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Question
Foreign direct investment may be an attempt by foreign companies to establish competitive advantage over potential competitors in other markets, due to possession of advantages not available to local firms. Such advantages possessed by foreign companies over their local competitors include knowledge about local market conditions and cost efficiencies from operating at a distance.
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A. will never get to the top because they take time-out for children.
B. are more likely than men to succeed if they quit the company and start their own businesses.
C. have been remarkably successful in international assignments, which does not seem to be related to gender.
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E. two of the above.
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With regard to the use of women versus men for expat management assignments:
A. few qualified women candidates are available.
B. few women candidates are accepting assignments and enjoying the experience.
C. those women who go into expatriate positions tend to do well. The hurdle is in getting the assignment.
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Generalizations about TCNs are difficult because:
A. the IC usually does not know enough about their backgrounds.
B. the geocentric staffing policy prohibits these generalizations.
C. two of A, B, and D.
D. people achieve the TCN status in different ways.
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An advantage of hiring personnel who are citizens of neither the home country nor the host country may be that they:
A. may accept lower wages and benefits.
B. may come from a culture similar to that of the host country.
C. all of A, B, and D.
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E. two of A, B, and D.
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A. all of B, C, and D.
B. host-country nationals are unavailable.
C. home-country nationals are being groomed for IC headquarters.
D. IC headquarters wants one of its nationals in the host country.
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A. involves human resource policies that are created at the local level for the specific context in which the local operations operate.
B. may send TCNs to fill management posts, to avoid problems from using PCNs or HCNs.
C. selects the best person for each job, without considering national origin.
D. two of the above.
E. all of A, B, and C.
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A polycentric staffing policy:
A. involves human resource policies that are created at the local level for the specific context in which the local operations operate.
B. results in the company hiring local managers who are familiar with the home country of the IC and with its corporate culture, policies, and practices.
C. may confront the problem of having the best people pirated away by local firms or other IC subsidiaries.
D. two of the above.
E. all of A, B, and C.
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A global mindset:
A. is a "prerequisite for global industry dominance."
B. combines an openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures and markets with a propensity and an ability to synthesize across this diversity.
C. results from a combination of training and language skills.
D. all of the above.
E. two of A, B, and C.
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A. human resources are utilized.
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B. higher tax rates in foreign operations.
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D. the method of the company's choice, but consistency is required.
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A. currencies at specified rates at specified times in the future.
B. equity shares in the future at today's rates.
C. supplier information to ensure competitive pricing.
D. B and C.
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Transaction exposure occurs when:
A. the value of the currency changes between when the asset or liability is recorded and when results are consolidated.
B. the firm has transactions in a foreign currency.
C. the firm's strategic projections use a currency value that has changed.
D. the recorded value of an asset or liability changes between its being reported and its consolidation.
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The cash flow management of a global firm, compared to that of a domestic firm, is:
A. exactly the same: moving money is moving money.
B. less complex, because the sums are larger and the process is centralized.
C. more complex, because currencies vary, as do national-level regulations.
D. more complex, because the number of subsidiaries or branches is larger.
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B. transparency and optimism.
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D. secrecy and conservatism.
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B. at an average of the historical and current rates.
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