dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Kunst, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Peeters, Job | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-09T00:00:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-09T00:00:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42170 | |
dc.description.abstract | Since the last decades, multinational enterprises are increasingly opening up subsidiaries in
regions outside of the Western world. These countries are different from the well-studied
Western countries. The questions rises whether cultural difference affect the firm and the
subsidiary in the same way in these countries. Starting from the theory of New Organizational
Institutionalism, the aim of this thesis is to research whether cultural difference in these lesser
studied countries has the same effect on the performance of subsidiaries as for the Western
countries. By combining data on subsidiaries form Indian MNEs with the Hofstede-index, I
analyzed the relationship. No significant relationship was found between the cultural
difference and the subsidiary performance. Institutional quality was significant as a mediator.
Having prior experience in the region did not serve as a mediator for cultural distance. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | Whereas most research about cultural distances and performance has been about devloped, Western countries, this thesis researches the effect of cultural distance on subsidiary performance in countries that are outside of the Western World. As the context in these countries is different, for example due to institutional differences, and differences tend to be larger, one can expect that the effect in these countries is different. | |
dc.title | Cultural distance and subsidiary performance in understudied countries | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | cultural distance; subsidiary performance; understudied countries; institutional
quality | |
dc.subject.courseuu | International Management | |
dc.thesis.id | 7930 | |