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. 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