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Amir Shoham

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Cross-national cultural values and nascent entrepreneurship

2016

This article, differentiating between factual and normative values, investigates the links between national culture and entrepreneurial activity in 24 countries based on 154 observations. We test hypotheses on the relationship between national culture—measured by Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE)—and nascent entrepreneurship as represented by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). Both the GEM and the GLOBE databases are robust in terms of forming empirical connections between factual and normative culture and entrepreneurship at the country level. Using these two separate databases to examine our hypotheses enables us to avoid the methodological biases th…

Cultural StudiesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEntrepreneurship05 social sciencesNational cultureGlobeTest (assessment)medicine.anatomical_structureArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)0502 economics and businessmedicineCultural valuesNormativeHofstede's cultural dimensions theorySociology050207 economicsBusiness and International ManagementSocial scienceSocial psychology050203 business & managementCross nationalInternational Journal of Cross Cultural Management
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Strategic agility explanations for managing franchising expansion during economic cycles

2017

Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how franchising firms can manage system expansion by weathering the economic effects of a location (i.e. country-level economic cycles) by shifting their resources. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a comprehensive database of 151 US hybrid franchising organizations, including observations for the years between 2001 and 2008. Data analysis is conducted with count model panel data with a Poisson distribution. Findings The model reveals a curvilinear U-shaped relationship between location (i.e. economic cycles) and franchising expansion. Originality/value This study contributes to competitiveness literature by showing how franchising firms res…

media_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGeneral Business Management and AccountingOriginality0502 economics and businessValue (economics)Business cycleEconomics050211 marketingBusiness and International Management050203 business & managementIndustrial organizationmedia_commonPanel dataCompetitiveness Review: An International Business Journal
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