Global Business 4th Edition by Mike Peng

Exercise 11

EMERGING MARKETS: Dallas versus Delhi
Prashant Sarkar is director for corporate development for the New Delhi, India, subsidiary of the US-based Dallas Instruments. Sarkar has an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University ofTexas at Dallas. After obtaining his MBA in 1995, Sarkar worked at a Dallas Instruments facility in Richardson, Texas (a suburb of Dallas in which UT picked up a green card (US Dallas is located), and permanent residency) while maintaining his Indian passport. In 2005, when Dallas Instruments opened its first Indian subsidiary in New Delhi, Sarkar was tapped to be one of the E | first managers sent from I the United States. India of I the 21st century is certainly I different e from the India of | the 1990s that Sarkar had co ® left behind. Reform is now in the air, multinationals are coming left and right, and an exhilarating self-confidence permeates the country.
As a manager, Sarkar has shined in his native New Delhi. His wife and two children (born in 2001 and 2003 in Dallas) are also happy. After all, curry in New Delhi is a lot more authentic and fresher than that in Indian grocery stores in Dallas. Grandparents, relatives, and friends are all happy to see the family back. In Dallas, Prashant's wife, Neeli, a teacher by training, taught on a part-time basis, but could not secure a full-time teaching position because she did not have a US degree. Now she is principal of a great school. The two children are enrolled in the elite New Delhi American School, the cost of which is paid for by the company. New Delhi is not perfect, but the Sarkars feel good about coming back.
At the end of 2016, the American CEO of the subsidiary has a conversation with Sarkar:
Prashant, I have great news for you! Headquarters wants you to move back to Dallas. Your pay will jump quite a bit. You'll be in charge of strategy development for global expansion, working directly under the Group Vice President. Isn't that exciting ! They want someone with proven success. You are my best candidate. I don't know what design they have for you after this assignment, but I suspect it'll be highly promising. Don't quote me, but I'd say you may have a shot to eventually replace me or the next subsidiary CEO here. As you know, while I personally enjoy working here, my family sometimes still complains a bit about the curry smell. Or, folks in Dallas may eventually want you to go somewhere else like China or Brazil as a third-country national- frankly, I don't know but I'm just trying to help you speculate. I know it's a big decision. Talk to Neeli and the kids. But they lived in Dallas before, so they should be fine going back. Of course, I'll put you in touch with the folks in Dallas directly so that you can ask them all kinds of questions. Let me know what you think in a week.
Instead of calling his wife immediately, Sarkar has decided to wait till he gets home in the evening so that he can have a few hours to think about this. Going from Dallas to New Delhi, Sarkar, with his Indian passport, is a host-country national (HCN). However, with his green card, he is also considered a US national and thus an expatriate. He wonders vvhether he would accept the new assignment and whether he would be an expatriate or inpatriate if he decides to go to Dallas from New Delhi. He thinks this will be a career move for him, but he is not sure if his family will like it.
Sources: Based on the author's interviews in Dallas and New Delhi. All individual and corporate names are fictitious.

What questions should Sarkar ask the people at headquarters in Dallas Please help him prepare a list.