Exam 3: The Global Environment

In the context of the strategies that organizations use for competing in the international environment, a direct foreign investment occurs when a firm owns physical assets in another country.

Which of the following companies uses a strategic alliance to compete in the international business environment?

One of the domestic issues in international human resource management is that firms have to:

Feel Good Inc. is a multinational sports goods manufacturer that uses a different strategy in each of its subsidiaries and operations. Moreover, all decision-making is decentralized, which leaves the company open to the threat of opportunistic behavior. Since the expatriate managers do not rely on headquarters expertise, there is also an asymmetry in the transfer of information and specialized knowledge. In the context of the four international strategies proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, Feel Good Inc. uses a(n) _____.

Which of the following companies is an example of an international business that uses the geocentric staffing model?