Which of the following is an advantage to a manufacturer's operating transnational commodity chains?
A) economies of scale
B) able to use world's cheapest labor costs
C) lack of dependence upon a single supplier
D) economies of scale, the ability to use the world's cheapest labor costs, and the lack of dependence upon a single supplier
Companies in which of the following categories entirely own all of their own manufacturing facilities and do not outsource?
A) car industry (like Toyota).
B) clothing industry (like Benetton).
C) shoe industry (like Nike).
D) retail sales (like Wal-Mart).
E) None they all outsource a lot.
Nestle is the world's largest packaged food manufacturer and Switzerland's largest company. How much of its revenue comes from Switzerland?
A) less than 2
B) about 20
C) around 50
D) over 80
Transnational corporations
A) were not initially based in Japan and South Korea.
B) first appeared in the middle of the twentieth century.
C) are, by definition, not conglomerate corporations.
D) have declined in number over the last three decades.
E) first appeared in the early nineteenth century.
In the global assembly line, manufacture and assembly is most likely to take place where
A) taxes are low.
B) labor is cheap.
C) resources are nearby.
D) democracies are solid.
E) human rights are highly valued.
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