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Computer-Mediated Communication and Majority Influence: Assessing the Impact in an Individualistic and a Collectivistic Culture

Tan, Bernard C. Y.; Wei, Kwok-Kee; Watson, Richard T.; … - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 9, pp. 1263-1278

Strong majority influence can potentially harm organizational decisions by causing decision makers to engage in groupthink. This study examines whether and how computer-mediated communication (CMC) can reduce majority influence and thereby enhance the quality of decisions in some situations. To...

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Overconfidence and optimism: The effect of national culture on capital structure

Antonczyk, Ron Christian; Salzmann, Astrid Juliane - In: Research in International Business and Finance 31 (2014) C, pp. 132-151

degree of individualism of the country where the firm is located. We assert that managers in countries with high level of … individualism exhibit strong optimism and overconfidence which cause an upward bias in perception of supportable debt ratios. Our …

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The relationship between national culture and national entrepreneurial activity

Wu, Sibin - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 3 (2007) 2, pp. 127-141

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Hofstede's four dimensions of national culture, I found that individualism and total …

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How does culture influence corporate risk-taking?

Li, Kai; Griffin, Dale; Yue, Heng; Zhao, Longkai - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 23 (2013) C, pp. 1-22

approach to isolate the effects of firm-level and country-level variables, we show that individualism has a positive and … conclude that even in a highly globalized world with sophisticated managers, culture matters. …

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National culture and corporate cash holdings around the world

Chen, Yangyang; Dou, Paul Y.; Rhee, S. Ghon; Truong, Cameron - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 50 (2015) C, pp. 1-18

This paper examines whether cultural dimensions explain the variation in corporate cash holdings around the world as … holdings are negatively associated with individualism and positively associated with uncertainty-avoidance. Second …, individualism and uncertainty avoidance influence the precautionary motive for holding cash. Third, firms in individualistic states …

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Impact of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure on Entrepreneurial Intention — Cross-Cultural Evidence

Mueller, Jessica; Zapkau, Florian B.; Schwens, Christian - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 22 (2014) 03, pp. 251-282

The present paper examines how the influence of prior entrepreneurial exposure on entrepreneurial intention is contingent on national culture. Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior, we test our hypotheses on a dataset of 253 students from Germany and Ethiopia. We find evidence that individuals...

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