WGU C211 - Global Economics for
Managers Final Exam - All Reading
(Answered Fall 2022)
Base of the pyramid (BOP)
Economies where people make less than $2,000 per capita per year.
BRICA
Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
Emerging economies
term that has gradually replaced the term "developing countries" since the 1990s.
Emerging markets
A term that is often used interchangeably with "emerging economies."
Expatriate manager
A manager who works abroad, or "expat" for short.
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
Investment in, controlling, and managing value-added activities in other countries.
Global Business
Business around the globe.
Gross national income (GNI)
GDP plus income from non-resident sources abroad. The term used by the World Bank
and other international organizations to supersede the term GNP.
Gross national product (GNP)
GDP plus income from non-resident sources abroad
International business (IB)
(1) A business (or firm) that engages in international (cross-border) economic activities
and/or (2) the action of doing business abroad.
International premium
A significant pay raise when working overseas.
Liability of foreignness
The inherent disadvantage that foreign firms experience in host countries because of
their non-native status.
Multinational enterprise (MNE)
A firm that engages in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Reverse innovation
An innovation that is adopted first in emerging economies and is then diffused around
the world.
Risk management
The identification and assessment of risks and the preparation to minimize the impact of
high-risk, unfortunate events.
Scenario planning
A technique to prepare and plan for multiple scenarios (either high or low risk).
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
adjustment made to the GDP to reflect differences in the cost of living
,The bottom billion
Concentrated in Africa and Central Asia - 58 small countries, stuck at the bottom in
terms of growth, incomes and human development
Enhance employability & advance career, better preparation to be expat,
competence in interacting with foreign suppliers/partners/competitors/employees
Why study global business?
Formal rules
requirements that treat domestic and foreign firms as equals enhance the potential odds
for foreign firms' success or those that discriminate against foreign firms, would
undermine the chances for foreign entrants
Informal rules
cultures, ethics, and norms play an important part in shaping the success and failure of
firms around the globe
Resource-based view
A core perspective. Success and failure of firms is determined by their environment
New force in recent times, a long-running historical evolution, a pendulum
swinging between extremes
What are the three views of globalization?
"Four Tigers"
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan
Administrative policy
Bureaucratic rules that make it harder to import foreign goods.
antidumping duty
Tariffs levied on imports that have been "dumped" (selling below costs to "unfairly" drive
domestic firms out of business).
Balance of Trade
The aggregation of importing and exporting that leads to the country-level trade surplus
or deficit.
Classical trade theories
The major theories of international trade that were advanced before the 20th century,
which consist of (1) mercantilism, (2) absolute advantage, and (3) comparative
advantage.
Factor endowment theory
A theory that suggests that nations will develop comparative advantages based on their
locally abundant factors.
Heckscher-Ohlin theory
Another name for factor endowment theory
First-mover advantage
Advantage that first movers enjoy and do not share with late entrants.
Free trade
The idea that free market forces should determine how much to trade with little or no
government intervention.
Import
Buying from abroad.
Import tariff
A tax imposed on imports.
,Infant industry argument
The argument that if domestic firms are as young as "infants," in the absence of
government intervention, they stand no chances of surviving and will be crushed by
mature foreign rivals.
Modern trade theories
The major theories of international trade that were advanced in the 20th century, which
consist of (1) product life cycle, (2) strategic trade, and (3) national competitive
advantage of industries.
Opportunity cost
Cost of pursuing one activity at the expense of another activity, given the alternatives
(other opportunities).
Product life cycle theory
A theory that accounts for changes in the patterns of trade over time by focusing on
product life cycles.
Protectionism
The idea that governments should actively protect domestic industries from imports and
vigorously promote exports.
Resource mobility
Assumption that a resource used in producing a product for one industry can be shifted
and put to use in another industry.
Strategic trade policy
Government policy that provides companies a strategic advantage in international trade
through subsidies and other supports.
Strategic trade theory
A theory that suggests that strategic intervention by governments in certain industries
can enhance their odds for international success.
Subsidy
Government payment to domestic firms.
Tariff barrier
Trade barrier that relies on tariffs to discourage imports.
Theory of absolute advantage
A theory that suggests that under free trade, a nation gains by specializing in economic
activities in which it has an absolute advantage.
