Statement 1: Sprint Incorporated is a sports clothing manufacturing company headquartered in Italy. It established a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh to benefit of the lower cost of labor. It is an illustration of a direct international deregulation. Statement 2: Sweet Corporation has chocolate factories located in Sweden and Switzerland, it can be considered as foreign direct investment. Statement 3: Spotify established a customer support call center in India and Malaysia, which is referred to as direct foreign resources. Group of choices: 1-All statements are correct. 2-All statements are incorrect. 3-Statement 1 is correct but statements 2 and 3 are incorrect. 4-Statement 2 is correct but statements 1 and 3 are incorrect. 5-Statement 1 is incorrect, statements 2 and 3 are correct.

Statement 1: Sprint Incorporated is a sports clothing manufacturing company headquartered in Italy. It established a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh to benefit of the lower cost of labor. It is an illustration of a direct international deregulation. Statement 2: Sweet Corporation has chocolate factories located in Sweden and Switzerland, it can be considered as foreign direct investment. Statement 3: Spotify established a customer support call center in India and Malaysia, which is referred to as direct foreign resources. Group of choices: 1-All statements are correct. 2-All statements are incorrect. 3-Statement 1 is correct but statements 2 and 3 are incorrect. 4-Statement 2 is correct but statements 1 and 3 are incorrect. 5-Statement 1 is incorrect, statements 2 and 3 are correct.

Principles of Management

OER 2019th Edition

ISBN:9780998625768

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter9: The Strategic Management Process: Achieving And Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Section9.5: Planning Firm Actions To Implement Strategies

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