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About Egypt

by: Loes Husain-Cornelissen and Ali ElKattan
Egypt is a remarkably homogeneous country, although there are certainly differences between the big cities (Greater Cairo and Alexandria), the countryside, Upper Egypt, the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt), the Suez Canal area, and the Sinai. However, in general, there is a clear Egyptian identity, and other Arabs will recognize an Egyptian.
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How to increase effectiveness in cross-cultural environments

by: Michael Siller

Nonverbal communication is key for building trust and cooperation. The goal of our webinar is to create greater awareness of your own body language, to uncover sabotaging patterns in your nonverbal communication and how to communicate more authentically. The webinar will provide you with guidelines on how to distinguish cultural specific cues, how to react to them, and how to create greater trust and cooperation with your peers.

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Find, Attract and Retain employees and partners in India

by: Divya Susan Varkey, Associate partner of Hofstede Insights
The document gives pointers about finding the right employees and partners for your business, what their motivators are, what the ideal management style is and how to establish and maintain a relationship with the team.
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How to manage across cultures: Cultural Intelligence as the key to success

This webinar explores Cultural Intelligence as a critical mindset and skillset for managing across cultures.  We will discuss how to master three aspects of being a culturally intelligent global leader, which include: openness, curiosity, and knowledge.

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How to win a business assignment in Nigeria

The goal of this document is to give some specific details on how business is conducted in Nigeria and to give a few pointers on how to do it. It shares what should be highlighted and some aspects of Nigerian culture that might help you win a business assignment.
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Innovation as an opportunity

Innovation can sound like a topic that’s both simple and complicated. Many think it’s something that only the companies aiming to innovate should be doing while others feel most companies should be innovative but might struggle to see concrete opportunities in it. This document serves as a source of inspiration and ideas for SMEs, with a focus on how to leverage innovation as an opportunity.
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Innovation Landscape in Brazil

This webinar brings together the expertise in the innovation of ENRICH Brazil and the Cultural expertise of a Brazilian expert consultant of Hofstede Insights.

They discuss the current STI landscape and the implication and best practices when doing business in Brazil.

 

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Knowledge on India

What are the most lucrative and innovative sectors for the startup ecosystem in India? Do people from India appreciate punctuality less than Europeans? Not sure about the answers? Take this CUBE IN quiz and learn more!  
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Knowledge on Kenya

Can ethnical background affect business in Kenya? How is the ICT sector in this country? Take this quiz and find out more about the culture and innovation in Kenya!
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Knowledge on Malaysia

How does the decision-making process work in Malaysia? Is it difficult for a foreigner to start a business in Malaysia? Test your knowledge of Malaysian culture and innovation in our quiz and learn more!
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Knowledge on Mexico

What should you keep in mind while negotiating with Mexicans? Is Mexican "machismo" only a myth? Test your knowledge of Mexican culture and innovation in our quiz!
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Knowledge on Nigeria

Is the usage of AI and Big Data rare in Nigeria? How important is here success? Start our quiz on Nigerian culture and innovation and find out more!
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Knowledge on Pakistan

How important are facts and figures while working on a deal with a Pakistani business partner? What are consumers' decisions in Pakistan based on? Test yourself and find out more about Pakistani culture and innovation!
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Knowledge on Peru

What is the major barrier for the development of Peru's innovation capacity? Is hiring a family member problematic? Take this quiz about Peru and learn more!
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Knowledge on Russia

How important are personal relationships in Russia? Why Russians don't smile? Test your knowledge about Russian culture and innovation environment in our quiz!
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Knowledge on United Arab Emirates

How diverse is the economy of the UAE? What cultural influences are present in the UAE culture? Try out the quiz and learn more about the United Arab Emirates!
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Latin America

The questions below do NOT ask for your opinion, they are about facts which are known from cross-cultural research. The correct answers will be revealed after you submitted your answers. Keep in mind that culture is all about comparison - e.g. if the statement is "People are religious", it's not about whether the majority of people in the region are religious or not but if they are MORE religious compared to people in a West European country.
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Leadership style in China

In the context of Chinese people management, a very important point that needs to be made is that, when it comes to the relationship between executives and employees in China, one must be very careful not to misunderstand the dynamics of Chinese hierarchy. 
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Making sense of Indian culture and the economic valuation of wastewater reuse and treatment in India

Watch the recording of our webinar and learn more about Indian culture, doing business with Indian partners as well as the economic valuation of wastewater treatment and its reuse in India.

Together with our first speaker, Akhilesh Mandal, you will dive into the intricacies of the Indian culture. On practical examples, Akhilesh will highlight the importance of culture for successful business partnerships and collaboration. In the second part of the webinar, Sukanya Das will focus on the significance of economic valuation of wastewater treatment and its reuse possibilities. 

In the last few decades, a significant amount of financial resources has been invested in wastewater across the globe. At the same time, there has been an increasing pressure on water resources, highlighting the beneficial effects of the reuse of treated wastewater. As a result, treated wastewater reuse is now an essential component of long-term sustainable water resource management. 

