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Which of the following does NOT represent a strategic financial goal for a global company? 

Which of the following is NOT a valid business justification for the HR Director's proposal of staffing foreign offices with local nationals instead of expatriates in a multinational, U.S.-based company?

U.S. Based high-tech company has built an R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher-priority engineering projects and has trained and developed the managerial skills of its newly recruited managers in Bangalore. Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. By adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The management team understands that it must create an international assignment program to have this project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program. To confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 in additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 in additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the cost-benefit ratio in the first year?

A U.S. based high tech company has just built a new manufacturing operation in Beijing, China. Over the last two months, they have been trying to recruit skilled and unskilled labor to fill the new open positions. In addition, the company has decided to create 2 international assignments to fill identified skill gaps. One position is for a Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director to get the operation up and running within 4 more months meeting identified planned outs and the second position is for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to deal with any engineering issues when developing the process. When trying to identify potential internal candidates for the Senior Manufacturing Engineering position through the skills inventory, which of the following skills is the MOST relevant ?

A company is considering shifting its manufacturing to Shenzhen, China. Which of the following is NOT a potential downside to this strategy?