With Responsibility for His Company's Largely Centralized R&D Activities,Frank Worries

question 2

Multiple Choice

With responsibility for his company's largely centralized R&D activities,Frank worries that the center may not understand local market needs,while the subsidiaries may not be committed to innovations developed at the center.To respond to these concerns,Frank's priority should be to:

• A) adopt a single point of contact between headquarters and the subsidiaries to focus the flow of information.
• B) ensure that several key people in the foreign subsidiaries are linked to individuals at the headquarters who can represent and defend their views.
• C) carefully select the people he interacts with in the subsidiaries in order to reduce conflicting perspectives regarding innovation management.
• D) listen to the different national perspectives and priorities, but minimize differences in views from multiple subsidiaries' input.

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Definitions:

Labor-intensive Business

A type of business that requires a large amount of manual labor to produce goods or services, as opposed to automation or machinery.

Service-intensive Business

A type of business that relies heavily on providing services rather than goods, characterized by a high level of customer interaction and service delivery.

Vision

A forward-looking statement or concept that outlines what an organization aims to achieve in the future, serving as a guide for its intentions and directions.

Customer Base

The group of consumers who repeatedly purchase the goods or services of a business, forming the foundation of the company's sales.