Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch author in the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He
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Hofstede and Trompenaars compared Of these seven value dimensions‚ two reflect closely the Hofstede dimensions of Collectivism/Individualism and to a lesser extent power distance. Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s communitarianism/individualism value orientation seems to be virtually identical to Hofstede’s Collectivism/Individualism. • Their achievement/ascription value orientation‚ which describes how status is accorded‚ appears to be linked to Hofstede’s power distance index‚ at
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Geography: France is bordered by Belgium‚ Luxembourg‚ Germany‚ Switzerland‚ Italy‚ Monaco‚ Spain‚ Andorra‚ and the UK by the Channel Tunnel. It is located in the continent of Europe. They are in the timezone of UTC/GMT +1 Hour. The borders inside of France are the only ones that have changed‚ the outside perimeter has been the same since France was declared a country. Paris is the capital city and also the largest. Lyon is the second biggest city in France. People do travel from country to country
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Limousine France Some traditional clothing in Limousin in the second half of the nineteenth century for women consist of black velvet ribbons on the wrist and bottom skirts. it also includes ornaments such as lace collars the paihole (La pailhole) is also worn with dresses. For men the clothing is very simple‚ it consist of black shoes with bridge blue trousers‚ white shirt with or without bib and a knot of black velvet around the neck. Limousine is located in the centre
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monument‚ or simply admire the city lights while cruising down the smooth waters of the Seine River? None other than Paris‚ France. I’ve been invited to participate in the Celtic Cultures trip‚ but my heart resides in Paris‚ France. I dream of one day living in Paris. Who wouldn’t want to be a coffee-sipping‚ baguette-eating‚ people-watching Parisian? I want to travel to France for many reasons‚ one being the extensive history etched into every corner of the country. For example: La Sainte-Chapelle
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Disney in France Cynthia Cerbone International Business MW ~ 2 - 3:15 January 23‚ 2011 1. What assumptions did Disney make about the tastes and preferences of French consumers? Which of these assumptions were correct? Which were not? Between the other cultures among the world many perceive tastes and preferences in different fashion. For Disney and their empire placing themselves in French territory released a debacle of cultural differences. Disney indeed made assumptions on French
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simply agree on the relative importance of these factors. During the course of the eighteenth century‚ the population of France swelled to almost 30 million people. The increase in population (of 8-10 million) during the century‚ put enormous strains on a society which relied on very small farms and obsolete farming methods. When Englishmen‚ Arthur Young‚ visited France in the late 1780s he could help but notice the backwardness of the many‚ many tiny French farms when compared with the large
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REPORT ON FRANCE DONE BY: ISHAN AGARWAL (SA 1102) TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE NO INTRODUCTION 3 GEOGRAPHY 5 ECONOMIC
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The Rivers of France The Rhône system The Rhône is the great river of the southeast. Rising in the Alps‚ it passes through Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman) to enter France‚ which has 324 miles of its total length of 505 miles. At Lyon it receives its major tributary‚ the Saône. In eastern France the direction of the main rivers is predominantly north-south through the Alpine furrow. The regime of the Rhône is complex. Near Lyon the Rhône and its important Isère and Drôme tributaries‚ draining
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The Culture of France Introduction France is a modern European state and a republic‚ the capital of France is Paris‚ and is one of the world’s top five economies. The French head of state is the President‚ elected by universal suffrage (2012 elections): the president governs through a Council of Ministers and a parliament made up of two chambers‚ the National Assembly (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). In addition‚ the political system in France called (Republique)
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