The marketers of an investment firm just developed a promotional campaign for a new financial service. In a print ad intended for its Chinese market, a representative from the firm is shown shaking hands with an Asian customer-a symbol that a business relationship based on trust and honor has been established. To convey this same message to its U.S. market, the U.S. print ad features a customer in an office formally signing a contract. Which of Hofstede's cultural dimensions accounts for this difference in the two ads?

A. time orientation
B. uncertainty avoidance
C. power distance
D. indulgence
E. individualism


Answer: B

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