Definitions
FSA Patterns/Archetypes
Fun & Interesting Facts
100

What is a centralized exporter?

An archetype that builds on a tradition of selling products internationally, out of a limited number of (scale- efficient) facilities in the home country, and with only minor, usually customer-oriented, value-creating activities abroad. Standardized products are manufactured at home which embody the firm's FSAs.

100

Pattern I lies at the heart of FSA transfer in which archetypes?

centralized exporter, international projector and international coordinator archetypes

100

Which bank did Ayeseha work at during her international work experience?

Citibank in India

200

What are the two sources of bounded reliability?

1.Opportunism (ex ante false promises and/or post reneging on promises) and 2.Benevolent preference reversal (promise is made in good faith but the actor’s preferences then change over time).

200

What FSA pattern did the company Randaxy use to become India’s largest pharmaceutical MNE?

Pattern II

200

Who is Shane O’Leary’s Brother? What company did Shane work for?

Kevin O’Leary; Shane worked for Gran Tierra

300

What is a Lead factory?

(most important one in terms of resource recombination and new FSA development), Accesses valuable inputs from the local cluster where it is embedded and plays a key role in localized manufacturing innovation. It is also closely connected with both the key players on the input side (such as research labs) and the end users on the output side.

300

What are the four archetypes?

Centralized exporter, international projector, international coordinator, Multicentered MNE

300

Which faculty did Ayesha get her undergraduate degree in?

Economics
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