The Most Important Element in Determining Whether and How a Firm

question 37

Multiple Choice

The most important element in determining whether and how a firm should expand overseas is

• A)the degree of government subsidies and protection provided
• B)whether the firm's competitive advantages can be transferred abroad and how this can best be done
• C)the correlation between the domestic and world economies
• D)the extent of political risk overseas

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