Headquarters Resource Allocation for Inter-Subsidiary Innovation Transfer: The Effect of Within-Country and Cross-Country Cultural Differences

Although the importance of cross-country cultural distance is widely acknowledged in the international business literature, we have limited understanding about how culture distance at different levels influences multinational corporations’ (MNCs’) subsidiary management. This paper contributes to culture-related research by stressing cultural differences at the sub-national level by examining how cultural distances at both the within- and...