The making of a construct: Lessons from 30 years of the Kogut and Singh cultural distance index

• Main Authors: CUYPERS, Ilya R. P., ERTUG, Gokhan, HEUGENS, Pursey Pmar M.A.R., KOGUT, Bruce, ZOU, Tengjian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Cultural dimensions; Cultural distance; Hofstede; National culture; Business; Sociology of Culture; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5917; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6916/viewcontent/30_Years_of_Kogut_and_Singh_pp_2018Sep.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The 30-year anniversary of Kogut and Singh’s (1988) groundbreaking study that introduced the concept of cultural distance and its accompanying measure provides the opportunity to take stock of what makes for a good construct. We organize our discussion around the issues of concept, algorithm, and da...