MANA MISC 13, 14, &15: 100% Graded

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● Question 1 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● A firm that pursues foreign direct investment to take advantage of government incentives is demonstrating a(n) ________ motive. Selected Ans ... wer: efficiency-seeking Answers: asset-seeking market-seeking novelty-seeking efficiency-seeking ● Question 2 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following services cannot be exported? Selected Answer: pure services Answers: construction education insurance services pure services ● Question 3 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following statements is true of leasing? Selected Answer: A major advantage for the focal firm is the ability to gain quick access to target markets, while putting assets to use in earning profits. Answers: The lessor transfers ownership of the property in exchange for a lump-sum payment. It is an arrangement in which a contractor supplies managerial know-how to operate a hotel, hospital, airport, or other facility in exchange for compensation. A major advantage for the focal firm is the ability to gain quick access to target markets, while putting assets to use in earning profits. It is a high-risk and high-cost method of entering a foreign market. ● Question 4 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● An industrial design is intended to ________. Selected Answer: improve a product's performance and marketability Answers: protect information of commercial value eliminate the possibility of the design being copied protect firms from intellectual property theft improve a product's performance and marketability ● Question 5 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Incoterms were developed by the International Chamber of Commerce in order to ________. Selected Answer: define how the buyer and seller share freight and insurance costs Answers: reduce the costs of shipping and insuring exported products provide permission to export standardize the cost of shipping and insuring exported items define how the buyer and seller share freight and insurance costs ● Question 6 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Azoo Government Projects (Scenario) The nation of Azoo needs the assistance of a contractor to construct a new bridge and a subway system. The nation lacks the skilled labor and technical know-how to handle such large-scale projects. Representatives of the Azoo government are reviewing the project bids provided by two different international contractors. Contractor A proposes a turnkey contract for Azoo. Contractor B proposes a build-operate-transfer arrangement. The government of Azoo might select Contractor B in order to ________. Selected Answer: build the projects cost-effectively Answers: prevent the builder from operating in the country for even a short period of time avoid rental fee, user fee, and tolls during the operational stage of the bridge and subway system increase the number of visitors to Azoo build the projects cost-effectively ● Question 7 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● The strategic view of global sourcing suggests that ________. Selected Answer: just as firms achieve gains in efficiency, productivity, quality, and revenues by leveraging offshore talent, they also obtain the means to turn around failing businesses, speed up innovation, restructure operations, and fund otherwise-unaffordable development projects Answers: firms that procure supplies from foreign subsidiaries are more likely than not to lose ground to competitors who primarily bank on their own resources a strong legal environment is not the prerequisite for increasing efficiencies by relocating strategic operations abroad the firms' innovative activities tend to make mature products obsolete over time just as firms achieve gains in efficiency, productivity, quality, and revenues by leveraging offshore talent, they also obtain the means to turn around failing businesses, speed up innovation, restructure operations, and fund otherwise-unaffordable development projects ● Question 8 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Focal firms typically source from external suppliers for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ________. Selected Answer: the supplier offers the same product to competing firms Answers: the product can be purchased inexpensively the supplier specializes in providing the product or service the supplier offers the same product to competing firms the product or service obtained is non-core ● Question 9 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Global Sourcing Debate (Scenario) Prof. Sean Peterson's class of international business has been studying the controversies surrounding global sourcing. Prof. Peterson divided the class into two groups, A and B. Group A was assigned the task of defending global sourcing, whereas Group B was assigned the task of arguing against global sourcing. The concept of creative destruction can be reasonably used by Group A to support the view that ________. Selected Answer: global sourcing creates opportunities and stimulates innovation Answers: global sourcing creates opportunities and stimulates innovation outsourcing technical jobs leads to brain drain firms that engage in offshoring are more likely than not to fail in the long run offshoring forces unskilled workers to seek additional education ● Question 10 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● A(n) ________ is the purchase of an existing company or facility. Selected Answer: acquisition Answers: greenfield investment offshoring arrangement outsourcing arrangement acquisition ● Question 11 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following terms is used to refer to a focal firm's partial ownership of an existing firm? Selected Answer: equity participation Answers: equity participation turnkey operation direct investment greenfield investment ● Question 12 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● ________ is an arrangement in which the focal firm or a consortium of firms plans, finances, organizes, manages, and implements all phases of a project abroad and then hands it over to a foreign customer after training local workers. Selected Answer: Turnkey contracting Answers: Home-replication strategy Turnkey contracting Exporting Equity-based collaborative venture ● Question 13 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● International Business Class (Scenario) Students in Professor Manning's international business class have been assigned the task of explaining the different types of FDI. Professor Manning formed groups among students. The groups are to research their assigned topic and present their information to the class using examples of real-world firms for