In 2008, the honorary doctor’s name was granted to Prof. Geert Hofstede by ISM for the contribution to development of the managerial competences of ISM University of Management and Economics and formation of positive image of the university in Lithuania and abroad.

Mr. Hofstede is a world-renowned professor studying organisational culture and anthropology. He became famous as a person, who completed one of the largest empirical studies involving 74 countries, on the basis of which a cultural dimension model was created, which is widely used in solving cultural disagreements in international business.