Identify a form of trade control that places a limit on the number or value of goods that can be traded.

In the context of the four international strategies as proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, if an expatriate manager is expected to acquire, leverage, and transfer specialized knowledge with much independence, he is most likely working with a firm that uses a _____.

The vice president of Oreon Inc., an international chain of hotels, announces that he will retire from his post after 2 years. Following this, the top management of Oreon Inc. makes use of its employee database and elects the current general manager of operations as the next vice president. The manager is then given regular training and is groomed to make his transition to the senior position seamless. The given scenario illustrates the concept of _____.

Organizations using the ethnocentric staffing model have a fully functioning human resource (HR) department in each foreign subsidiary that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees alike.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the international business strategy of licensing?

Azus is an international food products company with subsidiaries in many countries. It employs host-country nationals extensively in each of its foreign locations. The corporate human resources (HR) function in Azus focuses primarily on coordinating relevant activities with their counterparts in each foreign location. Each subsidiary has its own fully functioning HR department that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees. In the given scenario, which of the following staffing models does Azus employ?

In the context of the dimensions of national culture as identified by Robert House’s GLOBE project (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), who among the following individuals is most likely to belong to a culture with high performance orientation?

Which of the following companies is an example of an international business that uses the ethnocentric staffing model?

In the context of the strategies that organizations use for competing in the international environment, a direct foreign investment occurs when a firm owns physical assets in another country.

GeNext, a leading mobile software developer in Japan, agrees to develop exclusive software application programs for a new line of affordable smartphones to be launched by CelCom, a smartphone manufacturer in China. The brand reputation and pricing strategies of both of these companies are expected to bring in large volumes of smartphone sales. The profits from the sales will be divided between these two firms. In the given scenario, GeNext and CelCom have _____.