Like many organizations, following the 1) t______ attacks on September 11, 2001, Boeing Co., the Chicago-based aerospace company, 2) l______ off thousands of U.S. workers because of uncertainty over customer orders. Since then, as orders for planes have picked up, Boeing has decided that instead of 3) h______ workers back, it will shift most of the work to 4) l______ suppliers in the United States, as well as countries such as Russia and China. In Bangalore, India, General Electric has sunk more than $80 million into 5) c______ its largest research center outside the United States. The risk of such a move became alarmingly 6) a______ when India and Pakistan nearly went to war in the summer of 2002. Doing business globally today isn’t easy! Managers face serious challenges—challengers 7) a______ from the openness associated with 8) g______ and from significant 9) c______ difference. The push to go global has been 10) w______ . Advocates praise the economic and social 11) b______ that come from globalization. Yet, that very globalization has created challenges because of the openness that’s necessary for it to work. What challenges? One is the increased 12) t______ of terrorism by a truly global terrorist 13) n______ . Globalization is meant to open up 14) t______ and to break down the geographical 15) b______ separating countries. Yet, opening up means just that—being open to the bad as well as the good. Another challenge from openness is the economic interdependence of trading countries. If one country’s economy falters, it potentially could have a domino effect on other countries with which it does business.