Problem Statement Expansion of business operation to global geographic locations is an issue that Azure Sky Tea has to consider. Globalization ushers a unique problem for most companies i.e. to acclimatize with other cultures before starting a business in foreign countries. The difference in natural cultures brings forth changes within the organizational culture and the mode of operation of the companies. For instance, a company operating in the US has a different set of organizational culture than that operating in China. Differences in national cultures affect the nature of organizational culture largely. Azure Sky Tea in its attempt to expand their operation globally has to determine their ingrained culture in accordance with the national culture i.e. the culture of the US. Depending on this, and the culture of the host foreign country, Azure Sky Tea has to alter their culture. The company has to embrace certain traits of the foreign culture to acclimatize the company’s culture to that of the host country. Hence, the main problem that Azure Sky Tea faces is altering its organizational culture in accordance with the cultural traits of the foreign country. The firm and the characteristic of the foreign country influence the entry decision making of the firms into foreign countries. Therefore the problems that Azure Sky Tea will face in its endeavor to expand business are as follows:  1. The differences in the core culture between the national cultures  2. The difference between the corporate culture induced by the difference in national culture  3. The difference in working environment because of these two differences The main aim of the company will, therefore, be to able to reduce the cultural difference between nations and establish a clear understanding of the mode of corporate culture that has to be adopted in foreign countries. Hence, the problem statement for Azure Sky Tea is the company’s entry strategy in foreign countries and the mode of expansion to be chosen (i.e. wholly owned subsidiaries or franchisees) based on the differences in the national culture. This paper discusses the possible obstacles that Azure Sky Tea may face while expanding to foreign countries. The problem that Azure Sky Tea presently faces is to understand workplace culture worldwide. This may be handled more deftly with the aid of Hofstede’s model of cultural dimensions. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Azure Sky Tea This section provides a brief summary of the dimensions presented in Hofstede’s model. The cultural dimensions that Hofstede’s model specify are as follows:  1. Power Distance: This dimension shows that the less powerful members of the institution are inclined to believe that power is distributed unequally within the organization (Hofstede, 2011). Thus, this dimension shows that in some societies, the inequality in power distribution is endorsed not only by the leaders but also by the followers. According to Hofstede’s power difference index, it is higher in East Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America (Hofstede & Minkov, 2010).  2. Uncertainty Avoidance: This dimension gauges society’s tolerance towards ambiguity (Hofstede, 2011). This dimension demonstrates how culture mo