1) which of the following refers to a self-contained business within a company with its
own functional departments and accounting systems?
a) buying center
b) supply chain
c) value chain
d) strategic business unit
2) according to berdrow and lane, the process of transformation can be defined as
________.
a) transforming the existing knowledge of parents and managing the flow of this
transformed knowledge between parents
b) managing the transformation and creation of knowledge within the ijv through its
independent activities
c) capturing and keeping knowledge that exists within the local partners confidential
d) managing the flow of transformed and newly created knowledge from the ijv back to
the parents
3) which of the following is a primary reason for failed expatriate assignments?
a) creeping incrementalism
b) cross-cultural differences
c) moral universalism
d) economic barriers
4) sigma inc. is designed on the basis of the company’s business activities such as
production, finance, and marketing. foreign operations at sigma are integrated into the
activities and responsibilities of each division to achieve economies of scale and
operative specialization. in other words, sigma has a(n) ________.
a) domestic structure with foreign subsidiary
b) domestic structure with export department
c) global functional structure
d) international division structure
5) which of the following factors most significantly affects all other variables necessary
for the successful implementation of a global alliance?
a) organizational policies
b) organizational structure
c) employee leadership
d) product performance
6) which of the following must an international team avoid if it wants to achieve the
individual and collective goals of the team members?
a) developing a global perspective
b) providing means to communicate corporate culture
c) causing the global enterprise to disintegrate
d) disseminating the corporate culture
7) when preparing for cross-cultural negotiations, managers should first evaluate their
own negotiation styles in order to ________.
a) understand the reasons for failing or succeeding in domestic negotiations
b) determine how they differ from the norm in other countries
c) analyze the various stages of the negotiation process
d) assess all social and cognitive influences
8) ________ are the most preferred staffing choice for a foreign subsidiary where
proprietary technology is used extensively.
a) expatriates
b) host-country nationals
c) third-country nationals
d) parent-country nationals
9) which of the following is an effect of e-business on leadership?
a) global leaders are obliged to adopt an ethnocentric approach to management in order
to check the transformation of large corporations
b) individual managers are obliged to adapt to the hyperspeed environment of
e-business, as well as to the need for visionary leadership in a whole new set of
competitive industry dynamics
c) the pace of international business has slowed down considerably resulting in a
overall decline in efficiencies
d) the importance of rigid organizational structure has increased
10) which of the following is likely to cause offense in saudi arabia?
a) introducing business subjects too soon
b) intolerance toward employees and coworkers
c) failure to make decisions with a long-term perspective
d) discrimination based on gender
11) which of the following is true with regard to born globals?
a) born globals cater to a single, narrow market segment
b) in their rush to get on the globalization bandwagon, born globals have categorically
ignored domestic market opportunities
c) born globals operate in the international business arena right from their inception
d) born globals do not have foreign subsidiaries
12) according to dovev lavie, which of the following is a caution given to global
companies by value capture strategies?
a) set organizational and technological buffers between competing partners
b) avoid partners that compete in your industry if they enjoy superior bargaining power
c) learn and assimilate network resources in order to develop new skills and capabilities
d) align organizational units and create a coherent interface with each partner in the
alliance
13) which of the following is one of the reasons that language frequently causes
miscommunication during international business situations?
a) frequent use of idioms with explanations
b) translating a local language too literally
c) speaking the local language with a native accent
d) conveying information using appropriate body language or symbols
14) two major variables in choosing the structure and design of an organization are the
opportunities and need for ________.
a) globalization and localization
b) mass marketing and niche marketing
c) vertical mobility and horizontal mobility
d) differentiation and integration