Unit 3 International Competitive Strategies

What are the two main competitive dimensions to consider in international competitive strategies?

• Global Integration & Local Adaptation

• Regional Expansion & Product Standardization

• Local Responsiveness & Global Coordination

• National Autonomy & Global Learning

The third dimension that emerges in an international context is Knowledge development and transfer?

• True

• False

Which traditional competitive strategy involves treating each country or region as a stand-alone 'local' market?

• Global Strategy

• Multidomestic Strategy

• Home Replication Strategy

• Transnational Strategy

In which traditional competitive strategy are overseas subsidiaries quite independent and operate as local companies?

• Multidomestic Strategy

• Global Strategy

• Transnational Strategy

• Home Replication Strategy

What is the main advantage of the Home Replication Strategy?

• Ability to exploit parent company technology and skills in various overseas markets

• High sensitivity and responsiveness to differences in national environments

• Leverage slow-cost advantages and global efficiency

• Development and distribution of standardized products worldwide

Which strategy is characterized by the need for global efficiency and the centralization of product development and marketing strategy?

• Home Replication Strategy

• Transnational Strategy

• Global Strategy

• Multidomestic Strategy

What is the main characteristic of the Transnational Strategy according to Bartlett and Ghoshal?

• Worldwide learning capability only

• Multinational flexibility only

• Global competitiveness only

• Global competitiveness, Multinational flexibility, and Worldwide learning capability

In the Transnational Strategy, where does knowledge flow from and to?

• Both from the home country to host countries and from host countries to the home country and among subsidiaries in multiple host countries

• Only from host countries to the home country

• Only within subsidiaries in multiple host countries

• Only from the home country to host countries

What is the main advantage of the Global Learning & Diffusion of Innovations in the Transnational Strategy?

• Lack of local responsiveness

• Organizationally complex and difficult to implement

• Cost-inefficiency

• Global learning and diffusion of innovations

By combining configuration and coordination dimensions, what strategies emerge?

• Several strategies

• Only cost-efficient strategies

• Only locally responsive strategies

• Only global learning strategies