The aim of the current study was to investigate the perceived psychic distance of potentialtourists in relation to Iran as a tourism destination. The concept of psychic distance refersto perceived similarities/ differences between specific destination and tourist's homecountry. The members of couch-surfing virtual community participated in this study. Thestatistical data were collected by conve...

Firstly, this article defines the basic concept of the psychic distance, analyzes the influencing factors of psychic distance and establishes an evaluation model based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation on the basis of psychic distance. On this basis, the paper made it clear that the psychic distance is an important factor to affect international development of enterprises. When enterprises want...

the aim of the current study was to investigate the perceived psychic distance of potentialtourists in relation to iran as a tourism destination. the concept of psychic distance refersto perceived similarities/ differences between specific destination and tourist's homecountry. the members of couch-surfing virtual community participated in this study. thestatistical data were collected by conve...

We synthesize the financial crisis contagion literature through the gravity model from physics and test the hypothesis that the severity of contagion relates positively to trade and financial linkages but negatively to psychic distance between countries, when macroeconomic fundamentals and institutional factors are controlled. The psychic distance variable, a behavioral predictor constructed al...

Around the world, China fever has replaced China fear. Multi-national enterprises (MNEs) are doing more than just talking about foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. Differences in local thing in their broadest senses, including policy barriers at the borders, nature and geography, and economic differences, contribute to its distinctiveness. Thus, this study reviews, discusses and re-concep...