John Berryhill Is Interested in Joining with a Large Corporation

question 93

Multiple Choice

John Berryhill is interested in joining with a large corporation in a cooperative venture to share risks and pool resources for his small auto parts manufacturing business, so the strategy option he is exploring could best be described as

• A) an international strategic alliance.
• B) exporting.
• C) importing.
• D) international cost shifting.

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Definitions:

Social Relationships

Connections or interactions between individuals or groups in a society, shaped by social structures, patterns, and cultural norms.

Personal Construct Theory

Kelly’s description of personality in terms of cognitive processes: We are capable of interpreting behaviors and events and of using this understanding to guide our behavior and to predict the behavior of other people.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts as the determinants of human behavior.

Humanistic Approach

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person, including concepts like free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization.