MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of money market instruments? a. short term to maturity b. small denominations c. low default risk d. high marketability e. All of the above are characteristics of money market securities. 2. Investors in the money markets are generally willing to take which of the following risks? a. default risk b. interest rate risk c. liquidity risk d. all of the above e. none of the above 3. Small investors are likely to invest
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POLITICAL RISK IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The term business normally refers to the act of doing any transactions that ends up in earning or losing money. The act that is ending up in financial implications is called business. This business can be considered as a result of collective commercial transactions of all types involving government‚ private‚ corporate‚ individual or a group of individual‚ and so on. Anyone involve in the business usually undertakes such operations only for the purpose
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International Business Environment Assignment: Questions & Answers Prepared for: Dr. Abu Yousuf Md. Abdullah Professor Course: International Business Environment Prepared by: Asif Iqbal Section: A Roll: 35 BBA 19th Batch Institute of Business Administration‚ University of Dhaka September 5‚ 2013 Why Is International Business Important? International business is important as it gives businesses greater scope to sell the goods or services they produce. When
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editorial Introduction: militarization and international business Peter Stokes Lancashire Business School‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK 5 Ryan Bishop National University of Singapore‚ Singapore‚ and John Phillips National University of Singapore‚ Singapore Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a special issue which looks into how militarization can be seen as an entity from which international business‚ management and organization can or cannot
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Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the world’s economic order through reduction of such barriers to international trade as tariffs‚ export fees‚ and import quotas. The goal is to increase material wealth‚ goods‚ and services through an international division of labor by efficiencies catalyzed by international relations‚ specialization and competition. It describes the process by which regional economies‚ societies‚ and cultures have become integrated through communication‚ transportation
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and diversify simultaneously –Best companies will avoid trap of focusing on country as the primary segmentation variable International Marketing- is the performance of business activities designed to plan‚ price‚ promote‚ and direct the flow of a company’s goods and services to consumers or users in more than one nation for a profit. •An entry strategy into international market should reflect on analysis –Market characteristics •Potential sales •Strategic importance •Strengths of local resources
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Information System Manager of SecretNetwork‚ pleased to be here to represent the SecretNetwork that trans-national computer suppliers company that supplies products to an international market. Today‚ I will focus on the issues of international business environment and the implication of e-commerce for international business. In this issue‚ I will share with you about globalization‚ trans-national Corporation and the national economic environment. Then‚ I will discuss about how e-commerce has affected
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Many U.S. companies are doing business internationally‚ but many complex situations can arise. Having an understanding of cultural differences in the workplace becomes important‚ and to understand these differences‚ people need to know and understand a culture’s ecological correlations‚ or in other words‚ the concepts that describe a culture (Brislin‚ P. 278). In reading the case “Negotiations – BWA Discovers the Indonesian Way” in Understanding and Managing Diversity‚ many cultural issues had
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Understanding International Business International business is the business transactions between institutions‚ private individuals‚ individual companies‚ groups of companies‚ and governmental agencies across countries. The skills and knowledge needed to be successful in international business are different from doing business locally. At the basic level‚ domestic business involves transactions occurring within the boundaries of a single country‚ while international business transactions cross national
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Home? c) Now assume that Home and Foreign start trading wheat. There are no costs of transport. Calculate the equilibrium price of wheat in case of open-border trade. What is the amount of wheat traded? Draw the equilibrium in the figure made for question a) and b). d) Now Home levies a 0.5 import duty on wheat. Calculate the price of wheat in Home and Foreign and the corresponding demand and supply of wheat in Home and Foreign. How much wheat is now being traded? (Hint: The demand for imports is
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