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Cultural Dynamics
in Assessing
Global Markets
How we consume
How we sleep
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2012. Copyright
2012 by World Bank. Reproduced with permission of World Bank via Copyright Clearance Center.
Source: CBI Marketing Information Data Base, CBI Tradewatch for Cut Flowers and Foliage, http://www.cbi.eu, 2012; back
and 2015. EuroMonitor International
Ways of thinking
Source: Michelle Andrews, Health, The Cost of Care, National Geographic Magazine, December 2009.
Oliver Uberti/National Geographic Stock. Reprinted with permission.
John Graham
Every Muslim is enjoined to make the Each day at sunrise and sunset,
hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, once in pilgrims crowd the Ghats (steps to the
his or her lifetime if physically able. holy river/Mother Ganga/the River
Millions of faithful Muslims come from Ganges) to immerse themselves in the
all over the world annually to water and perform puja. The 55-day
participate in what is one of the largest festival attracts some 6080 million
pilgrims.
ritual meetings on Earth.
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Social Institutions: School
The literacy rate of a country is a potent force in
economic development.
According to the World Bank, no country has been
successful economically with less than 50 percent literacy.
When countries have invested in education, the economic
rewards have been substantial.
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Source: OECD, PISA, http://www. economist.com/node/21529014, 2015.
Values
Rituals
Symbols
Beliefs
Thought processes
Source: Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, and Michael Minkov, Culture and Organizations: Software of the Mind,
3rd ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011); Joel West and John L. Graham, A Linguistics-Based Measure of Cultural back
Distance and Its Relationship to Managerial Values, Management International Review 44, no.3 (2004), pp. 23960.