Which of the following is true of the demand conditions described in Porter's diamond model?
A) Early market saturation puts extreme pressure on a company to expand, which leads to inappropriate establishment in foreign countries that destabilize the company.
B) Early home demand fails to anticipate international demand and hence gives foreign rivals the advantage of getting established in an industry sooner than local firms.
C) Slow home-market growth is an incentive for companies to invest in and adopt new technologies, and to build large, efficient facilities.
D) The size and pattern of growth of home demand are important only if the composition of the home demand is sophisticated and anticipates foreign demand.
D
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a. true b. false
Which of the following allows a government expropriating foreign-owned private property to claim that the jurisdiction of courts in the owner's country do not apply to it because it is a government rather than a private-sector entity?
A) bilateral investment treaty B) act-of-state doctrine C) sovereign immunity doctrine D) joint venture