Competing in the Markets of Foreign Countries Generally Does NOT

Multiple Choice

Competing in the markets of foreign countries generally does NOT involve which of the following?

A) country-to-country differences in consumer buying habits and buyer tastes and preferences
B) country-to-country variations in host government restrictions and requirements and fluctuating exchange rates
C) whether to customize the company's offerings in each different country market or whether to offer a mostly standardized product worldwide
D) in which countries to locate company operations for maximum locational advantage, given country-to-country variations in wage rates, worker productivity, energy costs, tax rates, and the like
E) crafting a multidomestic strategy that works just as well in one country as in another and that also has the appeal of turning the world market into a mostly homogeneous market