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What operational problem must an international entry mode solve?

Table 1What operational problem must an international entry mode solve?

Entry question	What it keeps visible
Resource access	Which tangible, intangible, or organizationally embedded resources are needed?
Institutional fit	Which market-supporting conditions and inefficiencies shape the choice?
Control	Which decisions, standards, and risks require direct influence?
Integration	Which local relationships, processes, and capabilities must be combined?
Reversibility	How costly is it to change the mode if assumptions fail?
Evidence	Which study, sample, and moderator support the inference?

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Cultural distance is not a universal entry-mode rule

Cultural distance does not choose an entry mode: fit depends on institutions, resources, mode, sample, and the moderator behind the estimate.

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@misc{isoglu-2026-cultural-distance-is-not-a-universal-entry-mode-rule-fig01,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{What operational problem must an international entry mode solve?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Table 1, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-cultural-distance-is-not-a-universal-entry-mode-rule-fig01/},
  note = {From the essay {Cultural distance is not a universal entry-mode rule}}
}

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