MGT 302 CHAPTER 13 QUIZ
1. Profitability is calculated by dividing the total sales of the firm by total invested capital.
False
2. Firms usually respond to pressures for cost reduction by trying to
lower the costs of value creation.
3. Firms that pursue a transnational strategy are trying to simultaneously do many things.
Which of the following is one of those things?
Foster a multidirectional flow of skills between different subsidiaries.
4. Responding to pressures to be locally responsive requires a firm to standardize its
products.
False
5. Which of the following is true about core competence?
Core competence skills are typically expressed in product offerings that other firms
find difficult to match or imitate.
6. Superior value creation relative to rivals does not necessarily require a firm to have the
lowest cost structure in an industry, or to create the most valuable product in the eyes of
consumers.
1. Profitability is calculated by dividing the total sales of the firm by total invested capital.
False
2. Firms usually respond to pressures for cost reduction by trying to
lower the costs of value creation.
3. Firms that pursue a transnational strategy are trying to simultaneously do many things.
Which of the following is one of those things?
Foster a multidirectional flow of skills between different subsidiaries.
4. Responding to pressures to be locally responsive requires a firm to standardize its
products.
False
5. Which of the following is true about core competence?
Core competence skills are typically expressed in product offerings that other firms
find difficult to match or imitate.
6. Superior value creation relative to rivals does not necessarily require a firm to have the
lowest cost structure in an industry, or to create the most valuable product in the eyes of
consumers.
