An Important Feature of the Global Area Division Structure Approach

question 33

Multiple Choice

An important feature of the global area division structure approach is that:

• A) it is generally used by companies that are growing businesses and have broad product lines.
• B) it prevents division managers from catering to the tastes of the local market and making rapid decisions to accommodate environmental changes.
• C) it often signals a major change in company strategy because now international operations are put on the same level as domestic operations.
• D) it focuses on a product set and discovers where it can survive and subsequently distributes it to that region.