Citicorp, Sony, and Ford are attempting to make a transition to this type of business organizational structure.
a. Domestic exporter
b. Multinational
c. Transnational
d. Franchiser
Answer: C
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ITA Chapter 15
- According to the chapter case discussing Nestlé's new information systems, what was the chief implementation challenge?
- As per your reading of the chapter case discussing overseas outsourcing, the outsourcing support the United States receives from India will lead to:
- The potentially least expensive "hidden" cost component of offshore software outsourcing is the cost of:
- The potentially most expensive "hidden" cost component of offshore software outsourcing is the cost of:
- For their software development methodology, software outsourcing companies in India typically use:
- One cost of offshore software outsourcing is knowledge transfer costs. This refers to:
- Which types of systems are widely used by manufacturing and distribution firms to connect to suppliers on a global basis?
- Some domestic firms are outsourcing systems development work or maintenance of existing systems to external vendors in another country, a process known as:
- VPNs:
- A critical necessity for ensuring the integration of local systems into a global system is:
- In relation to global systems building, the Internet:
- When developing a global system, bringing the opposition of local groups into the process of designing and implementing the solution without giving up control over the direction and nature of the change is called:
- The ability of global systems to optimize the use of corporate funds over a much larger capital base means that:
- Based on your reading of the chapter, why should companies avoid implanting an all-encompassing, new global system when moving towards global operations?
- Which systems are worth sharing on a transnational basis, from a cost and feasibility point of view?
- The way to identify core business processes is to conduct a(n):
- Logically related tasks to produce specific business results best defines:
- Two of the management challenges in developing global systems are listed in your text as:
- Based on your reading of the chapter case discussing Avnet Inc., Avnet mitigates the technical challenges posed by mergers and acquisitions by:
- Effective networked systems must have:
- The network systems structure is the most visible in _________ services.
- Transnational companies have tended to use a _________ systems configuration.
- Franchise companies have tended to use a _________ systems configuration, and seem now to be moving toward _______________ systems.
- Multinational companies have tended to use a _________ systems configuration, and seem now to be switching to _______________ systems.
- Domestic exporters have tended to use a _________ systems configuration, and seem now to be moving toward _______________ systems.
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