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1. Which type of decision by U.S. companies often involves setting up operations in another, lower-wage country and hiring employees there?
A. staffing operations with temporary workers
B. staffing operations with immigrant workers
C. deciding to expand through exporting
D. outsourcing a function
E. automating a process
2. Harvest Master, a maker of farm equipment based in Nebraska, is planning to send a U.S. marketing manager to lead a product launch in a country with a socialist economic system. As the human resource department plans this assignment, what impact of the host country’s economic system will it need to address?
A. The culture of the host country is likely to be much more individualistic than U.S. culture is.
B. The manager will have greater difficulty finding educated workers in the host country than in the United States.
C. The manager may not be familiar with the host country’s language.
D. The host country will likely tax a larger percentage of the manager’s income than the United States would.
E. The host country will likely have few protections for its workers.