GLOBAL STRATEGY. Global strategy on the micro level pertains to the allocation of a company's resources in a manner that will take advantage of profit opportunities outside of domestic markets. In its broadest interpretation, that definition encompasses activities such as overseas manufacturing, foreign investing, and importing.
Shaping is when the router manages traffic to ensure that the average rate of transmission, over time, does not exceed a specified value. The main application of shaping is when you have a circuit whose speed is less than the clock speed of the interface that circuit is delivered on. A common example might be a 10Mbps circuit delivered on a Fast Ethernet interface.
An open circuit is one that has a gap or a break in it, such as when a switch is turned off. In an open circuit the flow. cannot continue around the path because the path is interrupted by a gap, like this. A short circuit is where the current flows in an undesired way. This may occur if two wires touch in an electric circuit. when they should not touch at all.