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Chapter 4 Managing in a Global Environment True/False Questions WHAT’S YOUR GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE? Americans tend to suffer from parochialism. (True; moderate; p. 91; AACSB: Globalizations) A drawback of the geocentric perspective is that it is inflexible. (False; moderate; p. 91; AACSB: Globalizations) Managers with an ethnocentric attitude would not trust foreign employees with key decisions or technology. (True; moderate; p. 91; AACSB: Globalizations) Managers with a polycentric attitude would view every foreign operation as difficult and hard to understand. (True; moderate; p. 91; AACSB: Globalizations) The polycentric attitude is a world-oriented view focusing on using the best approaches and people from around the globe. (False; moderate; p. 91; AACSB: Globalizations) UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT The European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created regional trading and cooperative agreements. (True; easy; pp. 94-95; AACSB: Globalizations) The primary motivation for the creation of the EU was to allow Europeans to reassert their position against the industrial strength of the United States and Japan. (True; moderate; p. 94; AACSB: Globalizations) The three original partners of NAFTA are the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (True; easy; p. 95; AACSB: Globalizations) Mercosur is a trading group made up of South American countries. (True; moderate; p. 95; AACSB: Globalizations) The Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992. (True; moderate; p. 94; AACSB: Globalizations) The Maastricht Treaty created the EU. (True; moderate; p. 94; AACSB: Globalizations) Norway is a member of the European Union. (False; difficult; p. 94; AACSB: Globalizations) DOING BUSINESS GLOBALLY Multinational corporations became commonplace in the mid-1960s. (True; moderate; p. 97; AACSB: Globalizations) Multinational corporations maintain significant operations in two or more countries simultaneously, but are based in one home country. (True; moderate; p. 97;