 

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Managing Chinese employees

The different ways of thinking and of seeing the reality of the Chinese, coupled with the collectivistic and highly hierarchical character of Chinese society, creates such a peculiar cultural environment that it becomes essential for foreign managers to change their views on how to manage people by adapting their models to the Chinese reality. For Western companies especially, just sticking to the way they are used to working in the West will simply not work.
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Meetings and behaviour in business context in India

As with most matters in this highly diverse and contrasting culture, knowing your place in the cultural mosaic that is India is crucial. The goal of this document is to give some specific details on how to behave in business context and in meetings in India, what to do and what to not do.  
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Negotiation in China

The goal of this document is to give some specific details on how negotiations  are conducted in China and give a few pointers on how to do and win it. What should be highlighted and some aspects of Chinese culture that might help you win.
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Negotiation in India

This article attempts to provide insights into how Indian Culture and working practices of Indian organizations influence the negotiation process in India. This document also highlights potential pitfalls and derailers a businessperson particularly from the western world should try to stay clear of while dealing with his counterpart from India. It explores ways to make the negotiation process more effective from Indian cultural nuance perspective, leading to a possible Win.
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Negotiation in Kenya

Negotiating in a foreign country (and possibly a foreign language) is always a big challenge:  what are the rules of the game? 
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Removing Cultural Barriers to Innovation

What are the cultural barriers to innovation? What changes are needed in order to ensure sustainable growth by innovation? In this webinar, you can learn more about how to identify the often hidden cultural barriers in your organisation. The webinar was organised in cooperation with the IMP³rove Academy.

 

 

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South Korea Innovation Opportunities

This document provides a short overview of innovation aspects, business opportunities and challenges in South Korea. It will also give advice on best practices for starting and developing an innovative business venture, considering South Korea’s context.
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Southeast Asia

The questions below do NOT ask for your opinion, they are about facts which are known from cross-cultural research. The correct answers will be revealed after you submitted your answers. Keep in mind that culture is all about comparison - e.g. if the statement is "People are religious", it's not about whether the majority of people in the region are religious or not but if they are MORE religious compared to people in a West European country.
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The concept of face in China

Doing business overseas is not easy. Besides dealing with trade, finance and other regulatory issues that must be observed and tackled, it pays off to be informed about your target destination’s cultural idiosyncrasies and be prepared to deal with intercultural differences to avoid unnecessary communication breakdowns. In this article, you will learn more about mianzi, the concept of face in China.
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The influence of cultures on innovation management capacities of SMEs

How can SMEs use organisational culture to promote innovation mindset? How national culture affects innovation? Learn more about the influence of culture on innovation in this webinar organised in cooperation with IMP3rove Academy.

 

 

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Turkey Innovation Opportunities

Opportunities, challenges and tips for innovating in Turkey!
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Webinar: How cultural knowledge will help you succeed in emerging markets

In this first webinar, Egbert Schram CEO of Hofstede Insights introduces the platform and the significance of culture for SME.  He also briefly introduces the Hofstede Model of National Culture.   
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Knowledge on Brazil

How do the negotiations in Brazil look like? What are the most innovative sectors? Would you like to find out more about this interesting country? Take the quiz!
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Managing employees across cultures

In this final CUBE IN webinar of 2018, we will discuss how culture affects employee motivation, their expectations and what kind of balance they strive for in their life.

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employees
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Knowledge on Turkey

How much do you know about negotiating with Turks? Which are the most developed sectors? Take the quiz and find out more about Turkey!
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Personal Values

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Attract, retain and find employees and partners in Russia

It is not easy to find employees and partners when going to a foreign country or working in a foreign environment by rules that you are not familiar with. As a relatively young market economy, Russia, with its diverse cities and regions, is not one of the easiest markets to operate in. Read the most important things in partner and employee work in Russia to avoid costly mistakes.
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Negotiation in Russia

The goal of this document is to give some specific details on how negotiations are conducted in Russia and give a few pointers on how to do and win at it. What should be highlighted and some aspects of Russian culture that might help you win.
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About Turkey

Geert Hofstede’s analysis for Turkey shows a culture profile that is typical for the Eastern Mediterranean. Next to that, Turkey’s language and history have created a specific cultural set, in spite of the size of its population and its vast area.
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Building trust and relationships in India

Trust and relationships often have different meanings in different cultures and for Europeans doing business in India, this difference in meanings may be more pronounced than otherwise. This document, written by an Indian interculturalist living in India, gives useful guidelines on how to approach trust and relationships in the subcontinent.
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Building trust and relationships in Russia

Trust is the basis of all relationships. You need to trust the people you do business with. You can take, for example, David Meister’s trust equation which is a simplified formula for the trust components: credibility, reliability and proximity (divided by self orientation, the feeling of how much you pursue your own benefit only). What makes it more complex is that the components consist of different things in different cultures.
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How to win a business assignment in Russia

The goal of this document is to give some specific details on how business is conducted in Russia, and give a few pointers on how to do it and win. What should be highlighted and some aspects of Russian culture that might help you win.
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Knowledge on China

What is the "Belt and Road initiative"? Have you already heard about "Guanxi"? Try our CUBE IN quiz about China and learn more about the culture and innovation environment!
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Meetings and behaviour in business context in Russia

Business etiquette differs in different cultures. Russian culture is a mix of Eastern and Western, and the cultural dimensions like power distance, collectivism, high uncertainty avoidance and even long term orientation to some extent can be seen in it.
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