Transnational Management: Text and Cases in Cross-Border Management 8th Edition

1 1 1 Chapter 1 Expanding abroad: Motivations, means, and mentalities True/False 1. The largest MNEs are equivalent in their economic importance to less developed economies such as Nigeria, Moldova, or Jamaica. Answer: False (Sales of the largest MNEs exceed the GDPs of less developed countries.)

1 1 1 Chapter 2 Understanding the international context: Responding to conflicting environmental forces True/False 1. MNEs from emerging markets seem to be more poorly equipped to compete in other emerging markets when compared to their counterparts from developed markets. Answer: False (Increasingly, it is MNEs

1 1 1 Chapter 3 Developing Transnational Strategies: Building Layers of Competitive Advantage True/ False 1. MNEs can maximize each of the following objectives independently: global scale efficiency, multinational flexibility and innovation development. Answer: False; These objectives are different and, at times, conflicting. Therefore, a company can

1 Chapter 4 Developing a Transnational Organization: Managing Integration, Responsiveness, and Flexibility True/ False 1. Installing a matrix structure is the most effective way to transition from an organization based on multiple regional divisions to one able to manage both geographic and product diversity. Answer: False

1 Chapter 5 Creating Worldwide Innovation and Learning: Exploiting Cross-Border Knowledge Management True/False 1. The innovation process described as local-for-local implies the decentralization of R&D activities in multiple countries. Answer: True (Local-for-local innovation relies on subsidiary-based knowledge development. Responding to perceived local opportunities, subsidiaries use

1 1 1 Chapter 6 Engaging in Cross-Border Collaboration: Managing across Corporate Boundaries True/False 1. Entering collaborative relationships with other firms is one way for firms to meet the needs of an increasingly complex environment. Answer: True; In the international business environment of

1 Chapter 7 Implementing the Strategy: Building Multidimensional Capabilities True/False 1. To respond to the heightened complexity and diversity associated with managing global operations in the 21st century, MNEs can be expected to increasingly adopt organizational forms characterized by hierarchical structures which emphasize either-or choices in

1 1 1 Chapter 8 The Future of the Transnational: An Evolving Global Role True/False 1. The World Bank estimates that approximately one-tenth of the worlds population subsides on less than $2 per day. Answer: True (The World Bank indicates that the percentage of the