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One of the great growth industries of the past few decades has been the wireless phone industry.
a. True
Nokia and IKEA are both German companies.
b. False
The globalization of production has been increasing as companies take advantage of lower barriers to international
trade and location economies.
a. True
Many experts believe that the world's economic system is moving toward a system in which national markets are
merging into one huge global marketplace.
a. True
Relative to the United States, Mexico has more advanced factors of production.
b. False
Factor endowments-the cost and quality of factors of production-are a prime deinant of the competitive advantage
that certain countries have in certain industries.
a. True
A company can increase its growth rate by taking goods or services developed at home and selling them
internationally.
a. True
Location economies refer to the economic benefits that arise from performing a value creation activity at central
headquarters.
b. False
A company may create value if it can leverage the skills created within subsidiaries and apply them to other
operations within the firm's global network.
a. True
By offering a standardized product to the global marketplace and manufacturing that product in each nation in which
it does business, a multinational company can realize substantial scale economies.
b. False
Walmart's basic approach to overseas expansion has been to open retail outlets in each of the countries to which it
exports.
b. False
Pressure for cost reductions encourages a firm to pursue a cost-leadership strategy, while pressure for local
responsiveness encourages a firm to pursue differentiation.
a. True
Local responsiveness may be driven by economic and political demands placed on companies by host country
governments.
a. True
A transnational strategy makes the most sense when there are strong pressures for cost reductions and when
demand for local responsiveness is minimal.
b. False
Companies that pursue a global standardization strategy are trying to develop a business model that simultaneously
achieves low costs and differentiates the product offering across geographic markets.
b. False
Small-scale entry into foreign markets may make it more difficult for the small-scale entrant to build market share
and capture first-mover advantages.
a. True
An international strategy may not be viable in the long and to survive, companies that can pursue it need to shift
toward a global standardization strategy.
a. True
International licensing is an arrangement whereby a foreign licensee buys the rights to produce a company's product
in the licensee's country for a negotiated fee.
a. True
When a company licenses its technology it can quickly lose control over it.
a. True
One advantage of a joint venture is that a company may benefit from a local partner's knowledge of the many
dimensions of a host country.
a. True
An early mover entering a foreign country will experience many advantages but few or no disadvantages.
b. False
Small-scale entry into foreign markets can be advantageous because it allows a company to learn about a foreign
market while simultaneously limiting the company's exposure to that market.
a. True
If a company's competitive advantage derives from its control of proprietary technological know-how, it should
either license its technology to others or pursue a joint venture.
b. False
Careful selection of the right partner is one key to the success of global strategic alliances.
a.True
The most rapid growth rate for household TV ownership is in the United States.
b. False
The majority of programming for MTV networks now takes place overseas.
b. False
When a company increases its growth rate by taking goods or services developed at home and selling them
internationally, it is
When a company expands its sales volume through international expansion, it can realize cost savings from
economies of scale through all of the following except
e. improved responsiveness.
When a company performs a value creation activity in the optimal location for that activity, wherever in the world
that might be, it is trying to capitalize on
a. economies of scale.
b. economies of scope.
c. the transnational strategy.
d. location economies.
e. its localization strategy.
d. location economies.
Which of the following is not a necessity for leveraging the skills of global subsidiaries?
a. The firm must have incentives for local managers to share knowledge and ideas.
b. The firm's managers must be aware that competencies can develop anywhere.
c. The firm must be pursuing a strategy of differentiation.
d. The firm's managers must help to transfer competencies around the company.
e. The firm must offer incentives that encourage employees to take necessary risks.
Global expansion
b. can enable companies to increase their profitability and grow their profits more rapidly.
The ability to realize cost economies from global volume is greatest in the case of
In 1952, the Iranian oil industry was nationalized so that foreign ownership of oil-producing land and equipment was
made illegal and the assets were confiscated. Which of the following disadvantages of global
expansion is shown in this example?
a. Political risk
b. Increased tariffs
c. Lower costs for labor and raw materials
d. Commodity products that command low profits
e. Products that need to be customized to local requirements
a. Political risk
Dell is expanding its market share in European countries because its direct-sales model is more effective than the
business model used by its European rivals. Which of the following benefits of global expansion is Dell experiencing,
relative to its competitors?
a. Powerful buyers
b. Persistent excess capacity
c. Low-cost competitors
d. Differences in customer tastes and preferences
e. Trade barriers
When toymaker Mattel sells Barbie dolls in the Middle East, it changes the doll's shape to one that is a more accurate
portrayal of a female body. Mattel does this to
Clear Vision's decision to own a manufacturing facility overseas was not influenced by which of the following factors?
a. commodity-type products.
b. highly differential products.
c. goods that do not compete on the basis of price.
d. goods servicing narrowly defined markets.
e. highly advertised goods.
a. commodity-type products.
