by Chris Smit | Nov 3, 2011 | Power Distance, Video
Power Distance explained by the words of Professor Geert Hofstede. Power Distance is one of the easiest dimensions to understand when it comes to understanding cultural differences from Professor Geert Hofstede’s 4 primary dimensions of culture. Sometimes it is...
by Chris Smit | Aug 24, 2011 | General
Parking in New York “You don’t change a country’s culture from the outside” – Lawrence Harrison “Why do diplomats at the UN from countries like Quawait, Egypt, Tchad, Sudan, Mocambique, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Syria collect hundreds...
by Chris Smit | Nov 24, 2009 | General
Evolution in Culture Hungary has been a free country since 1989 (after the end of communism). But at this moment the country is living its “longest and darkest night”, according to the Hungarian president Mr. Gyurcsany.Thousands of people were protesting,...
by Chris Smit | Sep 3, 2009 | General
Cultural Differences and Wealth Amsterdam (NL) has been known as the Diamond capital of the world. Well, at least it used to be an important trading center for diamonds. Until a couple of years back. The market slumped: fewer and fewer people bought. Until recently....
by Chris Smit | Apr 24, 2009 | China, USA
Cultural Muscle-Flexing Along the way to Beijing to attend the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony this past week, President Bush made a stop in Bangkok. His purpose was to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the alliance between Thailand (Siam when the alliance was...
