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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede.

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If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

Harvard Business Review

The uncertainty-avoidance measure was originally created by Geert Hofstede through a cultural survey of more than 100,000 IBM employees around the world and subsequently confirmed in additional global surveys. The cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede have been used by more than a 1,000 academic studies.