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1) Discuss the three environments in which an international company operates.
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Show how international business differs from domestic business. Topic :
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Why Study International Business
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2) Identify and give an example of each of the five major kinds of drivers that are leading
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international firms to the globalization of their operations.
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Topic : Drivers of Globalization
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Learning Objective : 01-04 Identify the kinds of drivers that are leading firms to internationalize t
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3) Discuss the arguments supporting and opposing globalization of trade and investment. Do
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you think globalization is, overall, a positive development or a negative one for the world? Explain.
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Topic : What Is Globalization?
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Learning Objective : 01-05 Compare the key arguments for and against the globalization of business. Gradable :
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4) The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are known as
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business.
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Why Study International Business
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5) A(n) f company is a company with operations in multiple nations.
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6) The term f f refers to all the forces influencing the life and development of the
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firm.
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7) The internal forces over which management does have some control, such as the factors of
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production and the activities of the organization, are called the
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8) A company uses a foreign agent to warehouse and deliver its goods in a foreign country. This
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illustrates the
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9) When a home country does business in a foreign country, it must obey all the laws of the host
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country. This represents the
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10) A jewelry company opened offices in Botswana to be closer to the diamond mines that
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supplied their business. This illustrates the effect of the
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11) The environment is all the uncontrollable forces originating in the home
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country that surround and influence the life and development of the firm.
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