International Business Chapter 2 Answers

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EXAMINATION N°2 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS By Alejandro A. Taladriz 1. What is a multinational enterprise? Is it likely that the number of MNEs will increase during the next decade? Why? A multinational enterprise, or MNEs, is a company headquartered in one country, but it has operations in other countries around the world. As the situation shows in the actuality, the number of multinational enterprises must increase over the next decade, due to the increase of globalization and the economical scale benefits that can be obtained when an enterprise turns multinational. 2. What are the three common characteristics of an MNE? Identify and briefly describe each. One of the characteristics of a multinational enterprise is that ties of common ownership link affiliated firms. The second characteristic is that the MNE draws on a common pool of resources, and the third is that MNEs have a common strategy for linking together the affiliates. 3. Why do firms become multinational enterprises? Identify four reasons. I. Enterprises see choices in other countries, and they internationalize the enterprise so they can get advantage of their investment country. They export they products to outside markets and took advantage of the international demand. II. Another reason to why enterprises tend to internationalize is because they want to diversify the risk of the business. III. Expand to find more opportunities of demand of markets that can be more successful that than the home country. IV. They also expand due to the competition present in the market and also to be able to maintain the market share. By taking the market share of their main competitors in other countries. 4. How are CSAs different than FSAs? The Country specific advantages or CSAs are the strengths or benefits specific to a country that result from its competitive
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