illustration. Jessica Hanson is the leader of Group A; Manu Patel is the leader of Group B; and Mario Witherspoon is the leader of Group C. During her presentation, Jessica describes how two automakers joined forces and formed a separate firm by pooling their assets. Which of the following topics was most likely assigned to Group A? Selected Answer: equity joint venture Answers: greenfield investment equity joint venture vertical integration acquisition ● Question 14 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is true with regard to the risks of global sourcing? Selected Answer: Inadequate legal systems, red tape, convoluted tax systems, and complex business regulations complicate local operations in many countries. Answers: Environmental challenges exclude currency fluctuations, tariffs and other trade barriers, high energy and transportation costs. Firms that source from countries whose currencies are strengthening experience lower costs. Global sourcing weakens competition leading to a considerably risk-free international business environment. Inadequate legal systems, red tape, convoluted tax systems, and complex business regulations complicate local operations in many countries. ● Question 15 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● A firm that pursues a collaborative venture to access raw materials is demonstrating a(n) ________ motive. Selected Answer: asset-seeking Answers: asset-seeking efficiency-seeking market-seeking novelty-seeking ● Question 16 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Fun Play Global Sourcing (Scenario) Fun Play Inc., a company manufacturing toys for children, has decided to outsource some of its value-chain activities. However, the firm has no experience with global sourcing and has hired a consulting firm to assist its managers. The consulting firm has been assigned the task of determining which activities should be outsourced and where the outsourced activities should be located. Which of the following would most likely be considered by the consultants while deciding whether to keep each value-adding activity in the home country or locate it in a foreign country? Selected Answer: Can different value-adding activities be effectively configured across the world? Answers: Would the HR department of Fun Play be able to ensure smooth repatriation for managers after they complete their assignments abroad? Who will be responsible for training suppliers in foreign locations? Can different value-adding activities be effectively configured across the world? What are the odds in favor of Fun Play's dominating the children's toy segment in its home country? ● Question 17 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● ________ is an arrangement in which a contractor supplies managerial know-how to operate a hotel, hospital, airport, or other facility in exchange for compensation. Selected Answer: Management contract Answers: Build-operate-transfer Management contract Exporting Leasing ● Question 18 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is the best example of a back-office BPO activity? Selected Answer: billing Answers: customer service billing technical support marketing ● Question 19 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is a major challenge often faced by focal firms that engage in global sourcing? Selected Answer: lower-than-expected cost savings Answers: no control over the quality of outputs increased costs of business travel lower-than-expected cost savings domestic management of local distribution ● Question 20 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is a characteristic of project-based, non-equity ventures? Selected Answer: a specific agenda and timeframe Answers: formation of a new legal entity long-term sharing of resources a specific agenda and timeframe a broad scope of product development ● Question 21 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Company-owned subsidiary is ________. Selected Answer: a representative office of the focal firm that handles marketing, physical distribution, promotion, and customer service activities in the foreign market Answers: a foreign intermediary that serves as an extension of the exporter, negotiating on behalf of the exporter and assuming such responsibilities as local supply-chain management, pricing, and customer service accomplished by contracting with intermediaries located in the firm's home market a representative office of the focal firm that handles marketing, physical distribution, promotion, and customer service activities in the foreign market typically achieved by contracting with intermediaries located in the foreign market ● Question 22 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● If a computer contains a microprocessor from Costa Rica and a hard disk drive from the Philippines, the computer manufacturer, who is based in Texas and operates across Europe and West Asia, most likely uses ________ as an entry strategy. Selected Answer: global sourcing Answers: exporting global sourcing franchising licensing ● Question 23 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● A focal firm's overreliance on suppliers can potentially lead to ________. Selected Answer: reduced control over important value-chain tasks Answers: consolidation of the focal firm's network of intermediaries an excessive burden on home-country suppliers reduced control over important value-chain tasks added competitive advantage for the focal firm ● Question 24 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● The rate of inflation is a(n) ________ factor to be considered while selecting the location for FDI. Selected Answer: profit retention Answers: profit retention human resource market infrastructural ● Question 25 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is true about cross-border contractual relationships? Selected Answer: A local firm allows the focal firm to blend into the local market, attracting less attention. Answers: A local firm allows the focal firm to blend into the local market, attracting less attention. They are more susceptible to volatility and risk compared to FDI. It is a more visible strategy than FDI and draws a lot of criticism from the local market. Focal firms use contractual relationships as an advanced entry strategy in foreign markets. ● Question 26 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is a key reason that a focal firm would most likely enter a collaborative venture with a foreign firm? Selected Answer: the foreign firm can fill an important gap in the focal firm's value chain Answers: the foreign firm requires the focal firm's financial resources to compete locally as well the focal firm wants to duplicate a competitor's marketing strategies abroad the market abroad is saturated; there is no scope for the focal firm's products or services the foreign firm can fill an important gap in the focal firm's value chain ● Question 27 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was created by the ________. Selected Answer: WTO Answers: World Bank United Nations IMF WTO ● Question 28 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is an example of franchising? Selected Answer: A U.S-based quick-service restaurant gives rights to another business to use its entire business system in exchange for compensation and royalties. Answers: A Germany automobile manufacturer opens an office in Philippines for its customer care operations. An Italian clothing company opens manufacturing factories in China and Bangladesh to reduce manufacturing costs. A U.S-based quick-service restaurant gives rights to another business to use its entire business system in exchange for compensation and royalties. A U.S.