Concepts and measures of distance and internacional business: an empirical comparison

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Date
2016Author
Advisor
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Trabajo Fin de Máster/Master Amaierako Lana
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nodoi-noplumx
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Abstract
The purpose of this work is to provide empirical evidence about the explanatory power of
some measures of distance in the origin of imports. After a systematic literature review on
seminal measures of distance, an empirical analysis is carried out aiming to prove a possible
correlation between distance and imports origin. Finally this work outlines some implications
and directions for future ...
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The purpose of this work is to provide empirical evidence about the explanatory power of
some measures of distance in the origin of imports. After a systematic literature review on
seminal measures of distance, an empirical analysis is carried out aiming to prove a possible
correlation between distance and imports origin. Finally this work outlines some implications
and directions for future research.
This paper is structured as follows. First a review of the literature regarding to concepts of
distance in IB research is presented, providing the theoretical foundation as well as methods
and measurements of this topic. Secondly, the methodology is described and the results of the
analysis are presented. Finally, is presented findings and discussion of the analysis results. [--]
Subject
Concepts,
Measures of distance,
Internacional business,
Empirical comparison
Degree
Máster Universitario en Dirección de Empresas por la Universidad Pública de Navarra /
Enpresen Zuzendaritzako Unibertsitate Masterra Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan