The Antecedents of Psychic Distance

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dc.contributor.author	Håkanson, Lars	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ambos, Björn	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:24:03Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:24:03Z
dc.date.issued	2008-12-01T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6583
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates the antecedents of psychic distance. Building on original data in 25 of the world’s largest economies, we investigate potential drivers of the perceived distance among a given pair of countries. Results confirm that psychic distance is indeed a multifaceted construct which is determined by cultural, geographic and economic factors. Furthermore, our results indicate that geographic distance accounts for the largest share of the explained variance, suggesting that future studies should attribute geographic distance a more prominent role when it comes to empirically investigating international business decisions for which psychic distance perceptions may be important. They also suggest that, used in isolation, cultural distance – as measured by the so called Kogut and Singh index – is a poor predictor of distance perceptions.	en_US
dc.format.extent	35 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper;2008-03	en_US
dc.title	The Antecedents of Psychic Distance	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt08dec01 nijemo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for International Økonomi og Virksomhedsledelse	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INT	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of International Economics and Management	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	IEM	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656557299	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2008	en_US