AT&T Has a 60 Percent Equity Interest in a Joint

question 32

Multiple Choice

AT&T has a 60 percent equity interest in a joint venture with Marubeni Corporation in Japan to develop and market laptop notebook portable computers, notably the Safari notebook. Would you classify this operation as an

• A) implementor.
• B) integrated player.
• C) local innovator.
• D) multidomestic operation.

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Definitions:

Group Incentives

Motivational rewards offered to a group of employees for achieving certain goals or performance benchmarks.

Disapproval

The expression of dissatisfaction or disagreement with something or someone, often leading to a negative evaluation or judgment.

Spot Bonus

An unplanned bonus given for employee effort unrelated to an established performance measure.

Performance Standard

The expected level of performance set by an organization against which employee output or accomplishments can be measured.