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Thinking of going Global with your business?

Are you looking to move your business into a country that may have  completely different cultures and views?

Under National Culture, Professor Geert Hofstede states that values in countries can be distinguished into categories. The original categories are:

  1. Power Distance (PDI),
  2. Individualism versus Collectivism (IDV)
  3. Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS)
  4. Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI).

Long-Term Orientation (LTO)  was added in 1991 and there are others not fully distinguished but the website gives great insight to what categories are more dominant in each country. This is important aspect to have knowledge on if you are thinking of going global.

Click here to read more:

http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html