Factors Driving Foreign Direct Investment Growth

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What is the main focus of the chapter discussed in the text?

  • The activities that take place within the firm preparing to enter the international market (correct)
  • The different strategies a firm can use to expand internationally
  • The marketing factors that drive a firm's internationalization process
  • The external factors that influence a firm's decision to internationalize

What are the two main types of motivations that drive a firm to internationalize?

  • Financial and operational motivations
  • Proactive and reactive motivations (correct)
  • External and internal motivations
  • Strategic and operational motivations

What is the role of 'change agents' in the internationalization process according to the text?

  • Change agents are the environmental shifts that force firms to change their activities
  • Change agents initiate and shepherd the change process within the firm (correct)
  • Change agents are the strategic decisions made by the firm's leadership team
  • Change agents are external factors that influence the firm's decision to internationalize

Which of the following is NOT listed as a major motivation for firms to go international according to the text?

<p>Reduce competition in the domestic market (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between 'proactive stimuli' and 'reactive stimuli' according to the text?

<p>Proactive stimuli are the firm's deliberate attempts to enter new markets, while reactive stimuli are the firm's responses to changes in the environment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following international expansion strategies is NOT mentioned in the text?

<p>Mergers and acquisitions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Exhibit 9.1 in the text represent?

<p>A model of the international entry and expansion process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of discussing the 'concerns and preoccupations of firms' as they begin their international marketing operations?

<p>To understand the internal barriers that firms face when internationalizing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the international entry and expansion process model presented in Exhibit 9.1?

<p>To identify the key factors that trigger and inhibit international expansion (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a key topic discussed in the chapter according to the text?

<p>The different pricing strategies firms can use when entering new markets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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