All Chapters Included
,International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 14th Edition
By Charles Hill. All SECTIONs 1-20
ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER
SECTION 1
1) Debatethe characteristics of globalization. Use an example in your discussion.
2) Explain whatever is meant by the globalization of markets. Provide
an example. Whatever are the most global markets?
3) Debatethe concept of the globalization of production.
4) Whatever is the World Trade Organization? Whatever is its role in the world economy?
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,5) Whatever is the International Monetary Fund? Whatever is the
World Bank? Whatever is their relationship, if any, with each other?
6) Whatever is the Uruguay Round? List the measures implemented in the Uruguay
Round.
7) Explain the trends in world trade and foreign direct investment since 1960.
8) Explain how the COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted globalization.
9) Debatethe impact of technological change and automation on global markets.
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,Debatethe demographics of world trade since the 1960s. How has the role of the United States
changed? How is world trade expected to change in the future?
10) Why does China represent both opportunities and threats for established
international businesses?
11) Consider whether the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent
global economy is a good thing. Debatethe shift from the eyes of the consumer,
the worker, the company, and the environmentalist.
12) Debatewhatever occurred in Seattle in 1999 at the meeting of the WTO
and why the events were important to the future of global trade.
13) Falling barriers to international trade destroy manufacturing jobs in
wealthy advanced economies. Debatethis statement. Do you agree? Why or
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