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| Why does it pay for a company to base each value creation activity it performs at the location where factor conditions are most conductive to the performance of that activity? |
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| What can help a company, building sales volume more rapidly, gain a cost advantage through the realization of scale economies and learning effects? |
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| What kind of pressures are greatest for companies in industries producing commodity-type products, where price is the main competitive weapon? |
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| What kind of pressures arise from consumer tastes and preferences as well as from national infrastructure, traditional practices, distribution channels and housing government demands? |
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| Companies pursuing what kind of strategy transfer the skills and products derived from distinctive competencies to foreign markets, while undertaking some limited local customization? |
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| Companies pursuing what kind of strategy customize their product offerings, marketing strategies and business strategies to national conditions? |
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| Companies pursuing what kind of strategy focus on reaping the cost reductions that come from scale economies and location economies? |
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| What strategy involves a simultaneous focus upon reducing costs, transferring skills and products and being locally responsive? |
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| What are cooperative agreements between actual or potential competitors? |
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What are the following?:
-Expands the market
-Allows for lower cost structure through economies of scale, due to increased production.
-Offers more opportunities to differentiate. |
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| Reasons Why Organizations Expand Globally |
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| What is a company that deploys resources and capabilities in at least two countries? |
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