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"After 25 years of research we become increasingly aware that the use of general models like the 7 dimensions of culture come to life when local specialists bring it to life.

Jerome is such a person. Being of French origin, educated in the Netherlands and married with a Russian beauty, he is well equipped to give great insights into Russian culture and its effects on management. This talent showed in his contributions to the recently published version of Riding the Waves of Culture.

In short, I highly recommend to cooperate with this dynamic person."

Fons

In the new field of cross-cultural management several researchers and consultants emerged in the last few decades. A bibliography, as complete as possible, is available on this site for your own information. All books worth a look and you will always learn something useful from them.

However, we chose to base our approach of cross-cultural communication upon the work of one of them, the "cross-culture guru" Fons Trompenaars for several reasons:

Trompenaars research is the most up-to-date in the field of cross-cultural management;
He is one of the very few who covered Russia and Eastern Europe in his research;
His field of research is not focused on a country by country analysis (like travel guides) but on cultural dimensions shared by all; hence providing the possibility to compare parts of cultures from diverse point of view (and not only from the point of view of the author);
His database of cultural dimensions compiles more than 60 000 answers from business people spread all over the world, in different types of companies and industries;
THT, his company is conducting research and consulting in parallel, hence merging the best of both;
Always on the move, his research is updated regularly in new books;
Finally, I would say that I know him and his contagious enthusiasm was enough to start a cooperation.

For more information about Fons Trompenaars' work, please visit THT web site at: www.thtconsulting.com