40. When foreign subsidiaries are unable to purchase raw materials and machinery locally, they gener

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40. When
foreign subsidiaries are unable to purchase raw materials and machinery
locally, they generally give up on the purchase.
True False

41. Generally,
it is easier for international firms to standardize the concepts of total
quality control and synchronous production in their foreign plants than it is to
standardize the actual production facilities.
True False

42. Although
engineers are required for the maintenance of specialized machinery, only
highly-skilled people are needed to attend the machines.
True False

43. When
a country needs new job creation, it follows that government officials will
insist on the use of labor-intensive processes.
True False

44. Intermediate
technology will create more jobs and require less capital than will
capital-intensive processes.
True False

45. A
good technology for developing countries is intermediate technology.
True False

46. The
production organization in an overseas subsidiary is commonly a scaled down
version of that found in the parent company.
True False

47. Once
the manufacturing system has been put into operation, two general classes of
activities, manufacturing, and inspection, must be performed.
True False

48. It
is the responsibility of the marketers, not the production managers, to choose
the price-quality combination that will satisfy the market.
True False

49. Because
of the importance of local conditions, product quality is under exclusive
control of the local subsidiary.
True False

50. The
finance department in the home office knows that in a country afflicted by
hyperinflation, good profits can be made by being short in cash and long in
inventory.
True False

51. Nearly
every international firm follows the practice of bringing a person from the home
office to be the purchasing agent.
True False

52. International
companies try to place people from the home office as technical managers in
their overseas affiliates to help keep the affiliates as captive
customers.
True False

53. The
function of the technical department is to provide operations management with
manufacturing specifications.
True False