International Management Study Guide Exam 3
Chapter 9
GE trying to gain China’s market (power-generating technologies to jet engines)
China has policies requiring 100% of the technology used to produced the products, in order to allow GE to access de market
Ch 9: Trouble can find American Exporters at home
Optical Associates fined for shipping to a nuclear facility in India.
Laws regulating exports have to do with risk of giving information to the wrong entities.
McDonalds and other U.S. Franchisors find foreign growth is Golden
The benefit that McDonalds, Subway, and Curves International found in franchising.
Danone’s Chines Joint Ventures turns sour
Risk of join ventures. One company created a “secret” line of soft drinks. The other company argued that in the join venture agreement they were entitled to 50% of the profits of anything with their name and they have not received the profits from the “secret” line. International challenge: Firing up the bear: how should Western firms motivate Russian employees?
How to motivate Russian employees and improve their productivity?
Money drives Russian women working for Mary Kay and Avon
Money motivates Russian women working for Mary Kay and Avon because of feminism of the country. High turnover rates in regular jobs.
Jacket gesture backfires in China
A company gives some employees a reward for especially good performance and the rest of the employees feel left out. In collectivistic cultures, motivation works differently. In an international context, equity theory should focus less on broad fairness rules and instead concentrate on understanding what goes into the mental equation that employees in different parts of the world consider fairness.
Global Dining’s Message to its Japanese Employees: perform or you’re chopped liver
Bonuses for people who work hard, and if you don’t meet the expectation you are out.
Stodgy South Korean Companies Loosen Up Their Leadership
A
GE trying to gain China’s market (power-generating technologies to jet engines)
China has policies requiring 100% of the technology used to produced the products, in order to allow GE to access de market
Ch 9: Trouble can find American Exporters at home
Optical Associates fined for shipping to a nuclear facility in India.
Laws regulating exports have to do with risk of giving information to the wrong entities.
McDonalds and other U.S. Franchisors find foreign growth is Golden
The benefit that McDonalds, Subway, and Curves International found in franchising.
Danone’s Chines Joint Ventures turns sour
Risk of join ventures. One company created a “secret” line of soft drinks. The other company argued that in the join venture agreement they were entitled to 50% of the profits of anything with their name and they have not received the profits from the “secret” line. International challenge: Firing up the bear: how should Western firms motivate Russian employees?
How to motivate Russian employees and improve their productivity?
Money drives Russian women working for Mary Kay and Avon
Money motivates Russian women working for Mary Kay and Avon because of feminism of the country. High turnover rates in regular jobs.
Jacket gesture backfires in China
A company gives some employees a reward for especially good performance and the rest of the employees feel left out. In collectivistic cultures, motivation works differently. In an international context, equity theory should focus less on broad fairness rules and instead concentrate on understanding what goes into the mental equation that employees in different parts of the world consider fairness.
Global Dining’s Message to its Japanese Employees: perform or you’re chopped liver
Bonuses for people who work hard, and if you don’t meet the expectation you are out.
Stodgy South Korean Companies Loosen Up Their Leadership
A