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Both the size and the nature of a country’s domestic demand for a particular industry’s good or service are important in Porter’s determinants of national advantage

South Korea’s success in international markets is primarily a result of its abundant natural resources

Fundamentally, there is little to no difference between a strategic alliance and joint venture

There are many types of business models. Which one is used by McDonald’s? 

Franchising is viewed as a corporate-level cooperative strategy

A cross-border strategic alliance can help foreign partners from an operational perspective because the local partner can share information about factors contributing to competitive success

High levels of trust allow less formal contracts to govern the relationship between alliance partners and increase the likelihood of alliance success

A related acquisition involves two firms in the same industry

In a vertical complementary alliance, firms share some of their resources and capabilities from the same stage of the value chain to create a competitive advantage

The “regionalization” environmental trend means that firms can focus on a region (customization) but also have some standardization or sharing within the region