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The four-gate distance declaration sheet

Complete four methodological declarations before calculating or interpreting any cross-border distance score.

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Figure 1The four-gate distance declaration sheet

A five-column methodological worksheet for cross-border distance scores: base country, focal construct, unit of observation, transmission mechanism, and falsification boundary.Base countryWhose positiondefines thecomparisonbaseline?Focal constructCulture, formalinstitutions, orinformal norms?Unit of observationCountry averages,regional clusters, orfirm cultures?Transmission mechanismWhy should thisdifference change thefocal decision?FalsificationboundaryWhat host-marketevidence overridesthe score?A distance score earns an operational inference only when the base country, construct, observation unit, mechanism,and override conditions are explicitly declared.

Source: Author's methodological worksheet grounded in Shenkar (2001), Kostova et al. (2020), and Depperu et al. (2024). Blank fields are reader declarations; no single score or country index is supplied.

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Isoglu, S. (2026). The four-gate distance declaration sheet [Figure]. isoglu.com. https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-cultural-distance-changes-with-base-country-fig01/

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@misc{isoglu-2026-cultural-distance-changes-with-base-country-fig01,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{The four-gate distance declaration sheet}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Figure 1, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-cultural-distance-changes-with-base-country-fig01/},
  note = {From the essay {Cultural distance changes with the base country}}
}
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