There are vast differences in local market needs in the consumer food business across the world. Yamaguchi Media, a Japanese multinational advertising agency, specializes in the food industry. Toward this, Yamaguchi Media uses a geocentric staffing approach. Which of the following is an advantage of adopting a geocentric staffing approach for Yamaguchi Media?A. It tends to reduce cultural myopia and enhance local responsiveness.
B. It is inexpensive to implement.
C. It reduces the costs of value creation.
D. It allows all key management positions of a firm and its subsidiaries to be filled by parent-country nationals.
E. It requires minimal documentation for hiring foreign nationals.

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In canada, the reference base period for the cpi is 2002. by 2012, prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period. the inflation rate in canada in 2013 was 1.1 percent. calculate the cpi in canada in 2013. hint: use the information that “prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period” to find the cpi in 2012. use the inflation rate formula (inflation is the growth rate of the cpi) to find cpi in 2013, knowing the cpi in 2012 and the inflation rate. the cpi in canada in 2013 is round up your answer to the first decimal. 122.9 130.7 119.6 110.5

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.