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Chapterg01:gThegRisegofgGlobalization

1. Withgbusinessgbecominggincreasinglygglobal,gitsgsuccess,gfortunately,gdependsgonlygongthegdomesticgenvironment.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

2. Keygaspectsgofgglobalizationgincludegthegeliminationgofgbarriersgtogtradegandginformationgtechnology.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

3. Thegworldgeconomygisgquicklygshiftinggawaygfromgcountriesgwithgemerginggeconomies.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

4. Theg“soft”gqualitiesgessentialgtogglobalizationgincludegopenness,gprotectionism,gaccountability,gconnectivit
y,gdemocracy,gandgcentralization.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

5. Agsustainablegdecouplinggprocessgwouldgeventuallygleadgtogagmulti-polargworld—
agworldgeconomygingwhichgthegenginesgofggrowthgcouldgcomprisegthegUnitedgStates,gthegEuropeangUnion,gChina
,gIndia,gBrazil,gRussia,gandgSouthgAfricagrathergthangthegUnitedgStatesgalone.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

6. Thegopennessgandgproliferationgofgglobalizationgandgfreegtradegrulesgcangbestgbegattributedgtogtheginterwargperi
odgbetweengWorldgWargIgandgII.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False




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7. AsgpartgofgthegWorldgBank’sgStrategicgFramework,gtheregaregfivegfocusgareasgthatgaccommodategandgfacilitategt
hegglobalizationgprocessgincludinggitsganalyticalgandgadvisorygrolegsupportinggnationalgpoliciesgtogstrengthengfreegm
arketginstitutionsgandginfrastructuregthatghasgprovidedgthegpotentialgforgcreatingglargeggainsgfromgtrade.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

8. ForgthegWorldgTradegOrganization,gincreasinggtradegbarriersghasgbeengonegofgthegmostgsimplegwaysgtogencoura
gegtradegandgglobalization.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

9. Thegfoundationsgofgthegglobalizedgbusinessgworldgaregpolitical—andgsogaregthegbiggestgthreatsgtogthegsystem.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

10. Countriesgthatghavegsuccessfullygadaptedgtogglobalizationgrealizegthatgtheygcannotgsucceedgwithoutghigh-
qualityggovernmentgmanagementgatghome.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

11. Ingcommunistgandgstate-
controlledgeconomiesglikegthosegingCentralgAsiagpropertygrightsgeithergdognotgexistgorgaregnotgwellgdefinedgwhic
hgdiscouragesgdomesticgandgforeignginvestorsgfromgmakingglong-termgcommitmentsgingthesegcountries.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

12. GlobalizedgeconomiesglikegNewgZealandgandgSingaporegrankgatgthegtopgingindexgforgabsencegofgcorruptiong
bygTransparencygInternational.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True



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13. Textgmessaginggwillglikelygbegangunimportantgcomponentgofgemerginggeconomies'gmobilegphonegusagegbecausegmo
stgpeoplegingthesegcountriesgcannotgreadgorgwrite.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

14. Criticsgarguegthatgopengtradegandgforeigngdirectginvestmentgalwaysgtakegjobsgfromgworkersgingdevelopinggeconomi
esgandgtransfergthemgtogworkersgingadvancedgindustrialgcountriesgwhichgleavegthegworkersgingthegdevelopinggcoun
try,goutgofgwork.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g False

15. Theregappearsgtogbegagcleargconnectiongbetweengeconomicgfreedomgandgpoliticalgfreedom.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:g True

16. BraziliangJuice,gagmanufacturergofghealthygfruitgjuicesgingBrazil,gsellsgjuicegingsixgdifferentgcountriesgincludinggUnit
edgStates.gBraziliangjuicegisgengaginggin
a. economicgdevelopmentgingUnitedgStates.
b. exercisinggnontariffgbarriersgingBrazil.
c. unfairgtradegpractices.
d. globalization.
e. thegWorldgTradegBankgGroup.

ANSWER:g d

17. WhichgofgthegfollowinggisgNOTgagkeygaspectgofgglobalization?
a. Thegeliminationgofgbarriersgtogtrade
b. Investment
c. Financialgindependence
d. Culture
e. Informationgtechnology

ANSWER:g c




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