Global businesses often implement quantitative measures to ensure that their subsidiaries are performing to stated corporate goals and expectations. Examples of quantitative measures include financial performance ratios $($e$.$g$.$ profitability ratio, market shares ratio, sales trends, productivity figures etc. Others implement quality standards $($e$.$g$.$ ISO$9001,$ ISO$14001,$ Six Sigma, etc$)$ to ensure compliance with quality requirements and to reduce defect rates etc. These output$-$based performance measures do have their advantages and limitations when compared to more interpersonal controls in other organizations.

Part $1$: Identify a global company and describe $2$ examples of how the company measures or tracks the performance of its company and subsidiaries in foreign countries.

Part $2$: $($A$)$ Discuss how effective are these performance measurement controls you selected in Part I by describing at least $2$ advantages and $($B$)$ discuss $2$ limitations of those measurements used. You must support your analysis from a news source, such as electronic local newspapers, New York Times, International Business Times, Economic Times, or CNN News, etc.