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9 Globalizatio
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True / False Questions
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1. A company does not need a large size to facilitate, and benefit from, the globalizatio
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n of markets.
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True False
2. Companies hope to lower their overall cost structure or improve the quality
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or functionality of their product offering through globalization of productio
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n.
True False
3. The most global markets currently are markets for consumer products.
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True False
4. Outsourcing is a process that is limited to manufacturing enterprises.
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True False
5. The World Bank has focused on policing the world trading system and making su
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re nation-states adhere to the rules laid down in trade treaties.
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True False
6. The World Bank is known as the lender of the last resort.
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True False
7. One of the UN's central mandates is the promotion of higher standards of living,
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full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and developmen
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t.
True False
8. The Uruguay Round, finalized in December 1993, reduced protection for paten
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ts, trademarks, and copyrights.
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, True False
9. "Beggar thy neighbor" retaliatory trade policies involved countries progressively low
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ering trade barriers against each other, which contributed to the Great Depression of
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the 1930s.
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, 10. Rivers Inc., a U.S. based sports apparel manufacturer, sets up a production unit in Ch
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ina to take advantage of the lower labor costs there. This is an example of foreign di
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rect investment.
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True False
11. World Bank gives an aid of 100 million dollars to Kenya for creating rural health c
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are facilities. This is an example of foreign direct investment.
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True False
12. The lowering of barriers to international trade enables firms to view the world, rat
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her than a single country, as their market.
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True False
13. According to WTO data, the volume of world merchandise trade has grown faster th
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an the world economy since 1950.
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True False
14. The cost of microprocessors continues to fall, while their power increases. T
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his statement supports the predictions made by Moore's Law.
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True False
15. Non-
U.S. firms increasingly began to invest across national borders because they wanted to
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9disperse production activities to optimal locations and to build a direct presence in m
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ajor foreign markets.
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True False
16. A current trend in international business is the decline of medium-
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sized and small multinationals, known as mini-multinationals.
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True False
17. The globalization of the world economy has resulted in a relative increase in
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the dominance of U.S. firms in the global marketplace.
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True False
18. Doing business in Russia involves risks because the country has shown signs of shif
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ting back toward greater state involvement in economic activity and authoritarian go
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vernment.
True False
19. Globalization critics argue that the decline in unskilled wage rates is due to the migra
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tion of low- n9 n9
wage manufacturing jobs offshore and a corresponding reduction in demand for unskill
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9 Globalizatio
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True / False Questions
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1. A company does not need a large size to facilitate, and benefit from, the globalizatio
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n of markets.
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True False
2. Companies hope to lower their overall cost structure or improve the quality
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or functionality of their product offering through globalization of productio
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n.
True False
3. The most global markets currently are markets for consumer products.
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True False
4. Outsourcing is a process that is limited to manufacturing enterprises.
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True False
5. The World Bank has focused on policing the world trading system and making su
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re nation-states adhere to the rules laid down in trade treaties.
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True False
6. The World Bank is known as the lender of the last resort.
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True False
7. One of the UN's central mandates is the promotion of higher standards of living,
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full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and developmen
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t.
True False
8. The Uruguay Round, finalized in December 1993, reduced protection for paten
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ts, trademarks, and copyrights.
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, True False
9. "Beggar thy neighbor" retaliatory trade policies involved countries progressively low
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ering trade barriers against each other, which contributed to the Great Depression of
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the 1930s.
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, 10. Rivers Inc., a U.S. based sports apparel manufacturer, sets up a production unit in Ch
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ina to take advantage of the lower labor costs there. This is an example of foreign di
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rect investment.
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True False
11. World Bank gives an aid of 100 million dollars to Kenya for creating rural health c
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are facilities. This is an example of foreign direct investment.
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True False
12. The lowering of barriers to international trade enables firms to view the world, rat
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her than a single country, as their market.
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True False
13. According to WTO data, the volume of world merchandise trade has grown faster th
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an the world economy since 1950.
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True False
14. The cost of microprocessors continues to fall, while their power increases. T
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his statement supports the predictions made by Moore's Law.
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True False
15. Non-
U.S. firms increasingly began to invest across national borders because they wanted to
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9disperse production activities to optimal locations and to build a direct presence in m
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ajor foreign markets.
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True False
16. A current trend in international business is the decline of medium-
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sized and small multinationals, known as mini-multinationals.
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True False
17. The globalization of the world economy has resulted in a relative increase in
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the dominance of U.S. firms in the global marketplace.
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True False
18. Doing business in Russia involves risks because the country has shown signs of shif
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ting back toward greater state involvement in economic activity and authoritarian go
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vernment.
True False
19. Globalization critics argue that the decline in unskilled wage rates is due to the migra
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tion of low- n9 n9
wage manufacturing jobs offshore and a corresponding reduction in demand for unskill
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