Comments on: Back from India (and from a cultural impact) http://scarcityrent.com/2008/07/22/back-from-india/ Digressive thoughts from an engineer & economist going for an MBA ;) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gabrielbcn http://scarcityrent.com/2008/07/22/back-from-india/#comment-2062 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:45 +0000 http://gabrielbcn.wordpress.com/?p=387#comment-2062 Hi Rahul, I hope you’re enjoying your well-deserved vacation ;)

]]> By: Rahul http://scarcityrent.com/2008/07/22/back-from-india/#comment-2061 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:06 +0000 http://gabrielbcn.wordpress.com/?p=387#comment-2061 hey,

good to read about ur experience in India. I am also in India currently, on vacation :)

]]> By: gabrielbcn http://scarcityrent.com/2008/07/22/back-from-india/#comment-2060 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:11:45 +0000 http://gabrielbcn.wordpress.com/?p=387#comment-2060 I agree with you… well I’m not sure that Hofstede harboured colonial intentions but there’s much to gain from cultural interchange… don’t societies and organisations, when holding only one dominant view of the world, become sclerotic and unadaptable? I think there’s a lot to learn from each and every culture :D

]]> By: Hairtwirler http://scarcityrent.com/2008/07/22/back-from-india/#comment-2058 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:05 +0000 http://gabrielbcn.wordpress.com/?p=387#comment-2058 I agree with Hofstede’s first statement, but not the second. The way the statement seems to flow, the second necessarily follows from the latter. I find it to be a rather colonial view of international business.

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