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1. Which of the following is the key issue in global organizations?
A) How to select members of the board of directors
B) How the marketing function should be organized
C) How to achieve a balance between autonomy and integration
D) What organization is best for the competitive advantage
E) Should the global organization be the same as the domestic organization
2. Which of the following describes the one key organization design characteristic that is shared by all leading-edge global competitors?
A) Corporate time and energy are spent on control, monitoring, and reporting.
B) The corporate structure is flat and simple.
C) The corporate structure is tall and complex.
D) The corporate structure has top-down decision making
E) Organization design is based on home-country structures.
3. Which of the following terms refers to something that an organization can do better than its competitors?
A) Core competence
B) Layers of advantage
C) Competitive advantage
D) Corporate strengths
E) Competitive strategies
4. To create a global competitive advantage, a company must be viewed as a portfolio of ________ rather than a portfolio of businesses.
A) investments
B) products
C) competencies
D) creative ideas
E) human resource
5. Which of the following types of organizational structure is most commonly used in companies with closely related product lines that are sold in similar marketsglobally?
A) Product divisions
B) Geographical divisions
C) Regional management centers
D) International operating divisions
E) The matrix design