Theory of comparative advantage
A theory that focuses on the relative (not absolute) advantage in one economic activity
that one nation enjoys in comparison with other nations.
Theory of mercantilism
A theory that suggests that the wealth of the world is fixed and that a nation that exports
more and imports less will be richer.
Trade deficit
An economic condition in which a nation imports more than it exports.
Trade surplus
An economic condition in which a nation exports more than it imports.
Agglomeration
Clustering of economic activities in certain locations.
Bargaining power
, Ability to extract favorable outcome from negotiations due to one party's strengths.
Demonstration (contagion or imitation) effect
The reaction of local firms to rise to the challenge demonstrated by MNEs through
learning and imitation.
Downstream vertical FDI
A type of vertical FDI in which a firm engages in a downstream stage of the value chain
in a host country.
Foreign portfolio investment (FPI)
Investment in a portfolio of foreign securities such as stocks and bonds.
Free market view on FDI
A political view that suggests that FDI unrestricted by government intervention is the
best.
Horizontal FDI
A type of FDI in which a firm duplicates its home country-based activities at the same
value chain stage in a host country.
Intrafirm trade
International transactions between two subsidiaries in two countries controlled by the
same MNE.
Management control rights
The rights to appoint key managers and establish control mechanisms.
Obsolescing bargain
The deal struck by MNEs and host governments, which change their requirements after
the initial FDI entry.
Pragmatic nationalism on FDI
A political view that only approves FDI when its benefits outweigh its costs.
Radical view on FDI
A political view that is hostile to FDI.
Sunk cost
Cost that a firm has to endure even when its investment turns out to be unsatisfactory
Upstream vertical FDI
A type of vertical FDI in which a firm engages in an upstream stage of the value chain in
a host country.
Vertical FDI
A type of FDI in which a firm moves upstream or downstream at different value chain
stages in a host country.
Antitrust law
Law that outlaws cartels (trusts).
Antitrust policy
Government policy designed to combat monopolies and cartels.
Attack
An initial set of actions to gain competitive advantage.
Blue ocean strategy
Strategy that focuses on developing new markets ("blue ocean") and avoids attacking
core markets defended by rivals, which is likely to result in a bloody price war or a "red
ocean."
Capacity to punish
Managers Final Exam - All Reading
(Answered Fall 2022)
Base of the pyramid (BOP)
Economies where people make less than $2,000 per capita per year.
BRICA
Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
Emerging economies
term that has gradually replaced the term "developing countries" since the 1990s.
Emerging markets
A term that is often used interchangeably with "emerging economies."
Expatriate manager
A manager who works abroad, or "expat" for short.
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
Investment in, controlling, and managing value-added activities in other countries.
Global Business
Business around the globe.
Gross national income (GNI)
GDP plus income from non-resident sources abroad. The term used by the World Bank
and other international organizations to supersede the term GNP.
Gross national product (GNP)
GDP plus income from non-resident sources abroad
International business (IB)
(1) A business (or firm) that engages in international (cross-border) economic activities
and/or (2) the action of doing business abroad.
International premium
A significant pay raise when working overseas.
Liability of foreignness
The inherent disadvantage that foreign firms experience in host countries because of
their non-native status.
Multinational enterprise (MNE)
A firm that engages in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Reverse innovation
An innovation that is adopted first in emerging economies and is then diffused around
the world.
Risk management
The identification and assessment of risks and the preparation to minimize the impact of
high-risk, unfortunate events.
Scenario planning
A technique to prepare and plan for multiple scenarios (either high or low risk).
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
adjustment made to the GDP to reflect differences in the cost of living
,The bottom billion
Concentrated in Africa and Central Asia - 58 small countries, stuck at the bottom in
terms of growth, incomes and human development
Enhance employability & advance career, better preparation to be expat,
competence in interacting with foreign suppliers/partners/competitors/employees
Why study global business?
Formal rules
requirements that treat domestic and foreign firms as equals enhance the potential odds
for foreign firms' success or those that discriminate against foreign firms, would
undermine the chances for foreign entrants
Informal rules
cultures, ethics, and norms play an important part in shaping the success and failure of
firms around the globe
Resource-based view
A core perspective. Success and failure of firms is determined by their environment
New force in recent times, a long-running historical evolution, a pendulum
swinging between extremes
What are the three views of globalization?
