Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still
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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. 〖CD〗_j=∑_(i=1)^4▒{ (I_ij-I_iDE )^2/V_i}/4 CDj is the cultural distance between the host country and the home country (in this case Germany). The I’s are the scores on the ith cultural dimensions from Hofstede‚ so in this case the four scores for PD‚ UAV‚ IND and MAS. Vi is the variance of the score of this dimensions. The variances for
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Report structure: 1) Number of students who attended • Unfortunately‚ none of my buddies showed up for my meeting. A few of them provided me with excuses as to why they couldn’t show up and the rest just didn’t turn up. 2) Duration of meeting • I waited 30 minutes before leaving and I received some messages from a few of the buddies with excuses as to why they couldn’t make it during this time. 3) Main issues or discussions undertaken – as
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Introduction Retaining competitive employees in a dynamic labour market is one of the responsibilities of the human resource department. Almost all organizations aim to maximize profit‚ and along with this primary goal is to reduce cost. One way of reducing cost is to retain employees and reduce employee withdrawal. To reduce employee withdrawal‚ the organization must be able to point out reasons why an employee intent to leave the organization. And‚ one of the possible reasons is the perception
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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE January 2006 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 7 Number: 1 Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence
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MODEL FOR UK SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY Supermarkets’ performance is reliant on consumer’s income and their willingness to spend. The growing consumer pressure to drive value‚ quality and taste requires companies with strong management teams to understand the market trends in the industry of which this had led to constant competition among firms in the industry. This rivalry is based on firms in the industry battling to win the highest market share in the industry (IBISWorld). However‚ the UK supermarket
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR DECISION MAKERS IN KENYA By Magdallen N. J (PhD) African Virtual University (HQ) P. O. Box xxxxxxxxx Nairobi - Kenya Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Presented to United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………..………………3 Study
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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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the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain‚ is a centralized government or we can call sovereign state that located off the north-western coast of Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain‚ the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland‚ and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state the Republic of Ireland. UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean‚ the North Sea‚ the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The UK is a developed
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was to investigate the effect of varying the distance (cm) of the Elodea plant from the light source at (5‚ 15‚ 25‚ 35 and 45 (cm)) (±0.05) on the photosynthetic rate by counting the number of oxygen bubbles rising up the test tube per minute (bubbles min^(-1)). The hypothesis was supported because as the light intensity increased‚ the rate at which oxygen bubbles rising to the top of the test tube also increased – for example‚ at the closest distance of 5 cm‚ the rate of photosynthesis was at its
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