Harzing, Anne-Wil; Köster, Kathrin; Magner, Ulrike - In: Journal of World Business 46 (2011) 3, pp. 279-287
Using interview data from managers in eight German and Japanese corporate HQs and their subsidiaries in Japan or Germany, we provide the first large-scale empirical analysis of the language barrier and its solutions. We found that language is an important barrier, slowing down and increasing the...