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Pinnacle Worldwide is a network of _______ independent firms in 33 nations. Essentially, firms in an _______ cooperate with each other to service clients with _______ needs. A firm in India may call its affiliate in Los Angeles to _______ the details of a news conference for a visiting trade delegation from India. This _______ gives small firms with limited _______ an opportunity to offer the same kinds of services as the largest firms.

Match the words (1-10) with the definitions (a-j).

1.news conference

2.to counsel management

3.corporate bottom line

4.scant activity

5.to be relegated

6.to operate on a global stage

7.common denominators

8.an affiliate

9.to form partnerships

10.subsidiary

a.a company that is owned by a larger company

b.to work all over the world

c.very few efforts made

d.an organization or company that is connected with or controlled by a larger group

e.to develop a relationship between two or more groups involved in an activity together

f.to give the people who operate an organization advice about what to do in a particular situation

g.the amount of money that a company makes or loses

h.the same features

i.to be moved to a less important position

j.a meeting where journalists get information and ask questions about a particular piece of news

Notes

The noun affiliate has the following corresponding words: affiliated adjective: an affiliated company/corporation/trade union

be affiliated to verb (be officially connected with a larger organization or group: a local youth group affiliated to the Labour Party)

affiliation noun (connection with an organization: Membership is open to anyone, regardless of religious affiliation.)

The noun partnership occurs in the following word combinations:

take someone into partnership: Webster eventually took his assistant into partnership in 1845. go/enter into partnership (with someone): Findlay entered into partnership with Smith to form the firm in 1952.

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