He might have over generalised, but, I too have heard such remarks and statements from several successful American and European business men. I have no idea ho

He might have over generalised, but, I too have heard such remarks and statements from several successful American and European business men. I have no idea how correct their representation of the situation there is, but from what I have heard, because risk taking isn't valued that highly within Asian culture, they tend to be excellent executors but not always that great at thinking up creative solutions to various problems. Obviously, you have smart people everywhere who achieve amazing things. But in itself it's no surprise that risk taking is valued higher in certain cultures (i.e. American) than in others.