Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

We conducted a study specifically focusing on whether the cultural values that CEOs inherit from their parents and grandparents affect their decision-making and their firms’ performance. bank CEOs who were born in the U.S., bank CEOs who were born in the U.S., The CEOs in our sample led 441 publicly-listed U.S.

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Banking Sample Hofstede Chief Financial Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Yet, when her CEO enters the room specifically to seek feedback in her area of expertise, I once again watch her shrink from being a bright, outgoing creative professional to a subordinate who speaks in carefully couched, formal terms. Professor Geert Hofstede calls the phenomenon " power distance." Take Malaysia , for example.

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Power Hofstede Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Lei Jun, CEO of the $10 billion Chinese company Xiaomi, has made headlines for creating products that look and act a lot like Apple’s, such as its new thin smartphone. Leadership Managing yourself' Photo by Andrew Nguyen. As Business Insider put it: “Jun wears a black shirt and jeans, just like Steve Jobs did.

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Hofstede Charisma Seminar Diversity 8