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Distance as Diversity: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Author(s) -
Doh Jonathan P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/joms.12685
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , diversity (politics) , complement (music) , point (geometry) , international business , epistemology , sociology , economic geography , positive economics , political science , computer science , economics , mathematics , law , philosophy , anthropology , geometry , biochemistry , chemistry , complementation , phenotype , gene , programming language
Distance is a fundamental construct in International Business/International Management (IB/IM) research. It also has practical implications for the conduct of business across borders. In this introduction to this Point‐Counter‐Point exchange, I comment on the two perspectives on the role of diversity as a complement or substitute for the distance construct. I argue that this discussion has ramifications for not just the distance construct, but broader assumptions and tenets in the IB/IM literature.