International Business test 2 – Flashcards
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            The reason a government may nationalize a firm include
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        All of the above( extract more money form the firm, increase the firm's profitability, to preserve jobs)
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            Government stability is a characteristic of a government that
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        C. Maintain predictability in fiscal, monetary and political policies
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            International Business can be a powerful political force in part because
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        about half the world's 00 largest economic units are firms
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            Counter arguments to the "protect domestic" argument include
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        D. two of the above
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            Quotas are a quantitative barrier to trade that sets
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        limits, established by the importer
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            barriers to trade
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        cost consumers billions of dollars per year
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            international law include
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        bilateral and multilateral treaties, along with customary law
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            extraterritoriality is
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        a nation's attempt to enforce its law beyond its borders
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            arbitration is a private solutions that is
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        Often preferred by foreign litigants because it is perceived as fairer, faster, cheaper, and more confidential than are the courts
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            trademarks can be
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        Color sound and design or all of the above
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            United States and EU
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        both apply antitrust law extraterritoriality
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            Foreign corrupt practice act is US legislation that
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        prohibits bribery by American companies abroad
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            the present floating exchange rate system is not totally free float because
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        some central banks from time to time intervene in the market to buy or sell large amounts of currency to affect the supply and demand of a particular currency
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            The vehicle currency is used
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        In a cross border import or export transaction
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            world interest rate are often very similar among SDR currenc beause
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        world financial markets are integrated, so we see the law of one price at work
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            to fully understand why, how and where they intend to do business now and in the future managers must have
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        all of the above
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            according to the text competency
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        create value for customers and for which customers are willing to pay
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            according to survey by bain ; Co, the management tool with the highest level of satisfaction among global executives is
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        Strategic planning
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            Fred Gluck.... management must make the following changes in their planning methods
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        two of the above
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            scenarios are designed to assist managers
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        two of a b and c
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            when a company faces relatively weak pressures for local responsiveness and cost reductions, it should tend to use a
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        home replication strategy
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            in designing the organizational structure management knows 2 concerns .... ; ... run counter to each other
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        finding the most effective way to departmentalize; coordinating activities
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            as their oversea operation have increased in importance companies have felt the need to
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        two of the above
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            Structure organized by more than one dimension at the top level is known as a
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        Hybrid organization
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            Is used by management during planning process and provides information about threats and opportunities
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        Environmental screening
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            Under the county screening process in what order is the selection of foreign market process is presented in the textbook
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        basic needs, economic/financial, political, sociocultural, and competitive