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1. In the article by Susan Berfield, Domino’s: Delivering a $9 Billion Empire, Bloomberg Businessweek, Mar 15, 2017, the company’s market position since the end of 2008 is viewed as
a. The biggest U.S. chain has also been stealing customers from rivals, notably from Pizza Hut Inc.
b. Domino’s sales at established locations in the U.S. have enjoyed double digits increase every year since 2009.
c. Domino’s global sales for the chain, including franchisees, were $10.9 billion; revenue for Domino’s itself was $2.5 billion in 2016.
d. Pizza Hut’s share price has increased 60-fold since 2009, but Domino is now worth more, $9 billion market cap.
e. Domino’s went from having a 9 percent share of the pizza restaurant market in 2009 to 25 percent in 2016.
2. In the article by David Barboza, How China Built ‘iPhone, NY Times, December 29, 2016, the factory that produces iPhones
a. sends its finished products first to Apple or Chinese importers as all duties and taxes are exempted.
b. receives the package of sweeteners and incentives, worth billions of dollars, is central to the production of the iPhone, Apple’s best-selling and most profitable product.
c. is located in a southern part of China.
d. makes all Apple’s products, now the world’s most valuable company and one of China’s largest retailers.
e. is the state-of-the-art facility was built last year to serve a single global exporter.
3. In the article by David Barboza, How China Built ‘iPhone, NY Times, December 29, 2016, as the economy slows, China
a. is opening up access to its huge market and pressuring Western technology companies to advance domestic goals.
b. shows its broad and clear trend lines: Overseas companies will no longer get the welcome they once received.
c. has started to rethink the investment policies that support local companies.
d. has started to shift its development path away from manufacturing and exports and toward innovation and services.
e. directed local governments to evaluate and eliminate any preferential treatment, including subsidies and tax breaks that benefited all exporters, through its cabinet.
4. In the article by David Barboza, How China Built ‘iPhone, NY Times, December 29, 2016, under the current leadership, China
a. continues to courts and protects big exporters to earn more foreign currencies.
b. is growing more tolerant and less suspicious of Western influence, particularly American technology companies and the huge influence they have over Chinese consumers.
c. no longer content with just being the world’s factory floor, is moving aggressively to develop its own technology giants.
d. claims through a state-owned publication which calls Apple one of the “guardian warriors” that have “seamlessly penetrated” China and may pose a threat to American national security.
e. pressures local governments to increase subsidy programs to lure more foreign multinationals.
5. In the article by John Micklethwait, Jeff Immelt on Dealing With Trump and Globalization, BloombergBusinessweek, February 09, 2017, how does Immelt’s respond the question about whether or not the management ethos still at the core of GE?
a. Managers must have the combination of depth, breadth, more technical, and must have engineering background.
b. Managers must understand that everything can be generalized.
c. Managers have to be good at world culture and global leadership.
d. Immelt says that when he first became CEO, he was good in pet insurance and multimedia.
e. Management is fundamental.