We are not fond of receiving questions that are clearly answered
in our books. But we love to think ahead together with those who
did their homework.
The copyright and translation rights for Geert's books, with
or without co-authors, and nearly all
of Geert's articles reside with Geert Hofstede BV, a
company under Dutch law. All permission requests should be
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They will normally be answered within two weeks. The
rights for Gert Jan's book "Exploring Cultures" reside with
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No permission can be given to print material published on
websites. Authorized original sources from which permission
can be given are:
- Geert Hofstede, "Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values,
Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations", Second
Edition. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 2001, ISBN
0-8039-7323-3.
- Geert Hofstede and Gert Jan Hofstede, "Cultures and
Organizations: Software of the Mind". Revised and Expanded 2nd
Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill USA, 2005, ISBN 0-07-143959-5.
- Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede and Michael Minkov,
"Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind". Revised and
Expanded 3rdEdition. New York: McGraw-Hill USA, 2010, ISBN
0-07-xxxxxx-x.
- For languages other than English, translations of these
books.
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