CHAPTER 1 - Learning Objectives 1. What is international business? 2. What are the key concepts in international trade and investment? 3. How does international business differ from domestic business? 4. Who participates in international business? 5. Why do firms internationalize? 6. Why study international business? QUESTION • International business is defined as the performance of ________ activities by firms across national borders. • A) marketing and fiduciary • B) trade and investment
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I did not understand how to explain why temperature does not change during a phase change and am not entirely sure if I have accurately or thoroughly described 3.2.3 and 3.2.4. This is also the case for 3.2.12 Thermal Physics Thermal Concepts: Temperature (T) is a measure of how hot or cold an object is‚ and it is the temperature that determines the determines the direction of thermal energy transfer between two objects. It is a scalar quantity and is measure in degrees celcius (°C
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10.1 Public Opinion Public opinion: a mechanism that quantifies the various opinions held by the population or by subgroups of the population at a particular point in time The Relationship between Public Opinion and Public Policy Public opinion should either= a great amount of involvement or a very little Elitism: the idea that a select few – better educated‚ more informed‚ more interested – should have more influence on government Historical Views: Founders diminished the connection between
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Information System Roles and Responsibilities: Chief information officer (CIO) – Oversees all uses of IT and ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives Chief knowledge officer (CKO) - Responsible for collecting‚ maintaining‚ and distributing the organization’s knowledge Chief privacy officer (CPO) – Responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information Chief security officer (CSO) – Responsible for ensuring the safety of IT resources including data‚
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Ch. 2: The occupation of Midle America What drove the Conquest The Spain’s occupation of Mesoamerica violently destroyed the Mesoamerica social instuition‚ religion and infrastructure. from 1519-1600 (80)‚ the native population felt from at least 25 million to about a million. 300 years of colonial rules‚ accompanied by political and economy exploitation. Categorized people by color. Africa begins at the pyrenees The Rome laid the foundation of the Spanish language and culture. Iberians
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The August 17‚ 1892 LONDON TIMES CALAMITY IN THE CONGO In 1876‚ King Leopold II of Belgium began plans for international benevolent committees for the people of the Congo region. Though originally accepted as multi-national‚ scientific‚ and humanitarian propositions‚ they have of late become anything but. Soon after their conception‚ Leopold used these organizations to establish a sphere of influence and eventually Belgian sovereignty in the Congo Basin. The region is rich in ivory and rubber
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2.1 Perception: Definitions and Steps Step 1: Selecting Available Data Visual‚ Hearing (Auditory)‚ Smell (olfactory)‚ Touch (tactile) Stimulus examples on page 40 Physical or psychological factors on the bottom on page 40 Selective distortion-process of an individual’s expectations or fears deceiving the senses into reporting a false stimulus as real Step 2: Organizing Data Into a Usable Form Laws of Organization (Proximity‚ similarity‚ closure) Organization- discovering the recognizable
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Joe is constantly trying to feed us with facts and observations he makes in order to convince the readers that he is a reliable narrator. He uses short factual sentences‚ such as "I picked up the cordless and dialled last number recall" (pg 47)‚ "Then two things happened" (pg 48) and "I fixed my 12 pages with a paperclip and balanced their weight in my hand" (pg 50). The use of numbers and language like "weight" help him not only calm himself down‚ but convince the readers that he’s in control of
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Ch. 20- Measuring GDP and Economic Growth Gross domestic product (GDP): market value of the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period. * Market value- not counting items but the value they have ex. 100 oranges=$20‚ 50 apples=$5 so market value=$25 * Final goods and services- * Final good: an item bought by its final user during specific time period ex. Truck is a final good * Intermediate good: produced by one firm then used as component of
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Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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