The international division structure
A) is usually adopted before a firm begins expanding into international markets.
B) usually has the international division reporting to the domestic division.
C) is only used during the early stages of internationalization; large multinationals change their structure to global, regional, or matrix structures.
D) is the most inefficient of the structures.
E) usually has the international division responsible for all overseas activity.

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An international division is a division in the organization that is at the same level as the domestic division and is responsible for all non-home-country activities. Larger firms, such as Ford, IBM, and Walmart, have organized their international divisions on a regional or geographic basis . Today, we still see companies-both the relatively modest in size and some of the largest in the world-that are organized into a primary domestic division and an international one to coordinate and promote the company's activities outside the home country.

The International Division Structure