TEST BANK FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY, 7TH EDITION CHARLES W. L. HILL COMPLETE ALL WITH ALL CHAPTERS

TEST BANK FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY, 7TH EDITION CHARLES W. L. HILL COMPLETE ALL WITH ALL CHAPTERS. Globalization True / False Questions 1. Globalization refers to the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy. True False 2. Tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are beginning to converge on some global norm. True False 3. A company has to be a major multinational corporation to facilitate, and benefit from, the globalization of markets. True False 4. Because of globalization, companies rarely need to customize marketing strategies, product features, and operating practices in different countries. True False 5. The most global markets currently are markets for consumer products. True False 6. As firms follow each other around the world, they bring with them many of the assets that served them well in other national markets. Thus, greater diversity replaces uniformity. True False 1-2 7. Substantial impediments, such as barriers to foreign direct investment, make it difficult for firms to achieve the optimal dispersion of their productive activities to locations around the globe. True False 8. The GATT succeeded the World Trade Organization (WTO). True False 9. Over its entire history, the WTO has promoted the lowering of barriers to cross-border trade and investment. True False 10. The IMF is less controversial than its sister concern, the World Bank. True False 11. The IMF is often seen as the lender of last resort to nation-states whose economies are in turmoil. True False 12. After World War I, the advanced nations of the West committed themselves to removing barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital between nations. True False 13. World merchandise trade includes trade in manufactured goods, agricultural goods, and services. True False 1-3 14. Trade in services now accounts for more than half of the value of all international trade. True False 15. The volume of world output has grown faster than the volume of world merchandise trade since the 1950s, according to data from the World Trade Organization. True False 16. Moore's Law predicts that the power of microprocessor technology doubles and its cost of production declines in half every 18 months. True False 17. As transportation costs associated with the globalization of production decline, dispersal of production to geographically separate locations becomes more economical. True False 18. The Internet has acted as a regulatory brake on unfettered international trade in business. True False 19. In any society, the media are the primary conveyors of culture. True False 20. The dominance of large multinational British firms on the international business scene is one of the changing trends of globalization. True False 21. As the world's largest industrial power, the United States accounted for a significantly larger share of the world economy in 2008 than it did in the 1960's. True False 1-4 22. Most forecasts now predict a rapid rise in world output accounted for by developing nations such as China, India, and South Korea, and a relative decline in the share enjoyed by rich industrialized countries such as Britain and the United States. True False 23. In the 1970s, European and Japanese firms began to shift labor-intensive manufacturing operations from their home markets to developing nations where labor costs were lower. True False 24. The stock of foreign direct investment refers to the total cumulative value of foreign investments in a country. True False 25. A slump in foreign direct investment into developed nations from 1998 to 2000 was followed by a surge in 2001 to 2003. True False 26. In the 1960s, global business activity was dominated by large Japanese multinational corporations. True False 27. Many of the former Communist nations of Europe and Asia seem to share a commitment to democratic policies and free market economies. True False 28. Throughout most of Latin America, governments have sold state-owned enterprises to private investors and foreign investment is welcomed. True False 1-5 29. The arguments of those who support globalization are limited by the absence of a compelling body of theory and evidence. True False 30. Support for the antiglobalization effort goes beyond a core group of anarchists. True False 31. One concern of globalization opponents is that it undermines the influence of international organizations and promotes the sovereignty of individual nation-states. True False 32. Due to benefits associated with free trade and investment, the gap between the rich and poor nations of the world has reduced. True False 33. Highly indebted poor countries (HIPCs) are those economies that will be better served by pursuing protectionist policies than by free trade. True False 34. A firm that imports products from other countries can be termed an international business. True False 35. Despite all the talk about the emerging global village, differences between countries such as cultures and political systems are profound and enduring. True False 1-6 36. The range of problems confronted by a manager in an international business is wider and the problems themselves are more complex than those confronted by a manager in a domestic business. True False