1) El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama are all
members of the Central American Integration System.
2) Apple operates more than 300 retail stores in the United States, Canada, Japan, and
the United Kingdom. Many stores feature a signature glass staircase that Apple
cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs helped design.
3) According to current GATT standards, governments cannot penalize foreign
companies for dumping if the export price of a given product differs from the domestic
price by less than 2%.
4) Following its bankruptcy filing in 2009, GM divested itself of several non-core
businesses and brands, including Saab.
5) A U.S. company wishing to obtain foreign patent rights must apply to the Paris
Union within one year of filing in the United States or risk a permanent loss of patent
rights abroad.
6) If a foreign company is taken over by the host country government, and some form
of compensation is paid, “confiscation” has occurred.
7) As cultural information and imagery flow freely across borders via satellite TV, the
Internet, and similar communication channels, new global consumer cultures are
emerging.
8) With the exception of a few oil-rich nations, the countries in the high-income
category reached their present income level through a process of sustained economic
growth.
9) When using a “projective technique,” the researcher presents close-ended or
ambiguous stimuli to a subject in a focus group
10) A company with a regiocentric orientation is likely to utilize third-country nationals
for its sales force in less developed countries.
11) A lesson that can be learned from Anheuser-Busch’s experience in Japan is that it is
better to give control to a local partner via a licensing agreement rather than making a
major investment.