3rd Edition by Michael Geringer
Professor
VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ALL MODULES 1-15 COVERED
ALL ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH
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, Module 1: The Challenging Context of International Business
1) Discuss the three environments in which an international company operates.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Bloom's : Understand Difficulty : 2 Medium Gradable : manual
2) Identify and give an example of each of the five major kinds of drivers that are leading international
firms to the globalization of their operations.
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AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
Compatible Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Drivers of Globalization
Learning Objective : 01-04 Identify the kinds of drivers that are leading firms to internationalize t
Gradable : manual
3) Discuss the arguments supporting and opposing globalization of trade and investment. Do you think
globalization is, overall, a positive development or a negative one for the world? Explain.
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AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
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Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : What Is Globalization?
Learning Objective : 01-05 Compare the key arguments for and against the globalization of business.
Gradable : manual
4) The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are known as
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,Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Bloom's : Remember Difficulty : 1 Easy Gradable : automatic
5) A(n) company is a company with operations in multiple nations.
5)
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AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Bloom's : Remember Difficulty : 1 Easy Gradable : automatic
6) The term refers to all the forces influencing the life and development of the firm.
6)
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AACSB : Reflective Thinking Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Bloom's : Remember Difficulty : 1 Easy Gradable : automatic
7) The internal forces over which management does have some control, such as the factors of production
and the activities of the organization, are called the forces.
7)
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8) A company uses a foreign agent to warehouse and deliver its goods in a foreign country. This
illustrates the external force.
8)
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Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Gradable : automatic Difficulty : 2 Medium Bloom's : Apply
AACSB : Knowledge Application
9) When a home country does business in a foreign country, it must obey all the laws of the host country.
This represents the external force.
9)
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Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
Gradable : automatic Bloom's : Understand Difficulty : 2 Medium
AACSB : Knowledge Application
10) A jewelry company opened offices in Botswana to be closer to the diamond mines that supplied their
business. This illustrates the effect of the external force in international business.
10)
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic : Why
Study International Business
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