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Berry, H., Guillen, M. F., & Hendi, A. S. (2014). IS THERE CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES? A SPATIAL APPROACH. Journal of international business studies, 45387-404. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2013.72
Berry, Heather, et al. "IS THERE CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES? A SPATIAL APPROACH." Journal of international business studies vol. 45 (2014): 387-404. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2013.72
Berry H, Guillen MF, Hendi AS. IS THERE CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES? A SPATIAL APPROACH. J Int Bus Stud. 2014;45:387-404. doi: 10.1057/jibs.2013.72. PMID: 25580035; PMCID: PMC4286895.
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J Int Bus Stud. 2014;45:387-404. doi: 10.1057/jibs.2013.72.

IS THERE CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES? A SPATIAL APPROACH.

Journal of international business studies

Heather Berry, Mauro F Guillen, Arun S Hendi

Affiliations

  1. George Washington University, School of Business, Funger Hall 401T, 2201 G Street, Washington DC 20052, [email protected].
  2. The Wharton School, 212 Lauder-Fischer Hall, 256 South 37 Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, [email protected].
  3. Population Studies Center, 239 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, [email protected].

PMID: 25580035 PMCID: PMC4286895 DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.72

Abstract

We analyze convergence across countries over the last half century as a result of globalizing forces. Drawing on theories of modernization, dependency, the world-system, political trade blocs, and the world-society, we consider economic, demographic, knowledge, financial, and political dimensions of convergence. Using a new methodology, we calculate the minimum volume ellipsoid encompassing different groupings of countries, finding that during the 1960-2009 period, countries have not evolved significantly closer or similar to one another, although groups of countries based on their core-periphery status or membership in trade blocs exhibit increasing internal convergence and divergence between one another.

Keywords: Convergence; Divergence; Minimum Volume Ellipsoid (MVE); Regional Integration; Semi-globalization; Trade Blocs

References

  1. Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Mar;83(3):202-9 - PubMed

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