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We find that the recommendations that Beugelsdijk, Ambos and Nell (Journal of International Business Studies 49 (9): 1113–1137, 2018) make about Mahalanobis distance correction are useful not only in the analysis of multiple pairs of home and host countries as in their paper, but also when measuring distance against a single country. By testing different culture dimensions, we further support their idea that the selection of the culture framework has important consequences, and even more so in studies with a single reference home or host country.
Beugelsdijk, S., B. Ambos, and P.C. Nell. 2018. Conceptualizing and measuring distance in international business research: Recurring questions and best practice guidelines. Journal of International Business Studies 49 (9): 1113–1137.
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Peterson, M.F., Muratova, Y. (2020). Distance in International Business Research: A Commentary. In: Eden, L., Nielsen, B.B., Verbeke, A. (eds) Research Methods in International Business. JIBS Special Collections. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22113-3_27
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