Political Risk correct answers risk faced by investors and corps: an assesment of conditions that
could effect profitiablity: ex: war, goverment, enviromental conditions
ways to manage/ calculate political risk: correct answers level of information, ease of exit, ability
to resist, intellectual propert rights, eviromental issues, corruption, sustainablity
what is level of information: correct answers info from gov, already existing info
ease of exit correct answers FDI is hardest to exit, is affected by type of market entry
ability to resisit correct answers relationships with domestic firms: (joint ventures, linkages,)
corporate inversion correct answers uber,
frameworks: correct answers CAGE, OLI (ownership, location advantage, internalizations)
CSR theory questions correct answers should small companies with good CSR stay small? does
being bought by a larger company change this expectation of good CSR?
human rights cases correct answers IKEA, AIDS in Africa,
labor rights cases correct answers clothing production
un global compact basic layout correct answers 4 areas with 10 principles spread between all
areas
intellectual property rights things to mention correct answers pharma, seed biotech, reserch and
devolopment, liscensing
enviromental issues things correct answers corruption, fair trade, faming, global makret
challenges, palm oil,
IPR correct answers intellectual property risk
IKEA case label correct answers rugmark, made without child labor
ILO stands for correct answers international labor orgininization
ILO is correct answers only UN tripartite agency (bringing together Governments, employers
and workers representatives) to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes
promoting decent work for all women and men.
Shell & Nigeria important correct answers (Ogoni Minority) , enviromental issues, PR issues,
name change, oil spills
, Bebidas correct answers in columbia Coca Cola bottling plant, manager murdered on site by left-
wing rebel group.
UN Global Compact general correct answers There are 10 Main Principles (spread between the 4
areas)
Superiority of the free-market economy over a command economy to organize economic
activity.
Labor Enforcement: The elimination of forced or compulsory labor.
The abolition of all forms of child labor.
The elimination of discrimination (employment and occupation)
UN Conventions correct answers Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Convention Against Torture (CAT)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Conventions on the protection of persons with disabilities
investment risks correct answers Obsolescing Bargain, Race to the Bottom, Boom Bust Cycles,
Political Risks,
Intellectual Property Rights correct answers AIDS Pandemic & Pharmaceuticals
Decrease Research & Development
Decrease amount of products produced
Licensing
IPR Implementation Issues (for mostly LDCs)
Uber
Environmental Issues correct answers Paris Conventions
Sustainability
World Wildlife Fund
Practices of corruption: correct answers Cleptocracy: governments or institutions that exist to
steal (levels of corruption are so high)
1) Bribery: money/favors to get someone to do what you want, quid pro quo concept must be
demonstrated and depends on amount of money
2) Fraud: use of deceits to avoid payments, you can defraud govt. And private organizations
3) Embezzlement: theft of money (from govt, or private organization)
4) tunneling: business centric, stealing assets
Money Laundering: any scheme that makes money received illegally harder to track by sending
it through legal enterprises
5) Nepotism: using family, close friend connections for private gain
Does corruption cause underdevelopedness or is it caused by it?
UNAC correct answers UN Against Corruption