708660673100021031206350
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What Are Japan’s Main Physical Features? As you can see Japan is split into four main islands. We have: Hokkaido (North) Honshu (West) Shikoku (East) Kyushu (South) As you can see‚ they are all located on the map (left). The northern part of Japan (Hokkaido) is seen to be remote and fairly mountainous. Snow-capped peaks cover the centre of the Hokkaido. Winters are extremely cold with substantial snowfall. The western island‚ Honshu is said to be mountainous‚ with very little flat land
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Helen Corne Going the Distance Life is full of hard knocks. I was raised in a broken down apartment‚ by my single mother. She tried her best to support my sister and me. There were five apartments in each complex. There must have been at least ten trashy buildings pushed together by government funding. Each apartment had up to ten people hiding away in it. There were enough people to create our own city. The walls were so thin that I could smell the fried foods‚ and hear the neighbors yelling
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dimensions of distance in the international expansion of Starbucks. Maarten de Graaf‚ s1861263 Tom Breteler‚ s2022117 Group 12 13-10-2010 Introduction to International Business Ms. Wilhelm 1. What are the four dimensions of ‘distance’ in Starbuck’s international expansion? The four dimensions are culture‚ administrative‚ geographic and economic distance. 2. How did Starbucks reduce the ‘distance’ vis à vis host countries? Starbucks used many tactics to reduce its distance from foreign
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Ionic Bonding Puzzle Lab Introduction When metals and non-metals chemically react‚ the atoms will tend to form ions or charged atoms. Ions form because electrons are either gained or lost. Metals will generally form cations or positive ions‚ since they tend to donate electrons Non-metals will form anions or negative ions‚ since they tend to accept electrons. Activity In this activity you will create models of ionic compounds and observe the chemical formula of the binary molecules you
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How and why did Hitler gain power in Germany by 1933? Following the collapse of the Weimar government‚ Hitler managed to gain dictatorship over Germany by 1936. In fact it took Hitler just around 18 months‚ between February 1933 and August 1934‚ so how did Hitler gain autocracy over Germany so quickly? I am going to start with how the Germans had fear of Germany becoming a communist country like Russia. At the end of the war‚ many people hoped that democracy would spread to most countries of
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people into four groups‚ on top was the king‚ then lord‚ Knights and lastly peasants. It also included having a chivalry and it was a code of behavior for the knights. Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service and it was in both Japan and Europe. Feudalism’s goals were to accomplish economic growth and to unify the government. The other goals were to gain stability and to increase security in the country. Feudalism’s goals were not accomplished and it was not completely fair. Any
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Solar Photovoltaic Power Market in Japan by Type (Mono‚ Poly and Thin Crystal Silicon)‚ By Destination (Residential and Non-Residential)‚ and By Export-Import (Produced In Japan‚ Imported and Exported By Japan) – Forecast & Analysis (2013-2020) Solar photovoltaic power market in Japan is the largest solar power market during 2013 and is expected to continue be the world largest solar power market until 2016. The demand for solar power has accelerated after the introduction of feed in tariff‚ which
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