# Professor Robert Salomon's book, "Global Vision," is named one of the "Best Business Books of 2016" by strategy + business

1 Faculty News October 31, 2016 ![Strategy and Business logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/strategy-business.jpg?itok=Koj8hZdo)>

Excerpt from [strategy + business](http://www.strategy-business.com/article/Best-Business-Books-2016-Strategy?gko=7e69f) -- "Instead of looking to the best practices of the Fortune 500, [Salomon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-salomon) seeks salvation in data. The ease or difficulty of doing business in another country isn’t determined only by the norms and culture of that country; it’s also determined by the ease or difficulty of doing business that you’re accustomed to in your home country. Salomon believes it is possible to measure and express as a number such differences as the 'institutional distance.' And, he continues, 'studies show a positive correlation between institutional distance and the level of risk in doing business across countries.' When crafting a global strategy, he argues, executives would be well advised to calculate that distance."

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