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HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATIONS

Reference: VASILE, Alexandrina Cristina; NICOLESCU, Luminita.Cross - Cultural Management

Journal; Ias?i Vol. XVIII, Iss. 1, (2016).

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In many cases, the success or failure in management is caused by the way leaders understand the
cultural environment the companies develop. The leadership approach and rules applied to increase
or decrease performance in economies and companies. The paper describes the relation between
management failure or success and the management adjustment to the cultural dimensions. People
build organizations and rule them according to their values, but in the corporation, field-specific
values might be successfully applied or implying the whole company failure. The analysis is made
based on Hofstede's research and having in mind his dimensions on a dynamic hypothetical case
where there are taken into account cultural dimensions for Romania, Germany, Kazakhstan and the
United States of America.

1. HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND NATIONAL INNOVATION LEVEL

Reference: Andrijauskiene, Meda; Dumciuviene, Daiva.DIEM : Dubrovnik International Economic

Meeting; Dubrovnik Vol. 3, Iss. 1, 189-205. Dubrovnik: University of Dubrovnik. (Nov 2017)

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Nowadays, the vast majority of scholars admit that innovation in many countries is a key to a fast
economic development which enables a high level productivity and quality of life. As European
Innovation Scoreboard 2016 states, "Innovation grows the EU's knowledge economy, it enhances our
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competitiveness and it creates a prosperous future for all Member States". Nevertheless, though the
European Union is constantly seeking convergence, the members are still divided to modest,
moderate, strong innovators and innovation leaders. Therefore, it is crucial to constantly analyse all
drivers and determinants of successful national-level innovation performance. The authors of this
article suggest that culture is one of the influencing factors because EU countries differ significantly
by their social norms, morals, values, traditions, and behaviors which may also affect the innovative
capacity of a society. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the link between a nation’s
cultural background and country-level innovation performance. A systemic review of scientific
economic literature, comparative judgment, and regression analysis was used in order to reach the
conclusions. The data from the European Innovation Scoreboard and scores of six of Hofstede’s
cultural dimensions were applied in the empirical analysis. The representative results show that the
dimensions of indulgence and individualism are positive while power distance and uncertainty
avoidance are negatively related to national innovation performance.

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