BUSMHR 2000 END OF COURSE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What was the motivation for non-U.S. firms to begin investing across national
borders in the 1970s?
desire to disperse production activities to optimal locations
host of investment opportunities in foreign nations
shift toward a more integrated and interdependent global economy
rise in barriers to trade and foreign direct investments
limits imposed by government intervention in international trade - ✔✔desire to disperse
production activities to optimal locations
✔✔Gigantic Games., a U.S.-based company that specializes in strategy-based board
games, has production facilities in Poland and Spain. Based on this information,
Gigantic Games can be classified as what type of enterprise?
local
multinational
private
public
semipublic - ✔✔multinational
✔✔One cost-cutting measure used by Garr Tool Corp. is sourcing the parts it uses from
companies in Germany, Ireland, and Canada that are more economical than home-
country sources. The choice to use these sources is an example of the
emergence of global institutions.
regulation of the environment.
globalization of production.
globalization of markets.
company's social responsibility. - ✔✔globalization of production. Correct
✔✔Economist Robert Reich advocates that the outsourcing of productive activities to
different suppliers results in the creation of
unlimited costs.
global products.
national tensions.
a single currency.
a global legal system. - ✔✔global products.
✔✔California-based Urban Health Source has invested resources in business activities
in Italy. What type of business activity does this represent?
, multinational exchange
foreign direct investment
exporting
globalization of markets
international trade - ✔✔foreign direct investment
✔✔Shannon works as the executive manager of an international business, while Bob is
the executive manager of a purely domestic business. Which of these responsibilities
apply to both Shannon and Bob?
dealing with government restrictions on international trade and investment
adopting the appropriate policies for coping with country differences
dealing with business attacks from competitors
choosing the appropriate mode for entering a particular country for business
coordinating and controlling globally dispersed production activities - ✔✔dealing with
business attacks from competitors Correct
✔✔According to globalization supporters, what is an advantage of globalization?
Globalization provides more economic power to national governments.
As a result of globalization, pollution levels fall significantly in the world's poorer nations.
As a result of globalization, countries relax their labor standards.
Globalization leads to tougher environmental regulations which significantly decrease
the costs of manufacturing enterprises.
Globalization helps create jobs in all countries that participate in the global trading
system. - ✔✔Globalization helps create jobs in all countries that participate in the global
trading system.
✔✔The merging of national markets that have historically been distinct and separate is
the process of
globalization.
containerization.
industrialization.
foreign direct investment.
international busines - ✔✔globalization.
✔✔People in the West tend to associate a representative democracy with
Multiple Choice
weak property rights protection.
a command economic system.
a theocratic regime.
low level of life expectancy at birth.
a market economic system. - ✔✔a market economic system.
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What was the motivation for non-U.S. firms to begin investing across national
borders in the 1970s?
desire to disperse production activities to optimal locations
host of investment opportunities in foreign nations
shift toward a more integrated and interdependent global economy
rise in barriers to trade and foreign direct investments
limits imposed by government intervention in international trade - ✔✔desire to disperse
production activities to optimal locations
✔✔Gigantic Games., a U.S.-based company that specializes in strategy-based board
games, has production facilities in Poland and Spain. Based on this information,
Gigantic Games can be classified as what type of enterprise?
local
multinational
private
public
semipublic - ✔✔multinational
✔✔One cost-cutting measure used by Garr Tool Corp. is sourcing the parts it uses from
companies in Germany, Ireland, and Canada that are more economical than home-
country sources. The choice to use these sources is an example of the
emergence of global institutions.
regulation of the environment.
globalization of production.
globalization of markets.
company's social responsibility. - ✔✔globalization of production. Correct
✔✔Economist Robert Reich advocates that the outsourcing of productive activities to
different suppliers results in the creation of
unlimited costs.
global products.
national tensions.
a single currency.
a global legal system. - ✔✔global products.
✔✔California-based Urban Health Source has invested resources in business activities
in Italy. What type of business activity does this represent?
, multinational exchange
foreign direct investment
exporting
globalization of markets
international trade - ✔✔foreign direct investment
✔✔Shannon works as the executive manager of an international business, while Bob is
the executive manager of a purely domestic business. Which of these responsibilities
apply to both Shannon and Bob?
dealing with government restrictions on international trade and investment
adopting the appropriate policies for coping with country differences
dealing with business attacks from competitors
choosing the appropriate mode for entering a particular country for business
coordinating and controlling globally dispersed production activities - ✔✔dealing with
business attacks from competitors Correct
✔✔According to globalization supporters, what is an advantage of globalization?
Globalization provides more economic power to national governments.
As a result of globalization, pollution levels fall significantly in the world's poorer nations.
As a result of globalization, countries relax their labor standards.
Globalization leads to tougher environmental regulations which significantly decrease
the costs of manufacturing enterprises.
Globalization helps create jobs in all countries that participate in the global trading
system. - ✔✔Globalization helps create jobs in all countries that participate in the global
trading system.
✔✔The merging of national markets that have historically been distinct and separate is
the process of
globalization.
containerization.
industrialization.
foreign direct investment.
international busines - ✔✔globalization.
✔✔People in the West tend to associate a representative democracy with
Multiple Choice
weak property rights protection.
a command economic system.
a theocratic regime.
low level of life expectancy at birth.
a market economic system. - ✔✔a market economic system.
