Mis, 5th Edition Hossein Bidgoli Chapter 9: Global Information Systems Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Multinational Structure {Ans: production, sales, and marketing are decentralized, and financial management remains the parent responsibility}Transborder Data Flow {Ans: restricts what type of data can be captured and transmitted in foreign countries}Multinational Corporation (MNC) {Ans: organization with assets and operations in at least one other country other than its home country}Transnational Structure {Ans: parent and all subsidiaries work together in designing policies, procedures, and logistics for delivering products and services to the right market}International Structure {Ans: subsidiaries depends on headquarters more for process and production decisions}Offshoring Outsourcing {Ans: organization chooses firm in another country that can provide needed services and products at lower costs}Global Structure {Ans: uses highly centralized information systems (relies on headquarters for all process and control decisions)}Global Information System (GIS) {Ans: an information system that works across national borders, facilitates communication between headquarters and subsidiaries in other countries, and incorporates all the technologies and applications found in a typical information system to gather, store, manipulate, and transmit data across cultural and geographic boundaries}