Retrieval Exercise

A Chinese employee working at the Chinese subsidiary of the German company (headquarter) is a:

• PCN (Parent-country nationals)

• HCN (Host-country nationals)

• TCN (Third-country nationals)

• Impatriate

A German employee of a German company (Headquarter) who is working at a Chinese subsidiary is a:

• PCN (Parent-country nationals)

• HCN (Host-country nationals)

• TCN (Third-country nationals)

• Impatriate

An Indian employee working at the Chinese Subsidiary of the German company is a:

• PCN (Parent-country nationals)

• HCN (Host-country nationals)

• TCN (Third-country nationals)

• Impatriate

"International assignments create expatriates"

True/False

The growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information is:

• Internationalisation

• International Business

• Derugulation

• Globalisation

An individual living and/or working in a country other than his or her country of citizenship, often temporarily and for work reasons is called:

• Impatriate

• Foreigner

• Expatriate

• Immigrant

The countervailing forces that determines the global business strategies are:

• Global integration (efficiency) and Local responsiveness

• Firm's multinational strategies and vision

• Subsidiaries' resources and capabilities

• None

A strategy that sacrifices local responsiveness in favor of emphasizing on global efficiency (leveraging the global economies of scale) is:

• International Strategy

• Global Strategy

• Multidomestic strategy

• Transnational strategy

A strategy that focuses on both global integration as well as local adaptation (high global efficiency and high local responsiveness) is:

• International Strategy

• Global Strategy

• Multidomestic strategy

• Transnational Strategy

A strategy that sacrifices global integration in favor of emphasizing on local adaptation (low global integration and high local responsiveness) is:

• International Strategy

• Global Strategy

• Multidomestic Strategy

• Transnational Strategy