Introduction to Global Business: Understanding the International Environment & Global Business 3rd Edition — by Julian Gaspar, James Kolari — Complete Test Bank (Ch.1-15)

TEST BANK
Introduction to Global Business: Understanding the International
Environment & Global Business, 3rd Edition
by Julian Gaspar, James Kolari
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, TABLE OF CONTENT

Part 1. Foundations of Global Business

1. The Rise of Globalization

2. The Evolution of International Business
3. Regional Economic Integration

4. The International Flow of Funds and Exchange Rates

Part 2. Global Business Environment
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5. The Cultural Environment

6. The Legal and Political Environment of Global Business

7. Corruption and Ethics in Global Business
Part 3. Global Business Strategy and Organization
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8. Entry Strategies in Global Business

9. Control of Global Business
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10. The Organization of Global Business
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Part 4. Managing Global Business

11. Global Human Resource Management
12. Global Marketing

13. Global Operations and Supply-Chain Management
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14. Global Financial Management

15. Accounting and Taxation in Global Business
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Chapter 1: The Rise of Globalization

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1. With business becoming increasingly global, its success, fortunately, depends only on the domestic
environment.

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2. Even though business is global, the credit crisis of 2008, started by an American investment bank, was
limited to the American economy with fortunately no impact on the global economy.
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3. Key aspects of globalization include the elimination of barriers to trade and information technology.

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4. So far globalization has made it possible for goods, services, and capital, to cross national borders but
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5. The ―soft‖ qualities essential to globalization include openness, protectionism, accountability,
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connectivity, democracy, and centralization.
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6. A sustainable decoupling process would eventually lead to a multi-polar world—a world economy in
which the engines of growth could comprise the United States, the European Union, China, India, Brazil,
Russia, and South Africa rather than the United States alone.

ACCURATE ANSWER: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Challenging

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7. The openness and proliferation of globalization and free trade rules can best be attributed to the
interwar period between World War I and II.

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8. As part of the World Bank’s Strategic Framework, there are five focus areas that accommodate and
facilitate the globalization process including its analytical and advisory role supporting national policies
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to strengthen free market institutions and infrastructure that has provided the potential for creating large
gains from trade.

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9. For World Trade Organization, increasing trade barriers has been one of the most simplistic ways to
encourage trade and globalization.
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10. The foundations of the globalized business world are political—and so are the biggest threats to the
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system.
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