In France, fine dressmaking and tailoring have been a tradition predating Queen Marie Antoinette. Cloth manufacturers, design schools, craft apprenticeship programs, modeling agencies, and so forth, all exist to supply the clothing industry. This is an example of the __________ in Porter’s model.

After a firm decides to compete internationally, it must select its strategy and choose a mode of entry into international markets

For the purpose of diversification, a corporate-level cooperative strategy may be preferable to a merger or acquisition for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

The Renault Nissan alliance is an example of a __________ in that the firms seek to create economies of scope by sharing their resources and capabilities to develop manufacturing platforms that can be used to produce cars that will be either a Renault or a Nissan.

Which of the following is NOT a factor pressuring companies for local responsiveness?

Market power is derived primarily from the:

A firm may narrow its focus to a specific region of the world:

A multidomestic corporate-level strategy is one in which:

Multinational firms have many opportunities to learn from their experiences in international markets, but they must have a strong R&D system to absorb the knowledge

The training of future strategic leaders yields a competitive advantage for a firm, in part because knowledge and skills are necessary for successful execution of strategy