Hofstede studied over 100,000 IBM employees in 66 countries and found that the culture of the countries varied along four dimensions. Of these, which dimension has proved the most useful for evaluating and predicting the extent of cultural differences in international commerce

muslims control the north africa during the period of 1500 up

to 1800. they made a barrier to prevent further european exploration from

entering the africa from the north. however, the dutch ware still able to move

toward the interior with having south africa as one of the routes leading to

the east for trading with asia.

answer; ///decision making under risk;

consumer credit. an advantage is that it allows consumers to afford expensive goods and services now, increasing their standard of living. however, a disadvantage is that it creates a trap for debt, if people do not have self control, they may see themselves filing personal bankruptcy.