The twelfth volume in the Progress in International Business Research series presents extensive accounts of the contemporary scientific debate on how to assess the impacts of distance, both negative and positive ones, on the conduct of international business.

Prologue, Voyages of self-discovery: a reflection on four decades of research on expatriation and cross-cultural interactions; Tung, Rosalie Chapter 1, Distance in international business studies: conceptualization, costs and value; Verbeke, Alain; van Tulder, Rob and Puck, Jonas   Chapter 2, Are we at a turning point for distance research in international business studies?; Dow, Douglas  Chapter 3, Institutional overlap, access and contestation: how institutional diversity affects International Management; Maseland, Robbert  Chapter 4, How do managers deviant perceptions of “cultural distance” relate to the performance of international SMEs?; Azar, Goudarz and Drogendijk, Rian  Chapter 5, The concept of institutional and cultural compatibility; Halaszovich, Tilo  Chapter 6, The direction of regulatory institutional distance and MNE’s subsidiary ownership strategy: re-examining theory and evidence in the case of emerging markets; Shirodkar, Vikrant and Konara. Palita  Chapter 7, Ownership strategy and subsidiary survival in foreign acquisitions: the moderating effects of experience, cultural distance, and host country development; Wang, Yie and Larimo, Jorma  Chapter 8, The psychic distance hazards in cross-border acquisition performance: an empirical study of cross-border acquisitions from 26 countries; João Carvalho Santos,Hortênsia Karl-Barandas and Francisco Vitorino Martins  Chapter 9, Why does psychic distance inhibit international buyer-supplier relationships?; Tierean, Silviu H.; Berens, Guido A.J.M; and van Riel, Cees B.M.  Chapter 10, Institutional distance and location choice: new empirical evidence from emerging-market MNEs; Diego Quer, Enrique Claver and Laura Rienda  Chapter 11, Firm resources, institutional distance, and the choice of entry mode, Puck, Jonas; Hödl, Markus; Filatotchev, Igor and Lindner, Thomas  Chapter 12, How the direction of institutional distance influences foreign entry mode choices: an information economics perspective; Mueller, Michael; Hendriks, Guus and Slangen, Arjen  Chapter 13, Equity commitment in cross-border acquisitions: the influence of distance and organization resources; Dikova, Desislava; Arslan, Ahmad, and Larimo, Jorma   Chapter 14, The geography of international knowledge sourcing: looking back and moving forward; Perri, Alessandra & Santangelo, Grazia  Chapter 15, CSR Implementation in MNEs: the role of distance and prioritization of demands; Jacqueminet, Anne  Chapter 16, Breaking bad? The effect of faultline strength and distance on relationship conflict and performance in teams. A conditional process model; Pregernig. Ursula  Chapter 17, When distance is good: an upper-echelons perspective on the role of distance in internationalization; Piaskowska, Dorota   Chapter 18, How to internationalize a traditional Portuguese style food – liability or asset of Portugueseness?; Costa, Susana e Silva and Elo, Maria  Chapter 19, Labilities of distance: governance cost dynamics in MNE headquarters-subsidiary relationships; Tomassen, Sverre  Chapter 20, Reducing psychic distance through springboard subsidiaries: an exploratory case study; Magomedova, Nina; Achcaoucaou, Fariza; and Miravitlles, Paloma  Chapter 21, Cultural distance, reputation transferability and cross border acquisitions: a consumer perspective; Matarazzo, Michela; De Vanna, Frederica; Lanzilli, Giulia; and Resciniti, Riccardo  Chapter 22, Domestic alliance formation and the foreign divestment decisions of firms; Viacheslav Iurko, and Gabriel R.G. Benito

Business scholars explore the impact of distance on international trade from the perspectives of the concept of distance, the cost of cultural and psychic distance, the cost of institutional distance, the value of distance, and alternative lenses for international business research. Among their topics are institutional overlap as a basis for international business, why psychic distance inhibits international buyer-supplier relationships, equity commitment in cross-border acquisitions: the influence of distance and organizational resources, when distance is good: an upper-echelon perspective on the role of distance in internationalization, and domestic alliance formation and the foreign divestment decisions of firms.