Chapter 01 Globalization True / False Questions 1. (p. 4) The notion that national economies are relatively self-contained entities is on the rise. FALSE 2. (p. 4) For the last 50 years‚ the volume of goods‚ services and investment crossing national borders has consistently expanded faster than world output. TRUE 3. (p. 4) Today‚ the world economy is fast moving toward a world in which barriers to cross-border trade and investment are declining. TRUE 4. (p. 6) The shift toward a more integrated
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parent country: Parent Country Nationals(PNC) Ethnocentric Approach Host Country Nationals(HCN) Polycentric Approach Third Country Nationals(TCN) Re-Geocentric & Geocentric The Ethnocentric Staffing Policy: Few foreign subsidiaries have an autonomy and strategic decisions are made at the headquarters. Key positions in domestic and foreign operations are held by headquarters personnel. Subsidiaries are managed by staff from the home country. The ethnocentric staffing policy refers to the strategy of
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Date: 2012-09-25 14:33:40 004.01 International Business Concepts & Organization 01. Define International Business and describe how it differ from domestic business? 02. Define Foreign Business? #**# Define multinational company? #**# Define Global Company? #**# Define international Company? 03. Why do companies engage in international Business? 04. Describe international business model? 05. Explain the rationale of government intervention in international business? 06. What are the different
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Management of risks embedded in the global business environment is a critical part of strategic planning and management process. "Failure to correctly identify and assess risks may result in market blunders‚ policy disasters‚ and or organizational crisis. It is essential for success to identify‚ assess and adapt their strategies to the environment ’ ’ (Stoffels‚ 1982). Managing an international business is different from managing a domestic business for at least four reasons: (i) countries are
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study of international business is fine if you are going to work in a large multinational enterprise‚ but it has no relevance for individuals who are going to work in small firms.” Evaluate this statement. This statement might have held more truth years ago‚ but certainly not today. The workplace is drastically changing on a constant basis and the world is becoming integrated. I believe it is important to study international business for large and small corporations and any type of business. All
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meet high health and safety standards for workers‚ respect human rights‚ protect the interests of consumers and meet environmental standards. This concern had been repeatedly expressed in a series of international summits right from the sixties. Between 1968 and 1972‚ two international conferences met to assess the problems of the global environment and to suggest corrective action. For the first time the World Conference on global environment was held in June‚ 1972 and it was considered
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Cultural Differences in International Business International business negotiation is playing a more and more important role in modem society. We can see clear that there are great differences in international business negotiation. Specially‚ culture can influence negotiating styles in numerous ways‚ because negotiator who may come from another nation is different from us‚ in language‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors. Different cultures employ different ways of doing business. Nowadays‚ the world is
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International Business Education in a Global Environment: A Conceptual Approach Summary The article tries to explain the importance of understanding business practices in different parts of the world and the importance of international business education provided to business students and teachers alike. In today’s globalized economy one cannot afford to be culturally & socially naive of the opposite party or country it’s working with‚ the article tries to inform about the factors one needs
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Introduction A multinational company is a corporation business enterprise with manufacturing‚ sales‚ or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries. Multinational companies reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their own country‚ so that sometimes government authorities spend public money supporting local industries or individual companies. It brings both opportunities and pitfalls for national firms in engaging their governments on their behalf. It is the WTO’s job to prevent downsides
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The International capital market as attributed to the existence of offshore markets‚ the creation of this forced countries to liberalize their domestic markets creating greater internationalizing of capital. Due to the wide spread of globalization which has contributed to sophisticated communications systems people all over the world can conduct business from wherever they are (this includes major world financial centers‚ foreign exchange ‚stocks and bonds). International capital markets perform
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