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book International Business 9th Edition by Charles Hill cover

International Business 9th Edition by Charles Hill

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0078029240
book International Business 9th Edition by Charles Hill cover

International Business 9th Edition by Charles Hill

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0078029240
Exercise 12
Reread the Management Focus on Wal-Mart's International Division and answer the following questions:
a) Why did the centralization of decisions at the headquarters of Wal-Mart's international division create problems for the company's different national operations? Has Wal-Mart's response been appropriate?
b) Do you think that having an international division is the best structure for managing Wal-Mart's foreign operations? What problems might arise with this structure? What other structure might work?
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a) When Wal-Mart began its international...

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