CHAPTER 1 1. Internal expansion involves a normal increase in business resulting from increased demand for products and services‚ achieved without acquisition of preexisting firms. Some companies expand internally by undertaking new product research to expand their total market‚ or by attempting to obtain a greater share of a given market through advertising and other promotional activities. Marketing can also be expanded into new geographical areas. External expansion is the bringing together
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International Journal of Business and Economics Research 2013; 2(3): 41-58 Published online June 10‚ 2013 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijber) doi: 10.11648/j.ijber.20130203.12 Influence of personality in buying consumer goods-a comparative study between neo-Freudian theories and trait theory based on Khulna region Sandip Sarker1‚ Tarun Kanti Bose1‚ Mollika Palit2‚ Md. Enamul Haque2 1 2 School of Management and Business Administration‚ Khulna University Business Administration Discipline
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International Economy and Foundations of Modern Trade Theories Multiple Choice Questions 1. A primary reason why nations conduct international trade is because: a) some nations prefer to produce one thing while others produce other things. b) resources are not equally distributed among all trading nations. c) trade enhances opportunities to accumulate profits. d) interest rates are not identical in all trading nations. 2. Free traders
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Climate ChangeEnvironmental EconomicsInternational Issues | | | Johannes Jandrisevits Christina Pauschenwein | Autumn term 2010 | | Climate change is becoming an ever more important issue in our lives. We have come to realise that the modern ways of man place an enormous amount of stress on the Earth that nature simply can’t handle. Some of the climatic problems that are developing today‚ such as global warming‚ ozone depletion and El Nino‚ will have severe effects on our ecosystem
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Ecuador if it becomes a member of the Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur). Currently‚ the world is going through a change in important ways in the economy‚ the importance of belonging to an economic bloc is that through this you can get "mutual benefits in international trade" The Mercosur as we know is a South American economic bloc that “is integrated by Argentina‚ the Federative Republic of Brazil‚ the Republic of Paraguay‚ the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela” (Exhibit
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unlikely that we can grow our own food‚ sew our own clothes or build our house‚ it would be better if we would __specialize___ in what we do best and __exchange_ for those needs that others do better 3 The term _product market___ is a place where and economic exchange occurs between buyers and sellers. 4 There is a‚ an (inverse‚ direct)_inverse__ relationship between the price of a good and the quantity we will purchase. This is the law of __demand______ 5 The demand curve slopes (upward‚ downward)
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HW 1 International Economics‚ ECON 630 Due on Wednesday‚ July 2 @ 11:00pm PT (Total 50 points) 1. Why did the Mercantilists consider holdings of precious metals so important to nation-state building? (6 points) Wealth was viewed as synonymous with holdings of precious metals. Nation-states wished to become wealthy and this meant obtaining large holdings of precious metals. It is also argued by some that the shortage of coinage constrained the growth of these nation-sates and that precious
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4. What is the significance of culture for international business? And in what ways may a religion affect the international business activities of companies? Please discuss some cross-cultural issues involving international business management. Answer: The cultural nuances that affect international business obviously go far beyond the ability to greet your international colleague or choose the correct gift. Issues related to the culture’s time orientation‚ whether it is an individualist or collectivist
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1. Agency Problems of MNCs. a. Explain the agency problem of MNCs. ANSWER: The agency problem reflects a conflict of interests between decision-making managers and the owners of the MNC. Agency costs occur in an effort to assure that managers act in the best interest of the owners. b. Why might agency costs be larger for an MNC than for a purely domestic firm? ANSWER: The agency costs are normally larger for MNCs than purely domestic firms for the following reasons
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Student Name: Grade: Problem Set 1-A For National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments Multiple Choice Questions (Please read all the choices) (Each question is 3 points) Mark the correct answer 1) Which one of the following statements is the most accurate? A) GNP plus depreciation is called net national product (NNP). B) GNP less depreciation is called net national product (NNP). C) GNP less depreciation is called net factor product (NFP). D)
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