Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance

Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance

Based on Hofstede's findings, this study breaks down Kogut and Singh's index of cultural distance, examining implications for acquisition performance of each individual dimension. Hypotheses are formulated, and based on deal data covering 488 acquisitions with American companies as acquire...

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Main Authors: Lundborg, Jona, Nouri, Iman
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2008
Subjects:
national culture
cultural distance
acquisitions
acquisition performance
Hofstede
Kogut
Singh
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9429
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-94292013-01-08T13:25:41ZCultural Distance and International Acquisition PerformanceengLundborg, JonaNouri, ImanUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionenUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionenUppsala : Företagsekonomiska institutionen2008national culturecultural distanceacquisitionsacquisition performanceHofstedeKogutSinghBased on Hofstede's findings, this study breaks down Kogut and Singh's index of cultural distance, examining implications for acquisition performance of each individual dimension. Hypotheses are formulated, and based on deal data covering 488 acquisitions with American companies as acquirers, tested through linear regression. We find support for a positive relationship between cultural distance of power distance and performance, and an inverse relationship between cultural distance of masculinity and performance. Significant results are not obtained for the remaining dimensions. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9429application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic national culture
cultural distance
acquisitions
acquisition performance
Hofstede
Kogut
Singh
spellingShingle national culture
cultural distance
acquisitions
acquisition performance
Hofstede
Kogut
Singh
Lundborg, Jona
Nouri, Iman
Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
description Based on Hofstede's findings, this study breaks down Kogut and Singh's index of cultural distance, examining implications for acquisition performance of each individual dimension. Hypotheses are formulated, and based on deal data covering 488 acquisitions with American companies as acquirers, tested through linear regression. We find support for a positive relationship between cultural distance of power distance and performance, and an inverse relationship between cultural distance of masculinity and performance. Significant results are not obtained for the remaining dimensions.
author Lundborg, Jona
Nouri, Iman
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Nouri, Iman
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title Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
title_short Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
title_full Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
title_fullStr Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
title_full_unstemmed Cultural Distance and International Acquisition Performance
title_sort cultural distance and international acquisition performance
publisher Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen
publishDate 2008
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