Discuss the advantages or disadvantages a global firm might experience if it were to decentralize the decision making process through the assignment of teams according to geographic location. Address the following questions:

• What organizational changes might a firm be obliged to consider, if it makes geographically based divisions?
• Do you believe the complexity of global decision making has become easier, or more complex, in the last twenty years?
• What examples of companies successfully or not-so-successfully implementing such an organizational structure can you find?
• Are there examples where a firm would have performed better by using such an organizational architecture?