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Fresh Toppings is based in Sacramento, California and has restaurants in 25 countries. In the United States, Fresh Toppings would be viewed as which of the following?


A) multinational corporation
B) conglomerate
C) multinational organization
D) international enterprise
E) foreign firm

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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This question has two parts; be sure to answer both. First, describe the five benefits for companies of expanding internationally. Second, imagine that you are the CEO of REDO, a highly successful company that remodels and redecorates houses in the United States. The company also manufactures its own line of furniture, draperies, and home furnishings. Give an example of at least one way REDO might take advantage of each of these benefits.

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The United States was the most competitive economy in 2017.
B) Global trade has helped lift hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty.
C) The presence of a few dominant companies in an industry makes it more difficult for entrepreneurs to start a business in that sector.
D) Around the world, consumers are showing a robust appetite for the sharing-based economy.
E) Most Americans use their mobile devices for getting directions or listening to music rather than making purchases.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Pietro, the vice president of marketing, is talking to Ryan, a sales manager in a foreign office, about several local situations that Ryan's reps are facing in their territory. Pietro tells Ryan that he believes there are differences and similarities between home and foreign personnel and practices, and that Ryan should use whatever techniques are most effective. Pietro is a(n) ________ manager.


A) parochial
B) ethnocentric
C) global
D) geocentric
E) polycentric

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Acme, Inc., which manufactures the fireworks that municipal governments buy to put on their annual fireworks shows on the Fourth of July, moved most of its manufacturing operations from the United States to China a decade ago. Now, Spark is moving production back to the United States because the company's managers are uncomfortable with many Chinese business practices. Acme, Inc. engages in ________ when it moves its operations back to the United States.


A) offshoring
B) outsourcing
C) reshoring
D) globalizing
E) countertrading

F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

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Simply Imagine wants to grow their company but is hindered by increasing labor costs and import quotas. Simply Imagine should consider becoming a(n)


A) franchiser.
B) countertrader.
C) multinational.
D) strategically.
E) wholly owned subsidiary.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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According to the findings of the GLOBE project, which country would be considered most assertive?


A) United States
B) Greece
C) Germany
D) Spain
E) Denmark

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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Great systems of ________ are the hallmark of great civilizations.


A) laws
B) thinking
C) leadership
D) communications
E) manufacturing

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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According to Rosabeth Moss Kantor of the Harvard Business School, which three events of the 1980s paved the way for the global economy?


A) The Berlin Wall came down, countries worldwide opened their economies to foreign investors, and there was a worldwide trend of governments increasingly regulating their economies.
B) The Berlin Wall was built, Asian countries formed their own stock market, and NAFTA was implemented.
C) The Berlin Wall came down, Asian countries opened their economies to foreign investors, and there was a worldwide trend of governments deregulating their economies.
D) The governments of China and India implemented certain aspects of capitalism, Nixon opened China to international trade, and the value of the U.S. dollar skyrocketed.
E) The Berlin Wall came down, NAFTA and CAFTA were implemented, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 10,000.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Craig owns an international grocery store in New York, the World Market. He has benefited highly from the trading bloc that allows him to purchase food products from Central American nations at a nice discount. With many of his customers from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala, he is particularly grateful for ________, a trading bloc.


A) APEC
B) CAFTA-DR
C) NAFTA
D) EU
E) Mercosur

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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During the Cold War, the U.S. had a(n) ________with anyone importing Cuban cigars and sugar.


A) tariff
B) limit agreement
C) export ban
D) embargo
E) protective quota

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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Discuss the purpose of each of these organizations: The World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund.

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Hayley, from California, arrived in Saudi Arabia and immediately noticed that the way Saudi men treat women is vastly different than the way men in the United States treat women. Hayley was feeling uncomfortable and disoriented because she was experiencing


A) culture shock.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) reverse assimilation.
D) acculturation.
E) gender inequality.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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________ is prevented by quotas.


A) Outsourcing
B) Tariffs
C) Exporting
D) An embargo
E) Dumping

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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This question has two parts; be sure to answer both. First, define the concept of global economy. Second, explain the three historic global changes, discussed by Rosabeth Moss Kantor of the Harvard Business School, that set the stage for globalization.

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The global economy refers to the increas...

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The IMF has


A) helped support some weaker European countries during the recent financial crisis.
B) been very helpful in monitoring international terrorists.
C) ignored the cause of income inequality.
D) provided significant funding for business start-ups globally.
E) provided support to least-developed nations.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Sometimes a country's laws forbid foreigners from owning a business in the nation. In the presence of such laws, a(n) ________ is one way for an American company to have a presence in that foreign country.


A) export agreement
B) MBO pact
C) import agreement
D) 50/50 ownership split
E) joint venture

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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What is NAFTA? In your description of NAFTA include the following: which nations belong to NAFTA, its purpose, its benefits, and its issues.

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While in Italy, Sam was able to communicate important information to Fred, his business partner, via e-mail. Later that day, Sam remarked to Fred about how helpful it was that he was able to return to their office in New York in less than nine hours. The "global village" refers to this "shrinking" of time and space as air travel and the electronic media have made it easier for people around the globe to communicate with one another.

A) True
B) False

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Deondre, who owns an investment firm with customers worldwide, has witnessed how dangerous global economic interdependency can be. During a lunch meeting, he mentioned to a customer, "In my opinion, ________ have been two negative effects of global economic interdependency for the United States."


A) other countries stealing U.S. technology and the loss of well-paying jobs in the United States
B) a huge surplus of funds from global investments flowing into the United States and huge cost increases
C) reduced foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States and lower-quality goods being produced domestically
D) more expensive goods being produced domestically and bigger markets for American imports
E) fewer organizations utilizing MBO and poorer-quality goods imported from abroad

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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