The decision has a relatively low cost and low risk. It can easily be reversed if any problems arise. At its most successful, this strategy is unlikely to yield a very high level of profit, but it could provide a short-term profit boost at best. DQ -- 3. Globalization has affected the fast food industry. Whereas early fast food growth was confined to domestic markets, today's fast food marketers operate

DQ #1. An economy's output is also its income because its output is calculated as the measurement of all the goods and services produced by the economy, and also being channeled back into the economy in the form of purchases in other economic sectors, savings, and investments. Expenditures measured in the form of GDP tally the production of goods and services on U.S. soil while GNP measures the production of

But price discrimination does not necessary imply dumping and is a common legal practice to match the income demographics of certain countries. Ch 16 (DQ#1) An ethnocentric approach can help host countries that lack qualified individuals fill senior management positions, instill a unified corporate culture and transfer parent-country nationals who have competency knowledge to foreign operations. The disadvantages are that it can lead to resentment, lower productivity, increase turnover for

These problems can hinder the development of a high quality of life for all Americans by creating structural barriers to success. Some important steps would be to increase political participation at the roots level of all underrepresented members of society and to lend a voice to those who currently have little say in the governance of the nation. Wk-4 DQ-1. The political-economic system is generally set up along the lines

S. And Canada (Macduff, 2006). This translates into entirely different approach to managing and motivating workers as a result. Third, as a result of these first two factors and the broader aspects of how employees perceive and react to leadership from other cultures, transnational strategies are often the most time-consuming to operate. Chapter 12 (DQ #1): Review the Management Focus at ING. ING chose to entire the U.S. financial services market

Canada, too, sees this benefit, with lower cost goods coming not only from Mexico but parts of the U.S. Mexico sees a greater influx of goods available as a result of easier trade, such that middle-class Mexicans now have a standard of living that approaches those of middle-class Americans and Canadians. Ch. 8 DQ#4. It is correct for European authorities to review mergers of foreign firms that do business in