Instructions:

1. Go to the Hofstede webpage and look up the values of individualism, power distance, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance for both your chosen country and for the United States. What are the main differences between national culture in the U.S. and your chosen country? What implications might these differences have on doing business in your country?
2. What other information besides Hofstede have you been able to find about culture in your country? How do these aspects of culture impact doing business in your country?
3. Overall, does the national culture of your country make it easy or difficult to business? What cultural pitfalls might an American company investing in your country face?

Content:

National Culture Name: Institution: Course: Date: National Culture Globalization has revolutionized the world economies, with a subtle element of conducting business across borders. Countries now have the ability to conduct business transactions with any other country in the world (International employees, 2014). The heightened global ties, most of the countries in the world have bilateral and multilateral trade agreements that allow their citizens to conduct business across the borders (Geert-hofstede.com, 2016). The US conducts business with quite a number of countries in the world among them China. The Chinese market has been one of the fastest growing markets in the world and most countries have invested heavily in the market. This is a general trend that is associated with emerging markets (HR challenges of international business, 2014). Of great importa