"Four Tigers"
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan
Administrative policy
Bureaucratic rules that make it harder to import foreign goods.
antidumping duty
Tariffs levied on imports that have been "dumped" (selling below costs to "unfairly" drive
domestic firms out of business).
Balance of Trade
The aggregation of importing and exporting that leads to the country-level trade surplus
or deficit.
Classical trade theories
The major theories of international trade that were advanced before the 20th century,
which consist of (1) mercantilism, (2) absolute advantage, and (3) comparative
advantage.
Factor endowment theory
A theory that suggests that nations will develop comparative advantages based on their
locally abundant factors.
Heckscher-Ohlin theory
Another name for factor endowment theory
First-mover advantage
Advantage that first movers enjoy and do not share with late entrants.
Free trade
The idea that free market forces should determine how much to trade with little or no
government intervention.
Import
Buying from abroad.
Import tariff
A tax imposed on imports.
,Infant industry argument
The argument that if domestic firms are as young as "infants," in the absence of
government intervention, they stand no chances of surviving and will be crushed by
mature foreign rivals.
Modern trade theories
The major theories of international trade that were advanced in the 20th century, which
consist of (1) product life cycle, (2) strategic trade, and (3) national competitive
advantage of industries.
Opportunity cost
Cost of pursuing one activity at the expense of another activity, given the alternatives
(other opportunities).
Product life cycle theory
A theory that accounts for changes in the patterns of trade over time by focusing on
product life cycles.
Protectionism
The idea that governments should actively protect domestic industries from imports and
vigorously promote exports.
Resource mobility
Assumption that a resource used in producing a product for one industry can be shifted
and put to use in another industry.
Strategic trade policy
Government policy that provides companies a strategic advantage in international trade
through subsidies and other supports.
Strategic trade theory
A theory that suggests that strategic intervention by governments in certain industries
can enhance their odds for international success.
Subsidy
Government payment to domestic firms.
Tariff barrier
Trade barrier that relies on tariffs to discourage imports.
Theory of absolute advantage
A theory that suggests that under free trade, a nation gains by specializing in economic
activities in which it has an absolute advantage.
Theory of comparative advantage
A theory that focuses on the relative (not absolute) advantage in one economic activity
that one nation enjoys in comparison with other nations.
Theory of mercantilism
A theory that suggests that the wealth of the world is fixed and that a nation that exports
more and imports less will be richer.
Trade deficit
An economic condition in which a nation imports more than it exports.
Trade surplus
An economic condition in which a nation exports more than it imports.
Agglomeration
Clustering of economic activities in certain locations.
Bargaining power
, Ability to extract favorable outcome from negotiations due to one party's strengths.
Demonstration (contagion or imitation) effect
The reaction of local firms to rise to the challenge demonstrated by MNEs through
learning and imitation.
Downstream vertical FDI
A type of vertical FDI in which a firm engages in a downstream stage of the value chain
in a host country.
Foreign portfolio investment (FPI)
Investment in a portfolio of foreign securities such as stocks and bonds.
Free market view on FDI
A political view that suggests that FDI unrestricted by government intervention is the
best.
Horizontal FDI
A type of FDI in which a firm duplicates its home country-based activities at the same
value chain stage in a host country.
Intrafirm trade
International transactions between two subsidiaries in two countries controlled by the
same MNE.
Management control rights
The rights to appoint key managers and establish control mechanisms.
Obsolescing bargain
The deal struck by MNEs and host governments, which change their requirements after
the initial FDI entry.
Pragmatic nationalism on FDI
A political view that only approves FDI when its benefits outweigh its costs.
Radical view on FDI
A political view that is hostile to FDI.
Sunk cost
Cost that a firm has to endure even when its investment turns out to be unsatisfactory
Upstream vertical FDI
A type of vertical FDI in which a firm engages in an upstream stage of the value chain in
a host country.
Vertical FDI
A type of FDI in which a firm moves upstream or downstream at different value chain
stages in a host country.
Antitrust law
Law that outlaws cartels (trusts).
Antitrust policy
Government policy designed to combat monopolies and cartels.
Attack
An initial set of actions to gain competitive advantage.
Blue ocean strategy
Strategy that focuses on developing new markets ("blue ocean") and avoids attacking
core markets defended by rivals, which is likely to result in a bloody price war or a "red
ocean."
Capacity to punish