Strong pressures for local responsiveness emerge when customer tastes and preferences
When entering an overseas market, which of the following factors should be considered?
a. Size of the market
b. Purchasing power
c. Consumer demand for the company's product
d. Economic risks
e. All of these choices
a. Global market standardization is not possible, and there are no significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
b. Global market standardization is possible, but there are no significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
c. Global market standardization is not possible, but there are significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
d. Consumer tastes and preferences differ among national markets, and economies of scale are insubstantial.
e. Global market standardization is possible, and there are significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
e. Global market standardization is possible, and there are significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
In which of the following circumstances does a localization strategy make the most sense?
a. Global market standardization is not possible, and there are no significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
b. Global market standardization is possible, but there are no significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
c. Global market standardization is not possible, but there are significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
d. Global market standardization is possible, and there are significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
e. Consumer tastes and preferences differ among national markets, and economies of scale are substantial.
a. Global market standardization is not possible, and there are no significant economies of scale to be realized from
centralizing global manufacturing.
Which of the following companies increased company growth rates by developing products at home and then
expanding sales of these products in international markets?
a. skills in mass-marketing.
b. patents on essential products.
c. financial stamina.
d. work force diversity.
e. concentric diversification.
a. skills in mass-marketing.
a. Local responsiveness
b. Realization of experience-based economies
c. Low cross-national integration
d. Global learning
e. Realization of location economies
A company with a business-level strategy of cost leadership should pursue which of the following global expansion
strategies?
a. Localization
b. Simple
c. International
d. Transnational
e. Global standardization
e. Global standardization
A telecommunications firm develops new wireless cellular phones, a technology in which foreign competition is low
and the need for local responsiveness is high. What is the most appropriate short- strategy for this firm?
a. Global standardization
b. International
c. Localization
d. Transnational
e. Joint venture
b. International
Foreign subsidiaries play a major role in shaping the future direction of a company pursuing a(n)
a. transnational strategy.
b. international strategy.
c. localization strategy.
d. joint venture.
e. global standardization strategy.
a. transnational strategy.
Firms should choose likely countries for an international expansion effort based on all of the following except the
A company that enters a foreign market by entering into a licensing agreement with a local company
For a hotel company whose competitive advantage is based on high brand-name recognition, which of the following
ways of serving an overseas market makes the most sense?
a. Franchising
b. Licensing
c. Exporting
d. Entering into a joint venture with a foreign company
e. Setting up a wholly owned subsidiary
a. Franchising
Which entry mode gives a multinational the tightest control over foreign operations?
a. Exporting from the home country and letting a foreign agent organize local marketing
b. Licensing
c. Franchising
d. Entering into a joint venture with a foreign company to set up overseas operations
e. Setting up a wholly owned subsidiary
Which of the following companies exemplifies the trend toward national markets merging into one large global
marketplace?
a. McDonald's
b. Starbucks
c. Coca-Cola
d. Nokia
e. All of these choices
e. Advertising expenses
a. nondemanding purchasers.
b. able to obtain products or services in other countries.
c. sophisticated and demanding.
d. willing to spend money on novelties.
e. not willing to accept low-priced products.
a. Land
b. Labor
c. Raw materials
d. Ethnic diversity
e. Managerial sophistication
d. Ethnic diversity
Which of the following entry modes allow(s) a company to engage in global strategic coordination?
a. Exporting
b. Licensing
c. Joint ventures
d. Wholly owned subsidiaries
e. Joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries
a. licensing.
b. franchising.
c. exporting.
d. forming a joint venture.
e. setting up a wholly owned subsidiary in the host country.
c. exporting.
a. Tariff barriers
b. Transportation costs
c. Location diseconomies
d. Prime interest rates
e. Delegation of marketing activities to a local agent
What are the risks associated with licensing as a means of entering overseas markets?