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The situation in which organizations with the greatest advantage at home are often also those most likely to fail when expanding abroad is known as:

True or False – Control over a rare and valuable resource is an example of a sustainable competitive advantage.

Which of the following actions by IKEA in Saudia Arabia got them in trouble with stakeholders?

Ghemawat proposes the “CAGE” framework to understand the different dimensions of distance that can affect international interactions. Write the name of the distance associated with each letter in CAGE.   C – [cage1] A – [cage2] G – [cage3] E – [cage4] 

Fill in the blanks below using the following options: domestic operation, domestic outsourcing, offshore operation and offshore outsourcing   General Motors, headquartered in Detroit Michigan, purchasing windshields for its cars from “Fuyao Glass America” located in Dayton, Ohio is an example of [option1].   General Motors, headquartered in Detroit Michigan, purchasing semiconductors for its cars from TSMC located in Taiwan is an example of [option2].   General Motors, headquartered in Detroit Michigan, owns an assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario is an example of [option3] .

As a response to supply chain risk, the “China + 1” strategy in which firms maintain the current supply chain but also add one or more suppliers from other countries, is an example of which of the following strategies:

True or False – As compared to a localization strategy, a standardization strategy tends to lower costs and increase customers’ willingness to pay.

Which of the following is the best example of a sustainable competitive advantage?

One difference between doing business in the United States and doing business in China is that in the United States employees at all levels often have the freedom to express their views and approach top management directly with suggestions. In contrast, in China, employees are much more likely to defer to supervisors and not speak up. This difference is best captured by which of the following cultural dimensions as defined by Hofstede:

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