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What four factors are determinants of national advantage and serve as a basis for international business-level strategies?

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What are the three basic benefits firms can achieve by successfully using an international strategy?

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What incentives influence firms to use international strategies?

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Is it possible that some of the firms mentioned in this Mini-Case (e.g., Renault, Nissan, Mazda, Peugot-Citroen, Opel-Vauxhall) might form a network cooperative strategy? If so, what conditions might influence a decision by these firms to form this particular type of strategy?
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What are the risks associated with the corporate-level strategic alliance between Renault and Nissan? What have these firms done to mitigate these risks?

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What does it mean to say that the partners of an alliance have “complementary assets”? What complementary assets do Renault and Nissan share?

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What is the relationship between the core competencies a firm possesses, the core competencies the firm feels it needs, and decisions to form cooperative strategies?

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What are two important issues that can potentially affect a firm’s ability to successfully use international strategies?

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What are the strategic competitiveness outcomes firms can reach through international strategies, and particularly through an international diversification strategy?

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What are political risks and what are economic risks? How should firms approach dealing with these risks?

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