Dear Colleagues,
If you are attending the Academy meeting in Chicago, please consider joining the PDW below (no pre-registration required).
Going Strong: 30 Years of the Kogut and Singh Cultural Distance Index
Friday, Aug 10 2018 3:00PM - 4:30PM at Hyatt Regency Chicago in Columbian
Panelists:
Ilya Cuypers Singapore Management University
Bruce Kogut Columbia Business School
Tatiana Kostova University of South Carolina
To mark the 30-year anniversary of Kogut and Singh's (1988) ground-breaking study in which they introduced the cultural distance concept and its accompanying measure, we take stock of the impact of their work in this PDW. We will organize our discussion around the issues of concept, data, and algorithm, to clarify and gauge their contribution, before highlighting the impact of their work more generally. We also aim to have a rich discussion focusing on a number of points of discussion about the conceptualization and implementation of the measure that have emerged over the years, with the aim of stimulating a discussion on how the current measure can be used more rigorously. Finally, we will discuss emergent and future directions for the conceptualization and measurement of cultural distance, to facilitate the continuing advancement of work on international business.
We hope to collect some data from Strategy scholars to use in this PDW, so even if you are not able to attend it would be helpful if you could take 5-minutes to complete the following survey:
https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/KSI30/
Thank you very much and we hope to see you in Chicago.
Ilya Cuypers
Associate Professor of Strategy
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899
Singapore