International Business Lecture Notes Collin Starkweather1 September 2012 1 Copyright c Collin Starkweather 2012. All rights reserved. 2 Contents 1 International Business Culture and Practices 1.1 Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Determinants of Culture . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions . . . 1.2.2 Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimensions 1.2.3 Country Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Cultural
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"? Ans- Steve Jobs 2). ’Kaizen’ is a hugely influential philosophy of business management. Where was it first developed? Ans-Japan 3).The production system of which car giant is often held up as a model of business innovation? Ans- Toyota 4). Which of the following is a major US award for excellence and innovation in business? Ans-The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 5). What is ’Six Sigma’? Ans-A system of quality management 6). Who
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CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING Answers to Questions 1. The ultimate goal of both harmonization and convergence is to achieve international comparability in financial reporting‚ and both are processes that take place over time. However‚ while harmonization refers to the reduction of alternative accounting practices in different countries‚ convergence refers to the process of developing a set of high quality financial reporting standards for use internationally (the process
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with high productivity‚ stringent in-line quality control and an encouraging manufacturing atmosphere. 2. Economic motives‚ such as profit making by implementing cutting edge technologies to achieve economies of scale and spreading R&D costs. etc. 3. Strategic motives‚ such as buying-up of sick units‚ departing worldwide and gaining German and US brand names. 2. Hoe does lifting of Country-wise quota regime’ help Arvind Mills? Answer The lifting of ‘Country-wise quota regime’ surged a demand
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Queensland University of Technology QUT Business School School of Management MGN409 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW In addition to the Official Unit outline found on QUT Virtual this document will provide specific information about the unit as it will be offered this semester. MGN409 Management Theory and Practice Semester Semester 1‚ 2014 Unit Coordinator Name: Assoc Prof Paul Davidson Phone: 3138 1248 Fax: 3138 1313 Room:Z950 Email: p.davidson@qut.edu.au Consultation Times By appointment
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Slide 2.1 Chapter 2 The Multinational enterprise (MNE) Alan M Rugman and Simon Collinson‚ International Business‚ 5th Edition‚ © Pearson Education Limited 2009 Slide 2.2 The Multinational enterprise (MNE) • Objectives • The nature of multinational enterprises • Strategic management and multinational enterprises • A framework for global strategies: the FSA/CSA matrix. Alan M Rugman and Simon Collinson‚ International Business‚ 5th Edition‚ © Pearson Education Limited 2009
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the government to provide food for the entire country. Despite rapid economic growth over the past decade‚ India still struggles to feed its population: According to the 2005/2006 National Family Health Survey‚ 40 percent of children below the age of 3 were underweight and 45 percent were stunted.7 Lack of investment has kept domestic agricultural productivity low as manual labor remains the dominant source of domestic food production. In 2008/2009‚ agriculture employed about 52 percent of the labor
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Chapter 8 Quiz 1. Processing a large number of items in a(n) ________ is usually easier than processing a large number of items stored in separate variables. (Points : 6) Constant Variable Array Loop None of the above | 2. What is the term used for the number inside the bracket that specifies the number of values that an array can hold? (Points : 7) Size Size declarator Number Number declarator None of the above |
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Date: 2012-09-25 14:33:40 004.01 International Business Concepts & Organization 01. Define International Business and describe how it differ from domestic business? 02. Define Foreign Business? #**# Define multinational company? #**# Define Global Company? #**# Define international Company? 03. Why do companies engage in international Business? 04. Describe international business model? 05. Explain the rationale of government intervention in international business? 06. What are the different
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Globalization and International Business 1 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Globalization and International Business To outline the historical perspective of globalization of business To explain the concept of globalization To elucidate the factors influencing globalization To discuss the various techniques for measuring globalization To examine the reasons for support and criticism of globalization To discuss global business expansion strategy for emerging market companies To
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