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Industries in which proportionally more value is added in upstream activities are more likely to benefit from a global strategy than those in which more value is added downstream (closer to the customer).

A) True
B) False

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What are the four basic types of international strategies that a company may pursue? Explain how the selection of one of these strategies is largely dependent on the relative pressure on the firm to address cost reduction and adaptation to local markets.

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Green tea Oreos in China,chocolate and peanut butter Oreos in Indonesia,and banana dulce de leche Oreos in Argentina are examples of Kraft using ________ strategy.


A) an international
B) a multidomestic
C) a single country
D) a transnational

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which one of the following explains why so few firms are global?


A) Culture, language, and religion are similar between countries.
B) Legal and political systems are similar between countries.
C) Governments are increasing trade restrictions in general.
D) Geographic distance is multiplied by distance in culture, language, religion, and legal and political systems.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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A firm can establish a wholly owned subsidiary by


A) acquiring an existing company in the home country.
B) keeping all of the activity offshore.
C) licensing intellectual property.
D) entering into a franchising agreement.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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In considering the transnational strategy,Nestle evaluates the limits of decentralization.The closer they are to the consumer in activities such as branding and pricing,the more they tend to decentralize.The more they deal with production and logistics,the more they centralize decision-making.The production and logistics decisions involve ________ activities.


A) upstream
B) in its infrastructure
C) downstream
D) midstream

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Trading blocs and free trade zones erode the rise of international expansion.

A) True
B) False

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To be responsive to local pressures,companies must ________ their offerings and strategies from country to country to reflect local consumer preferences.


A) internationalize
B) globalize
C) differentiate
D) standardize

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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In the quest to achieve competitive advantage in global markets,competitive pressures require that firms do what they can to ________ unit costs so that consumers will not perceive their product and service offerings as too expensive.


A) raise
B) decentralize
C) define
D) lower

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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________ are groups of countries that agree to increase trade among them by lowering trade barriers.


A) Black zones
B) Trading blocs
C) Exchange partners
D) Open zones

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Two opposing pressures that managers face when they compete in foreign markets are cost reduction and adaptation to foreign markets.

A) True
B) False

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________ occurs when a firm decides to utilize other firms to perform value-creating activities that were previously performed in-house.


A) Offshoring
B) A global strategy
C) Outsourcing
D) A transnational strategy

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Many international firms are increasing their efforts to market their products and services to countries such as India and China as the ranks of their middle class continue to increase.

A) True
B) False

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Theodore Levitt,a marketing strategist,argued that people around the world are willing to sacrifice preferences in product features,functions,and design for lower prices and lower quality.

A) True
B) False

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Which one of the following is not a strength of transnational strategies?


A) ability to attain economies of scale
B) ability to adapt to local markets
C) ability to locate activities in optimal locations
D) ability to decrease knowledge flows and learning

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The form of entry strategy into international operations that offers the lowest level of control for the domestic corporation would be


A) franchising.
B) licensing.
C) joint venture.
D) exporting.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is a reason for the rise in regional expansion?


A) increase in the number of trading blocs and free trade zones
B) decrease in the number of trading blocs and free trade zones
C) increasing national trade restrictions
D) increasing local taxes and tariffs

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In the Porter diamond-of-national-advantage framework,which of the following factors does not affect competitiveness of a nation?


A) the position of the nation in factors of production necessary to compete in a given industry
B) the presence or absence in the nation of internationally competitive supplier industries
C) the conditions in the nation governing the nature of foreign rivalry
D) the nature of home-market demand of the products or services of the industry

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Shared Arabic language and the Muslim religion is one reason that explains regionalism tendencies in


A) South America.
B) the Maghreb.
C) European Union.
D) North America.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Increasing international exchange in goods and services can run into the difficulty of one offering that meets the needs of customers at differing income levels.

A) True
B) False

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