Exam 6: Designing Organizations for the International Environment

____ teams are cross-border work groups made up of multiskilled, multinational members whose activities span multiple countries.

The transnational model is characterized by:

Building a global presence expands an organization's scale of operations, enabling it to realize:

Compare and contrast the globalization strategy and the multidomestic strategy. Give an example of effective use of each strategy.

Which of the following is not a benefit that results from inter-unit collaboration?

Four primary factors motivate companies to expand internationally: profitability, economies of scale, economies of scope, and low-cost production factors.

The transnational model reflects the ultimate in both organizational complexity, with many diverse units, and organizational coordination, with mechanisms for integrating the varied parts.

Truly global companies no longer think of themselves as having a single home country and have been called stateless corporations.

The product-based structure works best when a division handles products that are technologically similar and can be standardized for marketing around the world.

Under what conditions should an organization consider a global geographic structure as opposed to a global product structure?

Functional structures are found more frequently in a worldwide business than in a domestic business.

The ____ model reflects the ultimate in both organizational complexity, with many diverse units, and organizational coordination, with mechanisms for integrating the varied parts.

Service companies cannot use a divisional structure.

List the reasons why most organizations tap only a fraction of the potential that is available from the cross-border transfer of knowledge.

High ____ means that people accept inequality in power among institutions, organizations, and people.

What are the international strategic alliances that companies can choose from to expand globally? Discuss and give an example of each.

All of the following except ____ are typical alliances used for global expansion.

The globalization strategy means that product design, manufacturing, and marketing strategy are standardized throughout the world, whereas a multidomestic strategy means that competition in each country is handled independently of competition in other countries.

A _____ strategy means that competition in each country is handled independently of competition in other countries.

In many instances, companies will need to respond to both global and local opportunities simultaneously. In this case, the global matrix structure can be used.