Exam 2: Understanding the International Context: Responding to Conflicting Environmental Forces

What are the main forces that drive MNEs such as Nokia, the mobile communications company, to innovate and learn on a global scale?

A transnational industry is characterized by _____________.

Global integration and coordination forces encountered by MNEs include economies of scale, government demands, and the expanding spiral of globalization.

The three conflicting environmental forces that MNEs encounter are cross-border integration and coordination, national differentiation and responsiveness, and worldwide innovation and learning.

A transnational industry is characterized by moderate national responsiveness and moderate global integration.

In the emerging international environment, most industries can be categorized as multinational, global or international.

Local responsiveness forces encountered by MNEs include cultural differences, government demands and economies of scope.

MNEs from emerging markets seem to be more poorly equipped to compete in other emerging markets when compared to their counterparts from developed markets.

The pressures that drive book publishers such as McGraw-Hill to integrate and coordinate their activities across national boundaries are primarily _________.

Philips, a multinational electronics corporation based in the Netherlands and diversified in the consumer electronics, domestic appliance, lighting, medical systems and medical technology industries would encounter the following forces of local responsiveness:

A multinational industry is characterized by ____________.

Worldwide innovation and learning forces that are encountered by MNEs are driven by factor costs.

A firm's decision with respect to whether it should adopt a global, multinational or international strategy should be made without any consideration of the industry in which the firm operates.

The search for global competitiveness is a major source of conflict between MNEs and host governments.

Briefly describe the global integration and coordination forces encountered by MNEs.

Briefly describe the local differentiation and responsiveness forces encountered by Samsung, a multinational electronics and home appliances manufacturer and retailer.

Explain (1) what is meant by 'global chess' and (2) why companies that are adept at playing global chess have an advantage over their competitors.

Apple is a U.S. MNE. Briefly describe three conflicting sets of external demands that its international operations might face.

A multinational industry is characterized by low national responsiveness and high global integration.

A global industry is characterized by low national responsiveness and high global integration.