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What is Foreign Direct Investment? - correct answer✔✔is direct investment in, control,
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and management of value-added activities in other countries.
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What different political views exist on FDI? - correct answer✔✔Radical, Free Market, and
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Pragramatic Nationalism ||\\|//||




What benefits exist to a country receiving FDI? - correct answer✔✔Capital inflow,
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Technology, management, job creation ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What costs exist to a country receiving FDI? - correct answer✔✔Loss of sovereignty,
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adverse effects on competition, and capital outflow ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




How do resources and capabilities influence the competitive dynamics of a business? -
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correct answer✔✔Value, rarity, imitibility, and organization (VRIO)
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Globalization new view - correct answer✔✔A new force sweeping through the world in ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




recent times ||\\|//||




Evolutionary globalization view - correct answer✔✔long-run historical evolution since the ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




dawn of human history ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




"Pendulum" view on globalization - correct answer✔✔One that swings from one extreme ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




to another from time to time
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,What is resource similarity and how does this impact competitive dynamics? - correct
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answer✔✔The degree to which two firms with similar resources are likely to have ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




competitive actions. ie: market commonality ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Give a description of the classical theory of international trade. - correct answer✔✔The
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major theories typically studied consist of mercantilism, absolute advantage, and
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comparative advantage ||\\|//||




How would the modern theory compare to the classical theory? - correct answer✔✔the
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major theories typically studied consist of product life cycle, strategic trade, and national
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competitive advantage. ||\\|//||




Absolute advantage - correct answer✔✔involves being more efficient than anyone else in ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




the production of any good or service
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comparative advantage - correct answer✔✔is the relative (not absolute) advantage in one ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




absolute activity that one nation enjoys in comparison with other nations ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Mercantilism - correct answer✔✔Classical trade theory that viewed international trade as a ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




zero-sum game
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What are the critical features of the product life cycle? - correct answer✔✔An economic
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theory that accounts for changes in the patterns of trade over time
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How would you describe strategic trade? - correct answer✔✔A theory that suggests that
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strategic intervention by governments in certain industries can enhance their odds for
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international success ||\\|//||

, How are supply and demand related to the exchange rate of a country? - correct
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answer✔✔Exchange rates rise and fall based on the underlying economic conditions that ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




prompt traders, investors and others to want more of a particular currency. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Which theory came first, mercantilism or modern-day protectionism? - correct
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answer✔✔Mercantilism: As protectionism is the idea that governments should protect ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




domestic industries from imports & vigorously promote exports ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




If a company seeks to limit foreign exchange rate exposure in the forward direction, what
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is the most effective way to do this? - correct answer✔✔This can be accomplished by
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hedging



Explain the concept of "hedging" as it relates to reducing various types of risk. - correct
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answer✔✔Strategies or Tools used =Hedging ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Risk associated with =Transaction risks
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They use hedging to minimize transaction risks
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What is transaction risk? - correct answer✔✔The Risk that a company will incur losses
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due to an adverse change in the relevant foreign exchange rate
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Strategic hedging - correct answer✔✔spreading out actives in a number of different ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




currency zones to offset any currency losses in one region through gains in another region. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




currency hedging - correct answer✔✔A transaction that protects traders and investors ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




from exposure to the fluctuations of the spot rate.
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What advantages exist with first mover? - correct answer✔✔1-They gain advantage
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through proprietary technology ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




2-They make pre-emptive investments ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

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