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95. Nessca Motors, a well-known company based in Nebolina, manufactures engines. Its management recently signed a
joint venture with Singletone Inc., a small company based in Trinitia. Of the following scenarios, which would be the
most likely to happen?
a. The government of Trinitia will restrict Nessca Motors’s entry into the country.
b. Nessca Motors and Singletone Inc. will switch to contract manufacturing as the next step.
c. Nessca Motors will buy a part of Singletone Inc.
d. Singletone Inc. will pay a royalty to Nessca Motors.
96. Which of the following statements is true of the term boycott?
a. It refers to a limit on the amount of a specific product that can enter a country.
b. It refers to a tax levied on the goods entering a country.
c. It refers to the exclusion of all products from certain countries or companies.
d. It refers to an agreement to stimulate international trade.
97. Sinesia is a country that has very few sources of potable water. Given this information, which of the following is most
likely to happen?
a. Sinesia’s international marketing will remain unaffected because petroleum is the only factor that affects
international marketing.
b. Sinesia will remain an importer of foodstuffs.
c. Sinesia will become an attractive target for military intervention. Sinesia will not be having absolute water
scarcity.
d. Sinesia’s wealth will equal that of countries with rich sources of water.
98. Which of the following is NOT true about culture from the perspective of a global marketer?
a. Culture underlies the family, the educational system, religion, and the social class system.
b. A company that does not understand a country’s culture may try other means to succeed in the country.
c. Cultural blunders lead to misunderstandings and often perceptions of rudeness or even incompetence.
d. Culture is the common set of values shared by its citizens that determines what is socially acceptable.
99. Which of the following statements is true of globalization?
a. It expands economic freedom and increases the living standards of people.
b. It increases prices and decreases product and service quality.
c. It has curbed the growth of the middle class in developing countries.
d. It leads to a monopoly of domestic producers.
100. Fourlotts Inc. is a renowned technological firm. It manages many strategic business units (SBUs) in which each
SBU:
a. has its own return on investment.
b. shares the same goals and employs the same strategies as Fourlotts Inc.
c. plans collaboratively with Fourlotts Inc.’s other SBUs.
d. refrains from performing manufacturing functions.
101. Identify and discuss the economic factors that influence the external business environment.
102. Discuss the four stages in which multinational corporations develop their global businesses.