Question 1

The host company is the company investing in international operations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true for the various management attitudes?

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A)  An organization characterized by the geocentric attitude incurs high travel and training expenses.
B)  The ethnocentric attitude reflects the belief that because foreign managers are closer to foreign organizational units,they understand them better.
C)  The ethnocentric attitude is generally thought to be the most appropriate for managers in multinational corporations.
D)  The polycentric attitude often causes resentment toward the home country within the foreign society.
E)  Managers with a geocentric attitude stereotype home-country management practices as sound and reasonable and foreign management practices as faulty and unreasonable.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

A company investing in international operations is known as the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  quasi company
B)  parent company
C)  subsidiary company
D)  holding company
E)  host companyF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Expatriates are organization members who live and work in a country in which they are not citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Zac,an American citizen,has worked for a company in Berlin for the last five years.Which of the following scenarios mirrors the situation Zac is in?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sandra is Polish and works for a U.K-based company in Venice.
B)  Winston is a U.K.national but has been sent to Canada by his company to handle the operations there for the next two years.
C)  Vanessa is English and works in London for a company based in Denmark.
D)  Ursula is a Finn but has been in Germany for the last four years,working for a company headquartered in Japan.
E)  Nikolai works for an Irish company in Oslo and is a Norwegian by birth.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

A country in which an investment is made by a foreign company is termed as a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  host country
B)  parent country
C)  home country
D)  expatriate country
E)  native countryF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following is true according to Hofstede's method of describing culture?

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A)  Countries with low power distance tend to emphasize,expect,and accept more autocratic than democratic leadership.
B)  Highly feminine countries place a high worth on factors like competitiveness,assertiveness,success,and wealth.
C)  Power distance is the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain or unpredictable situations.
D)  Countries that are high in uncertainty avoidance prefer being in more defined and predictable situations.
E)  Countries with low uncertainty avoidance deemphasize short-run success to achieve long-run success.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Discuss the three types of organizational members found in multinational corporations.

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Question 9

During ________ training,the expatriates learn about the specific organizational roles that they are required to perform in the foreign country.

Accepted Answer

A)  application
B)  logistical information
C)  cultural adaptation
D)  cultural profiling
E)  repatriationF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 10

A Belgium-based multinational company hires the best managers for its operations,regardless of the location of those managers.This company is said to have a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentric attitude
B)  polycentric attitude
C)  egocentric attitude
D)  geocentric attitude
E)  gynocentric attitudeF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

A polycentric attitude reflects the belief that multinational corporations should regard home-country management practices as superior to foreign-country management practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true about NAFTA?

Accepted Answer

A)  It aims at facilitating trade among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
B)  Its members include Denmark,the United Kingdom,Portugal,the Netherlands,Belgium.
C)  It is an international market agreement aimed at facilitating trade among African nations.
D)  It works to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers across the Asia-Pacific region.
E)  It has 21 members,including Canada,the People's Republic of China,Indonesia,and the United States.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

BLT is a sandwich chain based in Boston.It gained popularity due to word-of-mouth publicity and it is now opening branches in New Jersey and Connecticut as well.The company sources all its raw materials locally and makes it a point to use sustainable practices.Which of the following actions would make BLT a multinational company?

Accepted Answer

A)  if it begins stocking organic foods produced by local farms
B)  if it distributes artisanal chocolate produced by a South African firm
C)  if it licenses a fast-food chain in England to use its brand name
D)  if it diversifies its product lineup to include different types of foods
E)  if it begins selling cheeses imported from FranceF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 14

In ascending order,what are the different types of organizations involved in the international arena?

Accepted Answer

A)  domestic,international,multinational,transnational
B)  international,transnational,domestic,multinational
C)  multinational,domestic,transnational,global
D)  transnational,international,multinational,domestic
E)  domestic,multinational,transnational,internationalF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

When a company provides an expatriate with basic information about life in a foreign country,such as personal safety,who to call in an emergency,and how to write a check,the company is providing training in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural profiling
B)  cultural adaptation
C)  cultural application
D)  logistical information
E)  repatriationF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

March Hare Entertainment is a media company in London that specializes in bizarre and sometimes shocking campaigns.The firm is looking to expand into other countries,but will require a culture that is very similar to its home culture: open to experimentation and risk and not authoritarian.Which of the following countries is the best option for March Hare?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany,which has high power distance and collectivism
B)  Denmark,which has low power distance and low uncertainty avoidance
C)  Japanese,which culture favors low individualism and high power distance
D)  India,which has a long-term orientation and high uncertainty avoidance
E)  France,which has low uncertainty avoidance and high power distanceF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Organization members who are citizens of one country and work in another country for an organization headquartered in still another country are known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  expatriates
B)  host-country nationals
C)  third-country nationals
D)  repatriates
E)  naturalized citizensF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

________ are least expensive to employ for organizations that operate globally.

Accepted Answer

A)  Host-country nationals
B)  Expatriates
C)  Third-country nationals
D)  Repatriates
E)  Migrant workersF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

The ________ attitude reflects the belief that because foreign managers are closer to foreign organizational units,they understand them better,and therefore foreign management practices are more insightful than home-country management practices.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentric
B)  polycentric
C)  egocentric
D)  geocentric
E)  gynocentricF) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

According to Neil H.Jacoby,which of the following is the first stage of multinationalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  establishing sales organizations abroad
B)  licensing the use of the organization's patents and know-how to foreign firms that make and sell the organization's product
C)  establishing foreign manufacturing facilities
D)  multinationalizing the organization's management from top to bottom
E)  exporting the organization's product to foreign countriesF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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