Geert Hofstede is a professor emeritus of at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. Born in 1928 in Holland, he gained recognition for his anthropological studies of cultural differences across countries and organizations. He wrote Culture’s Consequences and Cultures and Organizations, Software of the Mind, among other works. But Hofstede, who once said “cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster,” is best known for his list of five cultural factors used to evaluate differences between organizations and nations. The factors, roughly defined: - See more at: http://www.argentinepost.com/2008/02/argentina-hofstedes-cultural-dimensions.html#sthash.2Nym0NwU.dpuf