%0 Journal Article
%J Journal of World Business
%D 2002
%T Long- vs. short-term performance perspectives of Western European, Japanese, and U.S. countries: where do they lie?
%A Peterson ,R. L.
%A Dibrell,Clay
%A Pett,T. L.
%K Management
%K Strategy & Entrepreneurship
%X This paper examines the differences between Eastern and Western companies regarding long- vs. short-term orientations. Utilizing Hofstede's long-term orientation index, this study scrutinizes both long- and short-term performance measurements for companies from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States. The findings suggest that Western European companies place an equally higher priority on both long- and short-term measures of performance compared to companies from Japan and the United States. Additionally, Japanese companies were postulated by the literature to employ a long-term orientation toward company performance greater than U.S. companies. However, our results do not support this statement, as U.S. and Japanese companies were not statistically significantly different.
%B Journal of World Business
%V 37
%P 245-255
%8 2002
%G eng
%N 4
%2 a
%4 645513216
%$ 645513216