Received: 5 March 2009 Revised: 7 March 2010 Accepted: 10 March 2010 Online publication date: 1 July 2010 Abstract Cross-national distance is a key concept in the field of management. Previous research has conceptualized and measured cross-national differences mostly in terms of dyadic cultural distance, and has used the Euclidean approach to measuring it. In contrast, our goal is to disaggrega...

It has been hypothesized that, in species exhibiting natal philopatry, genetically related individuals would have home ranges closer to each other than those of unrelated individuals. Using radiotelemetry (2001–2003) and genetic data from 35 female Florida black bears (Ursus americanus floridanus), we tested the hypothesis that genetic relatedness among individuals influenced the spatial organi...

This paper studies the effect of supplier-customer relationship on supplier innovation through a knowledge spillover channel. We use the geographical distance between a supplier and its major customers to capture knowledge spillovers along the supply chain. To establish causality, we explore plausibly exogenous variation in distance caused by customer headquarters relocations. In a difference-i...