International Management Exam Materials
Course Introduction
International Management explores the strategies, structures, and processes necessary for effectively managing organizations in a global environment. This course examines how cultural, economic, legal, and political differences influence management practices and decision-making across borders. Students will learn about international business theories, cross-cultural communication, global leadership, international human resource management, and ethical considerations in global enterprises. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course equips students with the skills to analyze international markets, manage multicultural teams, and develop strategies for successful global operations.
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Transnational Management Text Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management 7th Edition
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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) An MNE with a 'transnational mentality' will typically be managed as an integrated network.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The process of internationalization followed by most firms is usually well-thought out in advance and typically builds on a combination of rational analysis, planning and implementation.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Understanding the International Context:
Responding to Conflicting Environmental Forces
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Q1) Worldwide innovation and learning forces that are encountered by MNEs are driven by factor costs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Global integration and coordination forces encountered by MNEs include economies of scale, government demands, and the expanding spiral of globalization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In the emerging international environment, most industries can be categorized as multinational, global or international.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Globalization is a phenomenon that took most industries by surprise.
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 CEO of Informatix Co., suggested to the board of directors that if the firm was going to adopt a transnational strategy, rather than having treasury operations situated in the headquarters, the company should relocate this operation to London in order to enhance access to financial markets. Consequently, the treasury operations would still be centralized, but situated in a different location. Flexible specialization, or excentralization, is an important attribute of firms that adopt a transnational strategy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Having a city-specific strategy is always a better choice than country-specific strategy in emerging markets.
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) Which of the following describes the preferred sequencing of changes associated with implementing the typically more effective emerging change process model?
A) Change in individual attitudes and mentalities; then, change in interpersonal relationships and processes; and finally, change in the formal structure and responsibilities
B) Change in the formal structure and responsibilities; then, change in interpersonal relationships and processes; and finally, change in individual attitudes and mentalities
C) Change in interpersonal relationships and processes; then, change in the formal structure and responsibilities; and finally, change in individual attitudes and mentalities.
D) Change in individual attitudes and mentalities; then, change in the formal structure and responsibilities; and finally, change in interpersonal relationships and processes
Q2) In the transnational organization, capable managers situated in the national subsidiaries act as the primary source for sensing and analysing worldwide opportunities and threats.
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) Which of the following is not an appropriate coordination mechanism to be employed by a transnational corporation with worldwide activities?
A) The coordination of information flows through the socialization of employees.
B) The coordination of asset flows through a process of rationalization.
C) The coordination of product flows through formalized management processes.
D) The coordination of resource flows through centralized decision-making.
Q2) Globally linked innovations involve processes designed to ensure that the special resources and capabilities of each subsidiary are globally available to other units of the organization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Frank is director of technology in an MNE in which most of the R&D activities are performed in the parent company's home country, but then, foreign subsidiaries are responsible for introducing the resulting innovations to their local customers. The innovation process adopted by Frank's MNE is:
A) globally linked.
B) local-for-local.
C) center-for-global.
D) locally leveraged.
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Chapter 6: Engaging in Cross-Border Collaboration:
Managing across Corporate
Boundaries
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Q1) Cross-border collaborations have become increasingly important. While the size of an MNE's corporate allies is extremely important to the MNE's performance, the quality of its corporate allies is only marginally important to the MNE's performance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An effective interface manager is someone who
A) is very competent in the dominant functional area of the venture.
B) has a good understanding of the strategy of the firm and can advise the other partner of this strategy.
C) can influence the goals and objectives of the alliance for the benefit of his/her organization.
D) is the best user of the information / knowledge and can diffuse it to the right people within the organization.
Q3) A firm is entering a strategic alliance and the CEO is worried about managing the firm's boundaries. What would you recommend to the firm and why?
Q4) Equality between partners is essential, regardless of the governance structure. A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: Implementing the Strategy: Building
Multidimensional Capabilities
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Q1) While the global business manager must routinely incorporate the perspectives of the geographic (country) managers when formulating the MNE's global business strategy, there is no need to incorporate the perspectives of the worldwide functional managers because these perspectives are incorporated into the formulation of the broader corporate strategy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Worldwide functional managers are principally responsible for diffusing products and services worldwide between the MNE's geographic units.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 8: The Future of the Transnational: An Evolving Global Role
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Q1) Which of the following are not characteristic of the attitudes of transformative MNEs in the context of their relationships with stakeholders
A) develops products or services specifically to meet local needs.
B) persuades investors of the need for the corporation to be part of the solution to problems in the host country.
C) committed to upgrading the lives of its employees inside and outside the workplace.
D) willing to unilaterally make decisions against the best interests of the shareholder where they conflict with the interests of other stakeholders.
Q2) Experience has shown that encouraging foreign direct investment by MNEs in developing economies has been less effective than government-funded aid programs in efforts to reduce global poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Transformative MNEs commit to leading initiatives to bring life-enhancing changes to their home countries.
A)True
B)False
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