All of the following are correct about what managers should know about firms based in a country with a national competitive advantage except:

a. the determinants of national competitive advantage provide a foundation for a firm's competitive advantages.
b. success is not guaranteed as the firm implements its chosen international business-level strategy.
c. success is guaranteed as the firm implements its chosen international business-level strategy.
d. the actual strategic choices made are most compelling reasons for success or failure.

Consider a consumer who is contemplating a new automobile purchase. she has narrowed her decision down to two brands, honda accord and ford taurus. she has identified gas mileage, price, warranty, and styling to be important attributes to consider in her decision

Which of the following is true about presentation methods for providing training? audiovisual techniques are most effective when they are used alone. mobile technologies include training methods such as on-the-job training, simulations, business games and case studies, behavior modeling, interactive video, and web-based training that require the trainee to be actively involved in learning. the typical users for teleconferencing include employees who are part of a workforce that spends most of its time traveling, visiting customers or various company locations and has limited time available to spend in traditional training activities. webcasting involves classroom instructions that are provided online through live broadcasts. classroom instruction is no longer a popular training method because of new technologies such as interactive video and computer-assisted instruction.

In a high school with 3000 students, counselors are putting together a math tutoring program for the neighboring middle school. they plan to invite high school students with high average test scores to tutor middle school students, and they would like to offer gift cards to the student tutors. the counselors have a spreadsheet showing each student’s average test scores, and in order to find out how many gift cards they should purchase, the counselors need to count how many students would qualify to become tutors. which type of function would best the counselors determine the number of eligible students?