Heck you can't even generalize about American tech industry and only talk about SF tech world. Granted that generalization is done in America too.

It's always a bit of a frustration running into constant comparisons, managers who want to emulate processes, and such when "Hey, you know what, we're not them... and we're doing well being ourselves." Not that you immediately dismiss new ideas because they seem to be from there, but don't just adopt them arbitrarily or operate like them too.

I have a sneaky suspicion that "most" of the American tech industry is NOT at all like SF / valley tech world.