Exam 4: Global Management: Managing Across Borders

Describe the GLOBE project,and give two cultural dimensions that are proposed by the project.

NAFTA and CAFTA are ____.

Tops Burger,based out of Texas,has locations in 25 countries.Tops is a ____.

Aiden,the purchasing manager for a company that produces high-end,quality medical equipment,is interested in meeting with the management of Diamond Cut,a production facility in the state that specializes in intensive research,precision assembly,and complex technology.Aiden's organization is less likely to offshore the manufacture of its products,and want to meet face-to-face with Diamond Cut because Diamond produces high-end products.

In a low-context culture ____.

Mexican manufacturing plants with low labor costs and special privileges given to their American owners in return for employing Mexican citizens are known as ____.

Keith Reinhard of the nonprofit group Business for Diplomatic Action said,"Americans are seen throughout the world as compassionate,caring people,who are helpful and soft spoken."

Monochronic time is a ___.

Technology philosopher Nicholas Negroponte proposed that the global market driven by electronic information "_____."

Dawn grew up helping her father work on cars in his auto repair shop and developed into an excellent auto technician.Because of stereotypes regarding women in this field,she is interested in finding a shop that minimizes gender discrimination and role inequalities.This describes an organization that,according to the GLOBE project,is high in gender egalitarianism.

A likely reason for modern outsourcing is the lower cost of labor in another country.

Franchising is a form of licensing in which a company allows a foreign company to pay it a fee and a share of the profit in return for using the first company's brand name and a package of materials and services.

Describe NAFTA.What is its purpose? What benefits and problems have resulted from this agreement?

The United States uses government regulations,such as tariffs,embargoes,and import quotas,to limit the import of goods and services and protect their U.S.industries against foreign competition.This use of these regulations is known as ____.

China has been accused by shrimpers in South Louisiana of selling shrimp in the United States at a lower price than U.S.suppliers to drive down the price of American shrimp.The U.S.shrimpers are accusing the Chinese of ___.

To help American companies,the U.S.government utilizes import quotas,which encourage foreign countries to increase the number of goods exported to the United States.

A condition in which a country grants other countries favorable trading treatment,such as the reduction of import duties,is known as a "most favored nation" trading status.

The United States has utilized tariffs,import quotas,and embargoes over the years.Explain why America has used these,and give an example of each.

A nation's culture is ________.

Jose,the owner of a citrus farm in Mexico,discovers the United States is offering a new larger tariff on the import of Mexican-grown oranges A tariff is a bonus paid to foreign companies by the American government on imported products.