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| The disorientation and stress associated with being in a foreign environment. |
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| The tendency to judge others by the standards of one's group or culture, which are seen as superior. |
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| Parent-company nationals who are sent to work at a foreign subsidiary. |
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| The number of expatriate managers of an overseas operation who come home early. |
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| and characterized by centralized decision making and tight control by the parent company over most aspects of worldide operations; typically adopted by organizations that base their global competitive strategy on cost considerations. |
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| Natives of the country where an overseas subsidiary is located. |
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| A foreign national brought in to work at the parent company. |
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| composed of a company's overseas subsidiaries and characterized by greater control by the parent company over the research function and local product and marketing strategies than is the case in the multinational model. |
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| An organizational model that consists of the subsidiaries in each country in which a company does business, with ultimate control exerised by the parent company. |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) |
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| An economic pact that combined the economies of the united States, Canada, and Mexico into one of the world's largest trading blocs. |
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| Moving work to other countires. |
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| Contracting with an outside provider to produce one of more of an organization's goods or services. |
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| Natives of a country other than the home country or the host country of an overseas subsidiary. |
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| achieve cost economies; basing other functions in the company's national subsidiaries to facilitate greater local responsiveness; and fostering communication among subsidiaries to permit transfer of tehnological expertise and skills. |
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