Sterling Auto International (Scenario)

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Sterling Auto International (Scenario)
Sterling Auto International is a successful car manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Over the past year, the company implemented multiple efforts to expand its overseas operations. At a recent shareholder's meeting, attendees questioned the CEO's motivations for authorizing certain aspects of the expansion efforts.
-One shareholder wanted clarification about a research effort that investigated the possibility of setting up a plant in China. The CEO explained that serving China's rapidly growing middle class population would enable Sterling to increase the size of its customer base dramatically. In China, the CEO was most likely interested in ________.

• A) avoiding government intervention
• B) challenging Chinese competitors
• C) gaining access to innovative ideas
• D) developing economies of scale

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Definitions:

Micro Expression

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Involuntary Expression

Unconscious facial or bodily movements that convey emotions or reactions, not controlled voluntarily.

James-Lange Theory

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Autonomic Changes

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