-based animation company allows factories in China to use their famous cartoon character on mugs and stationery. ● Question 29 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following refers to a risk, stemming from environmental factors, that is closely associated with global sourcing? Selected Answer: high energy costs Answers: high energy costs rapid turnover of skilled employees weak intellectual property laws overreliance on suppliers ● Question 30 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Contract manufacturing can best be defined as ________. Selected Answer: an arrangement in which the focal firm contracts with an independent supplier to manufacture products according to well-defined specifications Answers: an arrangement in which the focal firm contracts with an independent supplier to manufacture products according to well-defined specifications the outsourcing to independent suppliers of business service functions such as accounting, payroll, human resource functions, travel services, IT services, customer service, or technical support the relocation of a business process or entire manufacturing facility to a foreign country sourcing from the firm's own production facilities ● Question 31 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● The purchase of an existing company or facility is known as a(n) ________. Selected Answer: acquisition Answers: greenfield investment licensing equity joint venture acquisition ● Question 32 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● When a firm allows others to use an entire business system in exchange for compensation, the arrangement is known as ________. Selected Answer: franchising Answers: franchising joint venture industrial design rights equity venture ● Question 33 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is a benefit of global sourcing? Selected Answer: access to qualified personnel abroad Answers: bridging of the rich-poor divide elimination of competitors minimal reliance on suppliers access to qualified personnel abroad ● Question 34 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● A firm that builds a new manufacturing facility in a foreign market is participating in a(n) ________. Selected Answer: greenfield investment Answers: acquisition merger equity participation greenfield investment ● Question 35 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● The Internet facilitates international trade in the service sector by ________. Selected Answer: providing the means to export some types of services to foreign markets Answers: providing the means to export some types of services to foreign markets allowing firms to attain maximum control by establishing ownership of key assets eliminating the need to deal with foreign currency exchange rates providing the means to avoid taxes in the foreign market ● Question 36 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Organic Towel Exports (Scenario) The Organic Towel Company (OTC) employs 400 workers at its facility in Liverpool, England, where the firm has been manufacturing 100% organic cotton towels for five years. OTC sells towels in the United Kingdom primarily to boutique hotels and specialty retail stores, as well as to individual consumers through the company's. Recently, OTC managers attended a trade show in London where they made contact with numerous foreign market managers. OTC received a request from Earth Waves, an organic clothing store in Toronto, Canada, for a large order of towels. OTC had not been looking into expanding, but firm managers are seriously considering the opportunity to reach a global niche market with their towels. Which of the following most strongly suggests OTC should not export its towels to Earth Waves? Selected Answer: OTC's towel manufacturing at the Liverpool facility is nearing maximum capacity. Answers: OTC's towel manufacturing at the Liverpool facility is nearing maximum capacity. Earth Waves has offered to guide OTC through Canadian regulations. Earth Waves has a large client base and publishes a semi-annual catalog. OTC managers are risk-takers with the determination to expand OTC. ● Question 37 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Focal firms that internationalize through exporting will most likely perform ________ in the home market. Selected Answer: manufacturing Answers: sales manufacturing marketing distribution ● Question 38 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● Which of the following is an essential method used by a focal firm to protect its intellectual property in a foreign country? Selected Answer: password-based security systems Answers: password-based security systems lobbying foreign governments for stronger intellectual property laws bribing foreign government officials avoiding trade in countries with weak intellectual property laws ● Question 39 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● International Business Class (Scenario) Students in Professor Manning's international business class have been assigned the task of explaining the different types of FDI. Professor Manning formed groups among students. The groups are to research their assigned topic and present their information to the class using examples of real-world firms for illustration. Jessica Hanson is the leader of Group A; Manu Patel is the leader of Group B; and Mario Witherspoon is the leader of Group C. During his presentation, Mario describes how a large Japanese automaker built a factory in Kentucky. Which of the following topics was most likely assigned to Group C? Selected Answer: greenfield investment Answers: consortium equity joint venture horizontal integration greenfield investment ● Question 40 ● 0.5 out of 0.5 points ● ________ is the world's leading licensing firm? Selected Answer: The Walt Disney Company Answers: Mattel The Walt Disney Company Nickelodeon Major League Baseball [Show More]

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