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What is a non-equity mode involving some type of contractual agreement? -
ANSWER -Licensing
After the Lehman Brothers collapse, the federal Reserve stood ready to lend
financial institutions funds. When the Federal reserve did this, it was acting in its
role as a lender of last resort. Which type of group has this role? - ANSWER -
Informal institution
What is the comprehensive free-trade settlement among Canada, US, and Mexico,
that addresses issues of protecting workers rights, the environment and reducing
tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers? - ANSWER -NAFTA
What is one of the core propositions underpinning an institution-based view of
global business? - ANSWER -If formal constraints are not in place, the informal
constraints will guide decision making
What is one of the core propositions underpinning an institution-based view of
global business? - ANSWER -Managers and corporations make rational decisions
within their formal and informal framework
Which type of system allows businesses to be privately owned with a strong
individualistic profit orientation? - ANSWER -Market Economy
Which legal system is based on a religious document and religious teachings? -
ANSWER -Theocratic Law
Which type of good has well-established property rights? - ANSWER -Private
goods
Which activity disregards basic property rights? - ANSWER -Students play loud
music in the open area between dorms
What is one type of economy that uses the market system? - ANSWER -Mixed
economy
, Which kind of outcome was Adam Smith referring to when describing the
invisible hand? - ANSWER -Market outcomes
What does the value of the marginal product of labor for a perfectly competitive,
profit-maximizing firm equal? - ANSWER -Rate
What is the change in total cost equal to? - ANSWER -Marginal cost multiplied by
change in quantity
Which condition must be satisfied for a competitive firm to shut down in a short
run - ANSWER -Total variable costs are greater than total revenue
What will a competitive firm do in the short run if its average variable cost
exceeds price? - ANSWER -It will shut down
What is a characteristic of a monopoly's demand curve? - ANSWER -It is the
same as the market demand curve - downward sloping
Which statement describes a monopoly demand curve? - ANSWER -It is less
elastic than a perfectly competitive firms demand curve
What is the profit maximization condition for a monopoly? - ANSWER -Where
marginal revenue equals marginal cost
What is a characteristic of monopolistic competition? - ANSWER -Many firms
sell differentiated products
How does self-interest influence each prisoner's decision in the prisoner's
dilemma? - ANSWER -Both prisoners will likely confess
Why is studying the prisoner's dilemma applicable to business? - ANSWER -It
demonstrates the value of mapping out a potential strategy given actions of rivals
What does an indifference curve illustrate? - ANSWER -The preferences of a
consumer
What happens to an individual's budget constraint if the budget decreases and
prices remain the same? - ANSWER -The budget constraints line shifts parallel
inward