Exam 3: Developing Transnational Strategies: Building Layers of Competitive Advantage

Since efficiency,flexibility and learning are conflicting goals,a transnational company should focus on only one of these goals and try to exploit it through the three sources of worldwide competitive advantage - national differences in both input and output markets,scale economies and scope economies.

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Question 21

Cost reductions due to scale-economies are static and constant over time and few dynamic benefits are associated with scale economies.

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Question 22

Which of the following best describes a global company's asset and capability configuration?

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Question 23

The main drivers of MNEs' continual growth and prosperity are the desire to protect existing revenues and to increase profits.

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Question 24

According to an article in McKinsey Quarterly on June 2012 ,about 40 percent of the growth of the global economy over the next 15 years will be generated in 400 midsized emerging-market cities.What are implications of this statement for MNEs in advanced and emerging economies?

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Question 25

Cool-Colas Ltd.is a national beverage manufacturer situated in India.During the past few years,the company has suffered intense competition from major multinationals such as Coca Cola,Nestlé and Pepsi.What can Cool-Colas do to protect its domestic market?

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Question 26

How will global trends such as the increase in labor costs in some emerging markets (e.g.China)impact national differences in the future and companies' decisions to exploit them?

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Question 27

On his way to a meeting with a colleague,Mike Thornville,CEO of Ajaxiss Co.,was debating how to explain the importance of national differences in both input and output markets to Ajaxiss and the need to exploit these differences.If you were Mike,how would you approach this conversation?

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Question 28

Explain why some firms adopt a transnational strategy,while others adopt a multinational strategy?

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Question 29

Which of the following best describes scope economies?

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Question 30

Which of the following describes the strategic orientation of a transnational company?

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Question 31

Lindux Co.,intends to enhance its competitive advantage by exploiting the national differences that prevail in the countries that host its subsidiaries.Which of the following is consistent with this intention?

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Question 32

Which of the following best describes a transnational company's asset and capability configuration?

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Question 33

Which of the following strategies can be employed to enhance the efficiency of an MNE?

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Cost reductions due to scale-economies are static and constant over time and few dynamic benefits are associated with scale economies.

Which of the following best describes a global company's asset and capability configuration?

The main drivers of MNEs' continual growth and prosperity are the desire to protect existing revenues and to increase profits.

According to an article in McKinsey Quarterly on June 2012 ,about 40 percent of the growth of the global economy over the next 15 years will be generated in 400 midsized emerging-market cities.What are implications of this statement for MNEs in advanced and emerging economies?

Cool-Colas Ltd.is a national beverage manufacturer situated in India.During the past few years,the company has suffered intense competition from major multinationals such as Coca Cola,Nestlé and Pepsi.What can Cool-Colas do to protect its domestic market?

How will global trends such as the increase in labor costs in some emerging markets (e.g.China)impact national differences in the future and companies' decisions to exploit them?

On his way to a meeting with a colleague,Mike Thornville,CEO of Ajaxiss Co.,was debating how to explain the importance of national differences in both input and output markets to Ajaxiss and the need to exploit these differences.If you were Mike,how would you approach this conversation?

Explain why some firms adopt a transnational strategy,while others adopt a multinational strategy?

Which of the following best describes scope economies?

Which of the following describes the strategic orientation of a transnational company?

Lindux Co.,intends to enhance its competitive advantage by exploiting the national differences that prevail in the countries that host its subsidiaries.Which of the following is consistent with this intention?

Which of the following best describes a transnational company's asset and capability configuration?

Which of the following strategies can be employed to enhance the efficiency of an MNE?

Expanding abroad: Motivations, means, and mentalities

Understanding the international context: Responding to conflicting environmental forces

Developing a Transnational Organization: Managing Integration, Responsiveness, and Flexibility

Creating Worldwide Innovation and Learning: Exploiting Cross-Border Knowledge Management

Engaging in Cross-Border Collaboration: Managing across Corporate Boundaries

Implementing the Strategy: Building Multidimensional Capabilities

The Future of the Transnational: An Evolving Global Role

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