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92.
Which of the following is not linked to the cost driver of international business activity?
93.
Which of the following is the best example of the competitive driver of international
business activity?
94.
According to the text, the tendency toward an international integration of goods,
technology, information, labor, and capital, or the process of making this integration
happen, is called
95.
According to the text, the tendency toward an international integration of goods,
technology, information, labor and capital, or the process of making this integration
happen, is termed
96.
The term
globalization
was first coined by Theodore Levitt in a
Harvard
Business
Review
article in which he maintained that
97.
The argument that free trade is the best strategy for advancing the world's economic
development
98.
Data have shown a clear and definitive link between
99.
Which of the following was not presented as data in support of liberalization of trade?
100.
According to supporters of the globalization of trade and investment, free trade
101.
Which of the following is not an argument presented in support of opponents of
globalization?
102.
Which of the following is an argument presented in support of opponents of globalization?
103.
According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment
104.
According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment
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105.
According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment
Fill in the Blank Questions
106.
PwC, a professional services company, predicts the next decade will see an increase of
______ percent in the number of workers accepting global assignments.
107.
Research has shown that CEOs strongly believed (1) an international orientation should be
an important part of college business education; (2) international business skills and
knowledge were important not merely for promotion to senior executive positions but also
for appointment to entry-level positions, and across a broad array of functional as well as
cross-functional areas; and (3) the importance indicated in the preceding points was
magnified for companies that anticipated _______ importance of international activities in
the next five years.
108.
Survey data from CEOs of the 162 largest firms on the Fortune's list of the 500 largest U.S.
corporations revealed that the CEOs strongly believed that international business skills
and knowledge were important not merely for promotion to senior executive positions but
also for appointment to _____ positions.
109.
The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are known as ________
business.
110.
A(n) _________ company is a company with operations in multiple nations.
111.
International business differs from domestic business in that a firm operating across
borders must deal with the forces of three kinds of environments: domestic, ________, and
international.
112.
As used in the text, the term ____________ means all the forces influencing the life and
development of the firm.
Topic: Why Study International Business?
113.
The external forces are commonly called _________ forces, which are the external forces
that management has no direct control over, although it can exert influence.
114.
According to the text, environmental elements over which management does not have
control—including competitive, labor, and financial forces—are called ______ forces.
115.
The internal forces over which management does have some control, such as the factors
of production and the activities of the organization, are called the ________ forces.
116.
The ___________ environment is all the uncontrollable forces originating in the home
country that surround and influence the life and development of the firm.
117.
The _______ environment refers to all the uncontrollable forces originating outside the
home country that surround and influence the firm.
