Maria and Sasha, Researchers at Gem Corp

question 18

Multiple Choice

Maria and Sasha, researchers at Gem Corp., discuss the best method for their firm to enter a foreign market with wholly owned subsidiaries. Maria believes that greenfield investments would be more suitable, while Sasha believes that acquiring a local firm is a better option. Which of the following weakens Maria's argument?

• A)Gem requires high level of control right from production to marketing in the new market.
• B)Gem has the capabilities and resources required to set up a unit from scratch.
• C)Gem finds integration to be very difficult because of the cultural differences with the host country.
• D)Gem needs to enter the new market at the earliest to gain advantage of the product cycle.

---

Definitions:

Action Query

A type of query in database systems that performs actions on the data, such as inserting, updating, or deleting records, based on certain criteria.

Select Query

A Select Query is a database operation that retrieves data from one or more tables, specifying which columns to include and conditions for filtering rows.

Parameters Query

A type of query in databases that requires the user to provide input or parameters before it can be executed.

Crosstab Query

A database query that aggregates and displays data, especially numerical data, in a cross-tabulated format in rows and columns.