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◍ Cash, Loans, Bonds, Equity (shares).
Answer: What are the sources of financing (funding) global business and
international investment?
◍ fronting loan.
Answer: A loan made between a parent company and its subsidiary through
a financial intermediary such as a bank
◍ What did the Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999 define?.
Answer: The age at which a person becomes an adult
◍ floating exchange rates.
Answer: -freely fluctuates -based on supply/demand- US(NAFTA), EU
countries
◍ division of labor.
Answer: Dividing organizational activities into smaller tasks
◍ - Advantages: The local employees are more engaged; the needs of the local
office are addressed; there is more flexibility to adjust to changing local
conditions.- Disadvantages: There is the potential for overlapping efforts or
dual demands for shared resources..
Answer: Describe advantages and disadvantages of the Polycentric HR
strategy
◍ slope.
Answer: The gradient of a graph at any point calculated as the change in y
over the change in x
◍ What is an example of a micro risk for multinational companies?.
Answer: government nationalization of assets
,◍ Which action of an organization would change consumer perceptions of the
organization's ethical standards?Remedy negative events immediately with
changeHold a town hall meeting to discuss eventsProvide free products to
everyoneDefend the organization's actions.
Answer: Remedy negative events immediately with change
◍ commodities.
Answer: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought
or sold
◍ What is product departmentalization?.
Answer: organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for
producing particular products or services
◍ FDIs benefit both developing and developed nations by increasing jobs and
bringing capital to the most successful companies. There are benefits and
risks in FDIs for both the host and the investor. Developing countries can
have stronger economic growth as a result in FD
I. Foreign investors bring knowledge, technology, and capital to more
rapidly build infrastructure in a developing country.positive effects of
foreign direct investmentmoney flow to the country goes upjob
creationinflow of forexcountry is seen is investor friendlygeneral well-being
of the economy growsnegativeif repatriation of profits is allowed then lot of
outflow of capital can happentotal control cannot be given to foreigners
especially in sensitive sectors like telecomindian managers have to be
appointed as ceo'sinflow of foreign labour has to be controlleddomestic
industry can suffer in the short-runtechnology developed indigenously.
Answer: List and describe the positives and negatives of FDI.
◍ The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Answer: American agency established in the 1970s with the goal of
monitoring the environmental practices of industry
◍ Market Entry.
Answer: Companies enter new countries using business models similar to
, the ones deployed in their home markets
◍ Which source permits a high number of funders to each participate with a
small amount of capital and cumulatively contribute to a new venture?.
Answer: Crowdsourcing
◍ trade.
Answer: The action of buying and selling goods and services
◍ Which
U. S.-based set of accounting principles was created to establish rules and
regulations for financial accounting?.
Answer: GAAP
◍ A company is reviewing intangible assets that are covered by intellectual
property laws.Which asset is being reviewed?CopyrightGoodwillCustomer
listCorporate securities.
Answer: Copyright
◍ A company's chief executive officer (CEO) wants to expand the company
into China and is reviewing the Chinese word guanxi, the basis of all
business in that country.Which English meaning must the CEO understand
in regards to this Chinese concept?The die is cast.If God is willing.All is
well that ends well.You owe me one..
Answer: You owe me one.
◍ Political stability and security.
Answer: Which country characteristic is most important to foreign direct
investors according to a study by the World Bank?
◍ Which national cultural dimension in global business refers to people's
inclination to take care of themselves and their close circle of family and
friends, often at the cost of the whole society?.
Answer: individualistic
◍ A company has entered several foreign markets and maintains the same
branding in all of them. What is the term for this marketing strategy?.
, Answer: standardization
◍ Mass customization.
Answer: A manufacturing method that combines the flexibility of custom
production with the scale of mass production by allowing the customer to
dictate some of the design elements in products that will have a wide
distribution
◍ Which currency contract allows for a trade of specific amount of money and
exchange rate on a defined date to hedge risk in the global
environment?FuturesOptionsForwardSwap.
Answer: Options
◍ - Quotas restrict competition for domestic commodities, which raises prices
and reduces the selection.- Quotas may also foster negative economic
activities. Import quotas may promote administrative corruption, especially
in countries where import quotas are given to selected importers..
Answer: Explain the impact of quotas
◍ A large corporation deceived regulators with fake holdings and cheated
shareholders out of massive amounts of money.Which unethical practice
was used by the corporation?KickbackBriberySecurities fraudInsider
trading.
Answer: Securities fraud
◍ The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) was the first American antitrust policy. It
dealt with limiting the power of price-controlling cartels. Its scope has since
been expanded to include a range of anticompetitive practices.The EU has a
centralized administrative system for antitrust enforcement, whereas
antitrust enforcement in the United States is considered a matter of criminal
law..
Answer: Identify how antitrust law is implemented in Europe and U.S.
◍ The government is less flexible, so the globalization process is stopped.
There is no market force to drive globalization forward..
Answer: What effect does a command economy have on the process of