@article {1970721,
	title = {Business Cultural Intelligence Quotient: A Five-Country Study},
	journal = {Thunderbird International Business Review},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016},
	abstract = {Cultural intelligence (CI) has often been linked to performance at the individual, team and firm levels as a key factor in international business success. Using a new measure of CI, the business cultural intelligence quotient (BCIQ), our study provides empirical evidence on several key antecedents of CI using data onbusiness professionals across five diverse countries (Austria, Colombia, Greece, Spain and USA). The findings suggest that the most important factors leading to cultural intelligence, in order of importance, are: the number of countries that business practitioners have lived in for more than six months, their level of education and the number of languages spoken. We find that cultural intelligence varies across countries, suggesting that some countries have a higher propensity for cross-cultural business interactions. By teasing out the common antecedents of BCIQ among professionals, our findings may help with screening and training professionals for international assignments. Future research may examine the environmental (country-specific) factors associated with a higher propensity for cultural intelligence (such as immigration, cultural diversity, languages spoken, and international trade) to explain the effect of country of origin on cultural intelligence in the professional community.},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Elston,Julie and Alon,Ilan}
}
@article {1977911,
	title = {Business Cultural Intelligence Quotient (BCIQ)},
	year = {2013},
	month = {2013},
	address = {Orlando, FL},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Elston,Julie}
}
@article {1970771,
	title = {Bank Influence, Firm Performance and Survival},
	journal = {Corporate Ownership and Control},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {65-71},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Elston,Julie}
}
@article {1970786,
	title = {Bank-firm relationships, financing and firm performance in Germany},
	journal = {Economic Letters},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2001},
	month = {2001},
	pages = {225-232},
	abstract = {Close bank{\textquotedblright}firm relationships that characterize the financial systems in Germany and Japan are often credited for reducing agency costs and increasing access to capital, thus improving the performance of firms. Critics of these banking systems cite the alternative possibility that conflicts of interests may also arise from both the banks{\textquoteright} multiple roles with the firm, and the opportunity the banks have to use private information to shift risk or to otherwise participate in rent-seeking activities. We extend the empirical literature by systematically investigating the impact of bank-influence on the financing choices and performance of the firm. We find that bank-influenced firms in Germany do benefit from increased access to capital. There is, however, no evidence to support the hypothesis of either higher profitability or growth for bank-influenced firms. Results suggest that the interest payments to debt ratio is significantly higher for bank-influenced firms, which supports the hypothesis that German universal banks may engage in rent-seeking activities and provides evidence of a conflicting interests between creditors and shareholders.},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Agarwal,Rajshree and Elston,Julie}
}
@article {1970816,
	title = {Banks, Finance and Investment in German: A Review Article},
	journal = {Small Business Economics},
	volume = {7},
	year = {1995},
	month = {1995},
	pages = {475-479},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Elston,Julie}
}
@article {1970821,
	title = {Bank Affiliations and Firm Capital Investment in Germany},
	journal = {IFO Studien: Zeitschrift fur Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung},
	volume = {1},
	year = {1994},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {1-15},
	keywords = {Finance, OSU-Cascades},
	author = {Elston,Julie and Albach,Horst}
}
