Questions for chapter review

1. Explain the principle of limited liability organization?
2. What is the difference between limited and unlimited liability companies?
3. What is the difference between open and closed type joint stock companies?
4. What are the requirements for buying or selling shares of open joint-stock companies on the stock exchange? What is prohibited?
5. What is the difference between a organization subsidiary and a foreign branch affiliate?
6. What is considered as headquarter?
7. Why is there an obligation to register activities when conducting activities in another country? What options are there?
8. Explain arm’s length rule between related firms? Why does this rule apply in some countries?
9. What are the tax payment principles applicable to the international network of companies? What is the basis for deciding in which country taxes to be pay?
10. What are the differences between typical corporate structures in Asia and the US?
11. What are the characteristics of a “corporation” in United States?
12. What are characteristic of German “konzern”?
13. What are characteristic of Japanese “keiretsu”?
14. What are the characteristics of Chinese “gong-si”?
15. What are characteristic of the Mexican “grupo”?
16. What cultural characteristics determine variety of organization structures in cultural clusters?
17. What are the characteristics of a start-up? What is the difference between a start-up and any a newly established firm?
18. In which industries there are observed the highest number of start-ups?
19. What are technological readiness levels? What TRLs do you know?
20. Why are start-ups important for multinational organization?
21. What are the life stages of a start-up? What are the financing methods at different stages of start-up?
22. How do technological readiness levels relate to the risk of investing in a start-up?
23. What are the main organizational structures of multinational organizations?
24. Explain the structure of internationalized functions, give examples.
25. Explain the structure of internationalized industries or product lines, give examples.
26. Explain the structure of the separate international sales unit, give examples.
27. Explain the structure of a separate international supply unit, give examples.
28. Explain absolute internationalization, give examples.
29. Explain the hybrid organizational structure, give examples.

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