Exam 6: Formulating Strategy

A(n) ________ analysis determines which areas of a firm's operations represent strengths or weaknesses (currently or potentially) compared to competitors.

Which of the following is the most preferable source of environmental information for environmental scanning purposes?

Which of the following variables represents a volatile and uncontrollable risk to MNCs that may lead to a loss of ownership in some cases?

Why is a global orientation to strategic planning important for firms that do not have international operations?

All of the following are reasons that global firms like Acer and GE have established facilities in South Africa EXCEPT ________.

What location factors influence a firm's choice of its international market entry mode?

Central and Eastern European countries most likely offer all of the following benefits to SMEs that want to gain access to the EU market EXCEPT ________.

Compare and contrast globalization and regionalization.

The planning phase of the strategic management process consists of all of the following EXCEPT ________.

In a ________, a company designs and constructs a facility abroad, trains local personnel, and then transfers the facility to local management for a fee.

An internal analysis focuses on the company's ________.

When Disney decided to build a park in Paris, the French government gave Disney prime farm land just outside the city limits. This is most likely an example of a firm expanding overseas due to ________.

Which of the following is most likely NOT one of the ways that formal institutions affect international competition?

A country that has highly qualified technical workers and has benefited from service sector outsourcing from the U.S. is ________.

All of the following are critical factors for success with a turnkey operation EXCEPT ________.

What steps are involved in the strategic management process? What is the importance of environmental assessments in the process?

According to Gupta and Govindrajan, an alliance-based entry strategy is most suitable when ________.

Experts suggest that significant changes in the competitive nature of international business have most likely occurred because of ________.

All of the following are benefits of a global B2B strategy EXCEPT ________.

Import controls, equity requirements, and local content requirements are all examples of which environmental scanning variable?