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Which of the following best describes outsourcing?

A. An organization selling its products in a market outside its domestic market.

B. An organization's acquisition of goods and services from an outside source.

C. An organization setting up manufacturing and retailing facilities in a new country.

D. An organization's use of virtual teams with employees located in different countries.

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Loss of sovereignty and patriotism

Adverse effects on competition and exports

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The radical view

The free market view

Pragmatic nationalism

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What are the benefits of FDI to home countries?

Repatriated earnings from profits from FDI.

Increased exports of components and services to host countries.

Learning via FDI from operations abroad.

All of these answers

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Create knowledge spillover

Discover a new market for its goods

Overcome and combat market failure through FDI

Acquire location advantages or neutralize the first mover’s location advantages

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Pragmatic nationalism

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Government embracing radical view

French patriotism

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True

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Most countries practice a totally "free market" view.

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False

8. Outsourcing is the process of turning over an organizational activity to an outside supplier, located in a foreign country, which will perform it on behalf of the local firm.

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False

Financial, physical, and technological resources and capabilities are all tangible assets.

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False

A firm's resources and capabilities are tangible assets a firm uses to choose and implement its strategies.

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False

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Benchmarking is an assessment as to whether a firm has resources and capabilities to perform a particular activity in a manner superior to competitors.

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John Stuart Mill

Adam Smith

Aristotle

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The communication between members of similar location.

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The main component of formal institutions.

The attitudes and behaviors characteristic of a particular social group or organization.

When an expat employee returns to her or his current employer but the employer does not provide attractive opportunities, she/he often may be hired by a competitor firm. Why?

Competitor firms are also interested in globalizing their business.

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Competing firms will pay a higher premium for expertise.

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The government taking a "hands-off approach" is known as:

Laissez faire

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Mixed economy

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____ are defined as rights associated with the ownership of intellectual property.

Patents

Copyrights

Trademarks

Intellectual property rights

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Family units are highly valued.

Being an entrepreneur is a popular mindset

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A manager who works outside his or her native country

A manager of great expertise

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The largest corporation based in the United States is:

A) General Motors.
B) ExxonMobil.
C) General Electric.
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2.

Service exports from the United States equal _____ per year.

A) less than $100 billion
B) approximately $250 billion
C) less than $350 billion
D) approximately $500 billion

3.

In addition to agricultural products and manufactured goods, the United States is also the world's largest exporter of:

A) processed and packaged foods.
B) pharmaceuticals.
C) electronics.
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4.

Before entering a country, marketers need to determine if the country has the required _____ to support their marketing efforts.

A) moral code
B) legal system
C) infrastructure
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5.

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A) free trade agreement
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A) Tariffs
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C) Subsidies
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A complete ban on the import of a product is known as a(n):

A) import quota.
B) embargo.
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Exchange control is an administrative barrier to international trade that:

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B) supports domestic industry through grants of money or research support.
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9.

When a group of nations agree to the free trade of goods among themselves by abolishing tariffs and trade restrictions, the nations have created a:

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Which of the following is not an objective of the European Union(EU)?

A) eventually remove all trade barriers to free trade among its members.
B) standardize currencies and regulations between member nations.
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11.

An organization that provides first-time exporters with expertise in locating foreign buyers, handling paperwork, and conforming to local labeling and testing laws is called a(n):

A) export facilitator.
B) export title company.
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12.

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self-service product line

breadth of product line

full service product line

depth of product line

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regional shopping center

community shopping center

central business district

strip mall

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single-channel

multichannel

concentrated

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high price and low status

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low price and low status

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online retailing

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