国家之间的差异是国际商务研究的一个核心议题,也是跨国公司进行跨国经营必须正视的一个实际问题。制度距离概念于上世纪九十年代中期提出以后,便引起了学者们的关注。相关研究基于制度理论视角解释了国家之间所存在的制度差距及其对跨国经营活动的影响。本文在系统梳理国外相关研究的基础上,先对制度距离概念的来源及其演化、制度距离的衡量方法以及制度距离的相关实证研究进行了详尽的评介,然后针对现有研究所存在的不足对未来研究进行了展望。
The differences between countries are universally regarded as a key issue of researches on international business and a practical problem necessarily confronting multinationals. Raised in the middle of 1990s, the concept of institutional distance has drawn wide attention from scholars. From the perspective of institutional theory, the related researches provide the explanation of institutional distance between countries and its effects on international business. On the basis of a systematic review of related literature, this paper elaborates the origin and development of the concept of institu tional distance as well as its measurement methods, and empirical studies. Then it advances the direc tions in future researches by taking account of the shortcomings of existing researches.