6645 MIDTERM QUESTIONS
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,What are the two primary reasons for expatriate assignments? - Answer: personal development in
knowledge, skills, and networks; and transfer of technology
are those employees who are citizens of the country where the company's branch is located, which is
different from the country in which the company is headquartered.; Thus, for example a US
multinational IBM employs British Citizens in its British operations - Answer: HCN
or expatriate. In an international firm, a PCN is a person whose nationality is the same as that of the
firm, but different from the country in which they are working: for example, a Japanese manager
working for a UK-based subsidiary of a Japanese company. OR a US multinational IBM sends US Citizens
to Asia-Pacific countries on assignment. - Answer: PCN
In an international firm, a _____ is a person whose nationality is different from that of the firm, and of
the country in which the firm is operating: for example, a UK manager working for an Australian-based
subsidiary of a Japanese company. OR a US multinational company sends its Singaporean employees on
an assignment to its Chinese operations - Answer: TCN
a firm which owns or controls business activities in more than one foreign country - Answer: MNE
____ can be defined using headcount, annual turnover, or the annual balance sheet total. there is no
common definition, but the European Commission definition is very specific, while other definitions
include companies with up to 1k employees. When internationalizing their operations, these
organizations experience different challenges than larger organizations. they have less experience with
environmental contexts in different countries, less power to withstand the demand of host
governments, less reputation, and fewer financial resources as well as fewer resources for managing
international operations - Answer: SME
a means of ranking multinational corporations that is employed by economists and politicians. It is
calculated as the arithmetic mean of the following three ratios (where "foreign" means outside of the
corporation's home country): the ratio of foreign assets to total assets. - Answer: Index of
Transnationality (The Transnationality Index (TNI) assesses the extent of a company's
internationalization and global operations, including the distribution of assets, sales, and employees
across different countries. As a company becomes more transnational (i.e., operating globally), it is likely
to have a more culturally diverse workforce due to its international operations.)
the term _____ has come into vogue to signify the transfer of subsidiary staff into the parent-country
(headquarters) operations. SHRM defines this as "a foreign manager in the US". - Answer: Inpatriate
, - One in which competition in each country is essentially independent of competition in other countries.
Traditional examples include retailing, distribution and insurance - Answer: Multidomestic Industry
includes an organization's expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and is
expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations.
It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been
developed over time and are considered valid - Answer: organizational culture
is the offsetting of any such difference so that working abroad is tax neutral for the worker/expat; firms
withhold an amount equal to the home-country tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay all taxes in the
host country - Answer: tax equilization
are described as visible organization structures and processes - Answer: artifacts (cultural)
is about the rights of the group or society. It seeks to put the family, group,
company, and country before the individual. It sees individualism as selfish and short-sighted; an
ideology which emphasizes the responsibility of the individuals to the community and the social
importance of the family unit - Answer: communitarianism
is characterized by: a large private life that includes a relatively large number
of people; a small public space that is difficult to enter (e.g. an outsider needs a formal introduction
from a mutual friend in order to do business with a particular manager); indirect communication that
does not always say what is really meant; and no clear distinction between work and private life. -
Answer: diffuse culture
in this type of cultures, a more indirect form of expression is
common, where the receiver must decipher the content of the message from its context. - Answer: high
context communication
pays more attention to individual cases, deciding what is good and correct
depending on relationship and special friendship arrangements - Answer: particularism
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,What are the two primary reasons for expatriate assignments? - Answer: personal development in
knowledge, skills, and networks; and transfer of technology
are those employees who are citizens of the country where the company's branch is located, which is
different from the country in which the company is headquartered.; Thus, for example a US
multinational IBM employs British Citizens in its British operations - Answer: HCN
or expatriate. In an international firm, a PCN is a person whose nationality is the same as that of the
firm, but different from the country in which they are working: for example, a Japanese manager
working for a UK-based subsidiary of a Japanese company. OR a US multinational IBM sends US Citizens
to Asia-Pacific countries on assignment. - Answer: PCN
In an international firm, a _____ is a person whose nationality is different from that of the firm, and of
the country in which the firm is operating: for example, a UK manager working for an Australian-based
subsidiary of a Japanese company. OR a US multinational company sends its Singaporean employees on
an assignment to its Chinese operations - Answer: TCN
a firm which owns or controls business activities in more than one foreign country - Answer: MNE
____ can be defined using headcount, annual turnover, or the annual balance sheet total. there is no
common definition, but the European Commission definition is very specific, while other definitions
include companies with up to 1k employees. When internationalizing their operations, these
organizations experience different challenges than larger organizations. they have less experience with
environmental contexts in different countries, less power to withstand the demand of host
governments, less reputation, and fewer financial resources as well as fewer resources for managing
international operations - Answer: SME
a means of ranking multinational corporations that is employed by economists and politicians. It is
calculated as the arithmetic mean of the following three ratios (where "foreign" means outside of the
corporation's home country): the ratio of foreign assets to total assets. - Answer: Index of
Transnationality (The Transnationality Index (TNI) assesses the extent of a company's
internationalization and global operations, including the distribution of assets, sales, and employees
across different countries. As a company becomes more transnational (i.e., operating globally), it is likely
to have a more culturally diverse workforce due to its international operations.)
the term _____ has come into vogue to signify the transfer of subsidiary staff into the parent-country
(headquarters) operations. SHRM defines this as "a foreign manager in the US". - Answer: Inpatriate
, - One in which competition in each country is essentially independent of competition in other countries.
Traditional examples include retailing, distribution and insurance - Answer: Multidomestic Industry
includes an organization's expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and is
expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations.
It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been
developed over time and are considered valid - Answer: organizational culture
is the offsetting of any such difference so that working abroad is tax neutral for the worker/expat; firms
withhold an amount equal to the home-country tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay all taxes in the
host country - Answer: tax equilization
are described as visible organization structures and processes - Answer: artifacts (cultural)
is about the rights of the group or society. It seeks to put the family, group,
company, and country before the individual. It sees individualism as selfish and short-sighted; an
ideology which emphasizes the responsibility of the individuals to the community and the social
importance of the family unit - Answer: communitarianism
is characterized by: a large private life that includes a relatively large number
of people; a small public space that is difficult to enter (e.g. an outsider needs a formal introduction
from a mutual friend in order to do business with a particular manager); indirect communication that
does not always say what is really meant; and no clear distinction between work and private life. -
Answer: diffuse culture
in this type of cultures, a more indirect form of expression is
common, where the receiver must decipher the content of the message from its context. - Answer: high
context communication
pays more attention to individual cases, deciding what is good and correct
depending on relationship and special friendship arrangements - Answer: particularism
