From the book "Understanding cultural differences", Edward T. Hall.
A table comparing "Intercultural relations in European business"
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Culture Dominant features |
France | United Kingdom |
Germany |
| Ideology | History, nation and meritocracy |
Class and privacy |
Order organization and discretion |
| Influence |
State |
Capital |
Capital |
Strategy:
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Tactics
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| Psychology | Hedonistic/Individualistic |
Class conscious |
Obedient / Power conscious |
| Reference area |
France |
Atlantic |
Western-German industrial expansion sectors |
| Untranslatable | Grande Ecole |
Civilized |
Fuhrung |
| Symbols | On se téléphone et on se fait une bouffe |
The Continent is isolated (The Times) |
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