Global Strategic Management
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Course Introduction
Global Strategic Management explores the frameworks, concepts, and tools that managers use to formulate and implement strategies in the complex, dynamic environment of international business. The course examines how globalization affects competition, the role of multinational enterprises, and the challenges of operating across diverse political, economic, and cultural contexts. Students learn to analyze industry dynamics, evaluate entry modes, navigate cross-border mergers and alliances, manage global supply chains, and address ethical considerations. Through case studies and practical exercises, participants develop the skills to think strategically and make informed decisions that drive organizational success on a global scale.
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Transnational Management Text and Cases in Cross Border Management 8th Edition by Christopher
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Chapter 1: Expanding abroad: Motivations, means, and mentalities
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Q1) All companies internationalize in an incremental manner.First,they make an initial commitment of resources to the foreign market in order to secure local market knowledge.Building on this knowledge,they make subsequent resource commitments,eventually leading to higher levels of investment in the foreign market.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What is an MNE? Give examples to explain the difference between companies that are considered MNEs and those that are not.
Answer: An MNE is a company that engages in the active management of substantial direct investment in one or more foreign countries and that considers those investments/operations as integral parts of the company,both strategically and organizationally.Thus,companies that solely rely on import-export business are not considered MNEs.They may be considered international companies but not multi-national enterprises MNEs.Moreover,companies that passively manage an investment portfolio as opposed to those that actively manage foreign assets are not considered MNEs.
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Chapter 2: Understanding the international context: Responding to conflicting environmental forces
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Q1) Local responsiveness forces encountered by MNEs include cultural differences,government demands and economies of scope.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The search for global competitiveness is a major source of conflict between MNEs and host governments.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Globalization is a phenomenon that took most industries by surprise.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Worldwide innovation and learning forces that are encountered by MNEs are driven by factor costs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Developing Transnational Strategies: Building
Layers of Competitive Advantage
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Q1) The diversity of environments in which MNEs operates enables them to develop diverse capabilities and experience multiple learning opportunities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following best describes a global company's asset and capability configuration?
A) assets and capabilities are centralized and globally scaled.
B) core competences are centralized, while other assets and capabilities are decentralized.
C) assets and capabilities are dispersed, interdependent and specialized.
D) assets and capabilities are decentralized and nationally self-sufficient.
Answer: A
Q3) The main drivers of MNEs' continual growth and prosperity are the desire to protect existing revenues and to increase profits.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Developing a Transnational Organization:
Managing Integration, Responsiveness, and Flexibility
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Q1) Describe why the formal structure is not able to capture and manage the complexity of the strategic tasks facing most MNEs?
Q2) The implied distribution of roles and responsibilities requires the development of rather sophisticated and subtle decision-making machinery based on three interdependent management processes.Discuss the three interdependent management process.
Q3) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the companies with centralized hub structure?
A) Most of the key assets and resources are concentrated in the home country.
B) Tight strategic and operational controls are maintained over the subsidiaries.
C) Most of the manufacturing and product development is executed by the subsidiaries.
D) Corporate management regards its subsidiaries as delivery pipelines to the global market.
Q4) Companies that pursue a multinational strategy are inclined to adopt the decentralized federation organizational model.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Creating Worldwide Innovation and Learning:
Exploiting Cross-Border Knowledge Management
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Q1) The development of transnational innovation requires that the roles performed by organizational units worldwide are essentially uniform,and that the headquarters manages all of its subsidiaries in the same manner.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following does not enhance the efficiency of a local-for-local innovation process?
A) Dispersing assets and resources to the subsidiaries and delegating decision-making authority regarding innovations to them.
B) Assigning competent headquarter managers to lead development projects within a subsidiary.
C) Improving linkages between headquarters and subsidiaries through the use of expatriates.
D) Promoting cross-functional integration at the subsidiary level.
Q3) Linking local managers to corporate decision-making processes makes them more effective in managing local innovation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Engaging in Cross-Border Collaboration: Managing
across Corporate
Boundaries
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Q1) Sunny is the CEO of a large corporation that wants to enter a partnership with another organization.What should Sunny consider when choosing his partner?
Q2) Oil & Gas Limited and Small Tech Inc.announced an agreement to develop a new technology for the extraction of gas.Oil & Gas Limited will contribute financial resources and its expertise in gas extraction,while Small Tech will provide its expertise in R&D.To ensure the success of the collaboration,prior to the alliance,both companies should A) approach prospective clients to get their perspective on the agreement and ensure that there is a market for the new technology they want to develop.
B) verify the prospective partner's capabilities and assess its strengths and weaknesses. C) adopt a code of conduct that will clarify the responsibilities of each partner and the ethical behavior that will be expected of each partner.
D) agree on the expected revenues and profit sharing.
Q3) Alexa is the CEO of a large corporation that wants to partner with a competitor to develop a new technology.Explain the potential risks that Alexa's company may encounter by collaborating with a rival.
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Chapter 7: Implementing the Strategy: Building
Multidimensional Capabilities
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Q1) To succeed in the modern international operating environment,managers must be able to do all of the following,except:
A) build and manage complicated yet subtle new organizations that deliver coordinated worldwide action.
B) sense and interpret complex and dynamic environmental changes.
C) develop and integrate multiple strategic capabilities.
D) respond aggressively to below-budget financial results.
Q2) While the role of the geographic (country)subsidiary manager has traditionally concentrated on responsibilities such as identifying sales and profit opportunities,accessing local factors of production and leveraging parent company assets and resources,the modern geographic subsidiary manager's role has evolved to include an expanded set of responsibilities.Discuss the tasks executed by the country manager and propose an associated set of skills that you think would be required by a country manager.Be sure to link these skills to the list of tasks.
Q3) The major challenge facing all MNEs is to allocate their major strategic tasks and organizational roles among key management groups.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: The Future of the Transnational: An Evolving Global Role
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Q1) Transformative MNEs commit to leading initiatives to bring life-enhancing changes to their home countries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A short-term challenge for MNEs is to determine whether they are willing to take a leadership role in dealing with the problems that are the underlying causes of the anti-globalization movement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Transformative MNEs are sensitive and responsive to the problems and the needs of the developing world but the freedom of these MNEs to lead broad-scale efforts to deal with their root causes is often limited by governance issues and the need to generate profits.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the past,many MNEs exhibited behaviour that was significantly exploitative or transactional.
A)True
B)False
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