1) recognizing that one’s knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs are valid only for oneself
and not for everyone else is known as ________.
a) other-oriented role behavior
b) orientation to knowledge
c) tolerance for ambiguity
d) interaction posture
2) according to international codes of conduct, which of the following is related to the
mne behavior toward persons?
a) consumer protection
b) environmental protection
c) political involvement
d) technology transfer
3) the most important single factor determining ijv success or failure is the ________.
a) percentage of equity share held by each partner
b) choice of a partner
c) proprietary technologies held by a partner
d) amount of decision-making control given to each firm
4) which of the following is a strategic implementation used by mcdonald’s?
a) keeping prices low to build market share
b) altering menu items significantly to match cultural norms
c) using american managers to run international franchises
d) forming joint ventures with foreign restaurants to enter new markets
5) a specific strategy that treats the world as one market by using a standardized
approach to products and markets is called ________.
a) globalization
b) localization
c) differentiation
d) integration
6) according to berdrow and lane, the process of transfer can be defined as ________.
a) managing the flow of existing knowledge between parents and from the parents to
the ijv
b) managing the transformation and creation of knowledge within the ijv through its
independent activities
c) managing the flow of transformed and newly created knowledge from the ijv back to
the parents
d) capturing and keeping knowledge confidential that exists among the local partners
7) interaction posture is best defined as the ________.
a) tendency to contradict the beliefs of others
b) understanding and modeling of local proxemics
c) ability to respond to others in a nonjudgmental way
d) capacity to be flexible to promote group communication
8) simon parker, an american, works with a houston-based mnc, orpheus inc. when he
was sent to africa to manage his company’s newly-opened facility in lagos, nigeria,
simon was placed with mr. adeyami and his family as part of a familiarization program.
orpheus paid for this field experience known as ________.
a) repatriation
b) language training
c) host-family surrogate
d) immersion group analytics
9) joint ventures are often the chosen form of multinational firm alliances because they
________.
a) provide greater control of proprietary technology
b) increase the level of competition between partner firms
c) enhance the specific skills of the personnel
d) enhance the rewards of the firm
10) mcdonald’s, a fast food chain headquartered in the united states, applies the morality
it practices in the united states to all foreign countries in which it operates. mcdonald’s
is adhering to ________.
a) moral universalism
b) ethical relativism
c) ethnocentrism
d) geocentrism
11) when disney decided to build a park in paris, the french government gave disney
prime farmland just outside the city limits. this is most likely an example of a firm
expanding overseas due to ________.
a) globalization of competitors
b) restrictive trade barriers
c) home country regulations
d) provision of incentives
12) which of the following should ideally dictate the organizational structure and
staffing needs of the firm?
a) the firm’s customers
b) the size of the firm
c) the firm’s strategy
d) the firm’s short-term objectives
13) the tendency of americans to look people in the eye contrasts with the tendency of
the british to keep looking away while conversing. such differences are categorized as
________.
a) oculesics
b) proxemics
c) paralanguage
d) object language