Busmhr 2000 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Foreign Direct Investment - answer-involves direct ownership in productive assets where the MNC has control over its investment Flow - answer-amount of FDI over a period of time (one year) Stock - answer-total accumulated value of foreign owned assets Outflow - answer-amount of FDI from a country (cumulative, out of a country) Inflow - answer-amount of FDI entering a country C - answer-Which of the following is not a factor leading to growth of FDI? A. A fear of protectionism B...

CH 5 - answer-Theories of International Trade and Investment National industrial policy - answer-A proactive economic development plan a government initiates to build or strengthen a particular industry. Mercantilism - answer-The belief that national prosperity is the result of a positive balance of trade, achieved by maximizing exports and minimizing imports. Internalization theory - answer-An explanation of the process by which firms acquire and retain one or more value-chain activiti...

Elena has worked at the same company for more than fifteen years. She parks in the same spot every day and values routine and predictability. - ️️Uncertainty Avoidance Ben has very loose ties with his family and enjoys wearing provocative T-shirts to express a sense of freedom and uniqueness. He shows no interest in joining the family business. - ️️Individualism/Collectivism Declining trade barriers - ️️better ability to sell overseas Declining investment barriers for producer...

Declining trade barriers - answer-better ability to sell overseas Declining investment barriers for producers means... - answer-better ability to produce overseas Enhanced communication technologies - answer-better ability to control overseas operations Enhanced transportation technologies - answer-lowered distance between countries Producers Arguments for Globalization - answer-more markets to sell in Producers Arguments against Globalization - answer-can go bankrupt due to c...

BUSMHR 2000 Exam 1 questions with correct answers Grossman and Krueger's study revealed the relationship between pollution levels and income. Which pollutant was the exception to their study? nitrous oxide sulfur dioxide lead carbon dioxide hydrogen When considering globalization, what is considered the single most important innovation since World War II? higher education transcontinental air transport the telephone the microprocessor cross-country railway systems Which of these...

BUSMHR 2000 Chapter 4 Terms in this set (39) As the guiding principle of Islam, the ______ actually promotes free enterprise and supports earning legitimate profits through commercial efforts. Koran /Buddhism/ has all the same basic beliefs as Hinduism except for which two of the following? * advocacy in extreme ascetic behavior. * support for the caste system. ______ join the political entity of a state to the cultural entity of a nation. Nation-states The most rigid form of ...