all key management positions in an international business with parent-country nationals” (p. 531). The advantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Overcomes lack of qualified managers in host country‚ unified culture‚ and helps transfer core competencies. The disadvantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Produces resentment in host country‚ and can lead to cultural myopia. An ethnocentric approach is typically appropriate for firms utilizing an international strategy. A polycentric staffing
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you think that a BRICS’ development bank is a good idea for emerging economies? Give your opinion. From my point of view the BRICS’ development bank is a good idea for emerging economies for several reasons: • The solutions and the credit will be adapted to the BRICS’ needs so some projects and structures that need specific solutions will be treated better by a BRICS’ bank than by the IMF. • There is no influence from developped countries on this bank so the priorities for the BRICS’ bank are the emerging
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Diebold For much of its 144 year history‚ Diebold Inc. did not worry much about international business. As a premier name is bank vaults and then automated teller machines (ATMs)‚ the Ohio based company found that had its hand full focusing on U.S. financial institutions. The company first started to sell ATM machines in foreign markets in the 1980s.Wary of going it alone‚ Diebold forged a distribution arrangement with the Dutch multinational electronics company Phillips N.V.Under
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Testbank Chapter 1: Introduction TRUE/FALSE 1. Many of the developing countries of the world experience traffic gridlock. ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Introduction 2. World trade has grown about 10 percent per year since 1950. ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: 1-1 3. World trade in services representf a higher percentage of total world trade than does world trade in merchandise. ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 1-1: Tables 1-1‚ 1-2‚ and 1-3 4. The Bretton Woods Conference triggered the creation of the World
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how using more debt might help. If the ROE is low you might borrow more money to increase your business. This is called financial leverage. Q-10 Indicate the effects of the transactions listed in the following table on total current assets‚ current ratios‚ and net income. Use (+) to indicate an increases‚ (-) to indicate decrease‚ and (0) to indicate either no effect or an indeterminate effect. 4-10 | Total Current Assets | Current Ratio | Effect on New Income | a. Cash in acquired through
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Ethnomedicine A health system encompasses many areas: perceptions and classifications of health problems‚ prevention measures‚ diagnosis‚ healing‚ and healers Contemporary Western biomedicine (WDM)‚ a healing approach based on modern Western science that emphasizes technology in diagnosing and treating health problems related to the human body‚ is an ethnomedical system Defining and Classifying Health Problems One set of concepts that medical anthropologists use to sort out the many cross-cultural
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Module specification INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Code: PGBM04 Credits: 15 Level: Masters FBL‚ Business School Board: Postgraduate Business Studies Learning Hours: 150 of which 30 CONTACT hours Rationale 1. The international business environment is multi-dimensional‚ including economic‚ political‚ socio-cultural and technological influences. While each can be viewed in specific national settings‚ increasingly they have become interrelated through processes of globalisation. In particular
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CHAPTER 4 – BSC2085C The wall of the alveolus (air sac) in the lung is composed of which type of epithelium? simple squamous epithelium Yes‚ this single layer of squamous cells is ideal for the diffusion of gases in the lungs. 1) The proximal tubule of the nephron (kidney tubule) in the kidney is composed of which type of epithelium? simple cuboidal epithelium Yes‚ the simple cuboidal cells line the kidney tubules (nephrons) so that secretion and absorption can take place. 2) The epithelium
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Chapter 4 HW: pg 125 #8 & #18 8. “Members of a society borrow from other cultures to solve problems that they face in common.” What does this mean? What is the significance to marketing? Because different cultures experience different events and hold different values‚ they provide a unique perspective towards a variety of problems. They may view a problem differently and provide insight that would be new to those from other cultures. An example would be “kaizen”. It is a Japanese word that essentially
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attractiveness of a country as a potential market for an internal business depends on balancing the benefits‚ costs‚ and risks associated with doing business in that country • the costs and risks associated with doing business in a foreign country are typically lower in the economically advanced and politically stable democratic nations • look at living standards and economic growth • another important factor is the value an international business can create in a foreign market o depends on the suitability
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