A survey of CEOs of the 162 largest firms on Fortune's list of the 500 largest American corporations found that the CEOs strongly believed that
A) all business students should major in international business.
B) an international orientation should be an important part of a college business education, but only for those students planning to work internationally.
C) international business skills and knowledge were important for appointment to entry-level positions.
D) international business skills and knowledge were critical for promotion to senior executive positions in all companies.
E) foreign language proficiency should be required of all business students.

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Surveying CEOs of the 162 largest firms on Fortune's list of the 500 largest U.S. corporations, we found that the CEOs strongly believed (1) an international orientation should be an important part of a college business education; (2) international business skills and knowledge were important not merely for promotion to senior executive positions but also for appointment to entry-level positions, and across a broad array of functional as well as cross-functional areas; and (3) the importance indicated in the preceding points was magnified for companies that anticipated increasing importance of international activities in the next five years.

A Survey of CEOs of the 162 Largest Firms on Fortune's