Questions 1. What are the differences among international, global, and multidomestic companies? 2. Give examples to show

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Questions 1. What are the differences among international, global, and multidomestic companies? 2. Give examples to show how an international business manager might manipulate one of the controllable forces in answer to a change in the uncontrollable forces. 3. "A nation whose GNI is smaller than the sales volume of a global firm is in no position to enforce its wishes on the local subsidiary of that firm." Is this statement true or false? Please explain your rationale. 4. Discuss the forces that are leading international firms to the globalization of their sourcing, production, and marketing 5. Business is business, and every firm has to find ways to produce and market its goods. Why, then, might managers be unable to successfully apply the tech- niques and concepts they have learned in their own country to other areas of the world? 6. What do you believe makes foreign business activities more complex than purely domestic ones? 7. Discuss some possible conflicts between host govern ments and foreign-owned companies. 8. Why, in your opinion, do the authors regard the use of the self-reference criterion as "probably the biggest cause of international business blunders"? Can you think of an example? 9. You have decided to take a job in your hometown after graduation. Why should you study international business? 10. Although forces in the foreign environment are the same as those in the domestic environment, they operate differently. Why is this so? 11. What examples of globalization can you identify within your community? How would you classify each of these examples (e.g., international investment, inter- national trade)? 12. Why is there opposition to globalization of trade and integration of the world's economy? Please assess the major arguments for and against such globalization efforts. 30 Section 1 The Natura nf International D.ninann