Exam 15: Managing Global Systems

________ firms take the globe,not the home country,as their management frame of reference.

Few companies have actually attained transnational status,but Nestlé,Citicorp,Sony,Ford,and others are attempting this transition.

A business driver is a force in the environment to which businesses must respond and that influences the direction of the business.

Production driven by worldwide global demand can be concentrated where it can best be accomplished,fixed resources can be allocated over larger production runs,and production runs in larger plants can be scheduled more inefficiently and can be more imprecisely estimated.

________ are those in which development occurs at the home base but operations are handed over to autonomous units in foreign locations.

Canada Bacon Inc.is expanding into Europe.They want to produce their bacon in Europe,but they find that customers in that market want the actual bacon to come from pigs in Canada,not Europe.Which fundamental force is operating to inhibit a global economy and to disrupt international business in this scenario?

Which of the following is NOT a specific challenge to global business system?

Which of the following is NOT one of the principle problems of international networks?

Many global firms will be replaced by fast-moving networked corporations that transcend national boundaries.

________ is process of converting software to operate in a second language.

Many localized firms will be replaced by fast-moving networked corporations that transcend national ________.

The high cost of PCs,along with low incomes,limit access to Internet service in many ________ countries.

Production,finance,HR,and strategic management are centralized,best describes the global business strategy and structure of a ________.

In a global system configuration,a(n)________ system is one in which systems development and operations occur in an integrated and coordinated fashion across all units.

Canada Beach Umbrella Inc.is expanding into France.They find the entry into France very difficult because they need people to work longer hours in August.Apparently no one in France works in August as it is typically the month everyone takes off for vacation.Which fundamental force is operating to inhibit a global economy and to disrupt international business in this scenario?

Companies can create global ________ for internal communication or extranets to exchange information more rapidly with business partners in their supply chains.

Combines Inc.has gone from being an exporter of combines to more of a multinational strategy.They are running into problems with global information systems issues.One of the their problems is software.Describe and explain why software localization is an issue.

Software localization is the process of

________ and a need to serve local markets better encourage companies to disperse production facilities and at least become multinational.

The ________ systems structure is the most visible in financial services where the homogeneity of the product-money and money instruments-seems to overcome cultural barriers.