08 Oct A significant weakness of the multi-domestic arrangement is:

A significant weakness of the multi-domestic arrangement is:

 

dual reporting system.

 

duplication of activities.

 

cumbersome structure.

 

does not respond to local needs.

 

Question 2 The more similar the local markets are:

 

the more likely that subsidiaries play an integrative role.

 

the more likely that subsidiaries play a mediating role.

 

the more likely that subsidiaries play a support and implementation role.

 

the more likely that subsidiaries play an independent role.

 

Question 3 What is NOT a cause of value destruction by corporate parents?

 

Incurring overhead costs

 

Seeking synergies between subsidiaries

 

Slowing down decisions

 

Making some ill-judged interventions

 

Question 4 What are the stages of coping cycle?

 

Discarding, adaptation, internalization, denial, defense

 

Denial, defense, discarding, adaptation, internalization

 

Denial, discarding, defense, adaptation, internalization

 

Defense, denial, adaptation, discarding, internalization

 

Question 5 Name all different approaches to managing global R&D networks;please offer examples for each different approach

 

Question 6 Opportunities for social innovation are greatest when:

 

CSR is aligned with a firm’s core skills and capabilities.

 

CSR spending of a firm is larger than that of its competitors.

 

CSR is pursued by a firm to improve its reputation.

 

CSR is pursued by a firm to enhance human capital.

 

Question 7 Please describe the difference(s. between individualist and collectivistic societies, provide examples for each society.

 

Question 8 A management approach to structures and designs of multinational firms that focuses from the issue of structural fit to the question of trade-offs between pressure for global integration and pressure for local responsiveness

 

Organizational structure

 

Integration responsiveness literature

 

Functional structure

 

Divisional structure literature

 

Question 9 Which BRIC nation is the key recipient of overseas R&D operations of leading multinational firms?

 

Brazil

 

Russia

 

India

 

China

 

Question 10 US firms obtain most of their financing through;

 

Banks

 

Capital Markets

 

Lenders

 

All of the above

 

Question 11 Why companies in emerging markets tend to be diversified

 

Question 12 What is the common language spoken for formal communication at Swedish firm, Electrolux, the German firm, Siemens, and the Italian firm, Olivetti?

 

German

 

Swedish

 

Italian

 

English

 

Question 13 What is “contamination”, please describe? When does contamination occur?

 

Question 14 Which of the following are valuable in a standards war?

 

Competitive advantage

 

Late mover advantage

 

Early mover advantage

 

Technological advantage

 

Question 15 What are the variables measured in Output control?

 

Question 16 The expansion of the firm’s activities to include activities carried out by suppliers or customers are;

 

Horizontal Integration

 

Global Integration

 

Vertical integration

 

Global Diversification

 

Question 17 What are the two types of change management?

 

Real change and superficial change

 

Incremental change and circular change

 

Radical change and transformational change

 

Incremental change and transformational change

 

Question 18 In which markets are network effects likely?

 

Markets subject to increasing returns

 

‘Tippy’ markets

 

Hi-tech product markets

 

All of the above

 

Question 19 Typically, in a global product structure:

 

adaptation to local needs is high.

 

marketing is the most important function.

 

marketing is subservient to operations.

 

operations is subservient to marketing.

 

Question 20 The process through which tacit knowledge is converted to explicit knowledge;

 

Internationalization

 

Combination

 

Socialization

 

Externalization

 

Question 21 What does IPLC stand for: (353.

 

Innovation for Product Life Cycle

 

International Product Life Cycle

 

Introduction to Product Life Cycle

 

Industry Product Life Cycle

 

Question 22 What are the main super functions of a company’s resources?

 

Question 23 Why would firms choose a multi-domestic strategy?

 

Question 24 Barlett and Ghoshal (1989. said that the matrix structure is:

 

“too simple for a complex environment”.

 

“speeds decision making”.

 

“prove all but unmanageable”.

 

“easy to manage”.

 

Question 25 Mini-replica subsidiaries operate as:

 

Small-scale replicas of other subsidiaries

 

A hub for the parent firm

 

A small-scale replicas of their parent firms

 

A small replica of rival firms

 

Question 26 According to Porter and Kramer, CSR should be seen as a;

 

Long-term strategy

 

Short-term strategy

 

Marketing strategy

 

Public Relations Strategy

 

Question 27 Which of the following is NOT an example of a genuine business innovation?

 

Development of less polluting fuel

 

Investment in alternative energy sources

 

New product targeted at low-income customers

 

Charitable donation to an ecological organization

 

Question 28 According to your book, what is exactly micro-financing?

 

Question 29 According to Bartlett and Ghoshal, what is the most effective configuration for organizations with many international operations?

 

Global strategy

 

Transnational firms

 

A matrix structure

 

International division

 

Question 30 In high collectivist cultures, leaders need to emphasize:

 

Long-term implications of the change on the wider community

 

Material implications of the change on the wider community

 

Personal implications of the change on the wider community

 

Question 31 “A global perspective which respects local culture”, which one of the following countries have this concept for CSR?

 

United States

 

Thailand

 

Germany

 

Ghana

 

Question 32 What are the key assets for winning standards wars among companies?

 

Question 33 Please fully describe the three key drivers for a subsidiary’s autonomy.

 

Question 34 The full development, production, and marketing of a product line in a subsidiary of a multinational firm is called:

 

Competitive advantage

 

Mini-replica

 

Low cost leadership strategy

 

Global mandate

 

Question 35 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the mini-replica and global mandate strategies.

 

Question 36 Industrial diversification is justifiable if:

 

it reduces cost.

 

if enhances shareholders’ value.

 

it closes failing businesses.

 

it increases firm’s size.