51) Sony’s Blu-ray DVD format has gained widespread acceptance. Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, and other Japanese manufacturers are all experiencing ________ sales of traditional electronics products.
A) increasing
B) declining
C) improving
D) horizontal
E) vertical
52) As a company’s initial international business involvement becomes too much for a single manager or export department to handle, the next step is typically to establish a(n):
A) matrix structure.
B) international division structure.
C) geographic structure.
D) worldwide product division structure.
E) regional management center.
53) Which of the following does not contribute to the establishment of an international division?
A) Top management commitment that justifies an organizational unit headed by a senior manager.
B) Complexity of international operations requires unit with authority to make its own decisions.
C) Management recognizes the need for internal specialists.
D) Management lacks desire to scan the globe for opportunities and threats.
E) Pressure to assemble a staff that will take the responsibility to coordinate.
54) Hershey rolled out a new line of condensed-milk candies, Yo-man, specifically targeting premium candy segment in:
A) India.
B) Mexico.
C) Japan.
D) South Korea.
E) China.
55) A company with headquarters in the United States and operational units in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Spain would be well advised to consider establishing a(n):
A) matrix structure.
B) international division structure.
C) geographic structure.
D) worldwide product division structure.
E) regional management center.
56) A company with headquarters in Europe and operational units in Canada, the United States, and Mexico would be well advised to consider establishing a(n):
A) matrix structure.
B) international division structure.
C) geographic structure.
D) worldwide product division structure.
E) regional management center.
57) The advantages that a regional management center can offer a company include all of the following except:
A) pan-regional decision making.
B) coordinated regional planning.
C) considerable cost saving.
D) coordinated control.
E) coordinated decision making.
58) One of the potential drawbacks of a regional management center is that:
A) pan-regional coordination efforts can suffer.
B) the cost can be prohibitive.
C) the company may lose its “insider” advantage.
D) regional management may take a one-sided approach when implementing corporate objectives.
E) there is a lack of coordinated decision making.
59) Under the geographical and product division structures, for the company with French origins, France is:
A) the headquarter country market.
B) simply another geographic market.
C) European market.
D) divisional market.
E) product market.
60) The organization design in which an employee reports to both a country manager and a functional manager is a(n):
A) matrix structure.
B) international division structure.
C) geographic structure.
D) worldwide product division structure.
E) regional management center.
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