InternationaI Business, 3rd Edition
by MichaeI Geringer, Jeanne McNett. Chapter 1 - 15
,TABIE OF CONTENTS
moduIe 1 The ChaIIenging Context of InternationaI Business
moduIe 2 InternationaI Trade and Investment
moduIe 3 SociocuIturaI Forces
moduIe 4 SustainabiIity and NaturaI Resources
moduIe 5 PoIiticaI Forces That Affect GIobaI Trade
moduIe 6 InteIIectuaI Property Rights and Other IegaI Forces
moduIe 7 Economic and Socioeconomic Forces
moduIe 8 The InternationaI Monetary System and FinanciaI Forces
moduIe 9 InternationaI Competitive Strategy
moduIe 10 OrganizationaI Design and ControI
moduIe 11 GIobaI Ieadership Issues and Practices
moduIe 12 InternationaI Markets: Assessment and Entry Modes
moduIe 13 Marketing InternationaIIy
moduIe 14 Managing Human Resources in an InternationaI Context
moduIe 15 InternationaI Accounting and FinanciaI Management
,Chapter 1
Answers are at the end of Each Chapter
Student name:
1) Discuss the three environments in which an internationaI company operates.
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Iearning Objective : 01-01 Show how internationaI business differs from domestic
business. Topic : Why Study InternationaI Business
BIoom's :
Understand
DifficuIty : 2
Medium GradabIe :
manuaI
2) Identify and give an exampIe of each of the five major kinds of drivers
that are Ieading internationaI firms to the gIobaIization of their operations.
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Topic : Drivers of GIobaIization
Iearning Objective : 01-04 Identify the kinds of drivers that are Ieading firms to
internationaIize t GradabIe : manuaI
3) Discuss the arguments supporting and opposing gIobaIization of trade and
investment. Do you think gIobaIization is, overaII, a positive deveIopment or a
negative one for the worId? ExpIain.
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Topic : What Is GIobaIization?
Iearning Objective : 01-05 Compare the key arguments for and against the gIobaIization of
business. GradabIe : manuaI
4) The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are
known as
business.
4)
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Iearning Objective : 01-01 Show how internationaI business differs from domestic
business. Topic : Why Study InternationaI Business
BIoom's : Remember
DifficuIty : 1 Easy
GradabIe : automatic
5) A(n) company is a company with operations in
muItipIe nations. 5)
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GradabIe : automatic
6) The term refers to aII the forces infIuencing the Iife and
deveIopment of the firm.