Does boeing practice a multinational operations strategy, a global operations strategy, or a transnational operations strategy? support your choice with specific references to boeing's operations and the characteristics of each type of organization.
a. global. its level of integration goes beyond multinational. the collection of parts and subassemblies coming from other countries is carefully orchestrated. it is not transnational because its "home" is clearly the u. s., and there is little sense of "local responsiveness."
b. multinational. its level of integration is not enough to be global. also it buys resources, creates goods and services, and sell goods and services in a variety of countries.
c. transnational. its material, people, and ideas transgress national boundaries. it combines the benefits of global-scale efficiencies with the benefits of local responsiveness. it is not global because the core competence does not reside in just the "home" country but can exist anywhere in the organization.

What is meant by a symmetrical unimodal distribution? a. a distribution is the frequency at which a certain value of a variable is obtained during a study. a symmetric unimodal distribution is a distribution where there is one value with a larger frequency than any other and the pattern of frequencies on the left and right of this larger frequency are mirror images of each other. b. a distribution is a pattern of frequencies for the various values of a variable collected in a study. a symmetric unimodal distribution is a distribution where there is one value with a larger frequency than any other and the pattern of frequencies on the left and right of this larger frequency are mirror images of each other. c. a distribution is the frequency at which a certain value of a variable is obtained during a study. a symmetric unimodal distribution is a distribution where there is a uniform frequency, meaning the frequency of every value is same, and the pattern of frequencies on the left and right of this larger frequency are mirror images of each other.

Psychologists studying infant memory want to determine at what age babies can remember specific events. an experimenter uses several puppets to demonstrate a series of actions while the infant watches. after a delay, the experimenter records how many of the actions the child imitates when playing with the puppets. what is the dependent variable?

Supreme court. jim, who is a bit eccentric, says that he is fed up with the way a certain employer in his town treats employees and that he is going to sue that employer in an effort to improve matters. jim also says that he is going to start his case at the appellate court level, skipping over all those "lesser" judges. jim says that those justices will surely hear him out and that he will also seek a jury. although he is not a lawyer, jim believes that the offenses of the employer are so severe that the justices will appreciate his attempt to make things better for the employees involved. will jim get a jury at the appellate court level?