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Unit8:GlobalBusiness
Global Business
Term | Definition |
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Culture | the customs, beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior of the people of a country or group |
Domestic Goods | products made by firms within a country |
Embargo | a total ban from doing business with a particular country |
Exchange Rate | the value of ones country's currency expressed in the currency of another country |
Export | goods and services that are sold abroad |
Foreign Goods | products made by firms in other countries |
Global Business | business activities that occur between two or more countries |
Global Competition | the ability of profit-making organizations to compete with other businesses in other countries |
Import | goods or services that are purchased abroad |
Joint Ventures | two or more businesses that agree to provide a good or service, sharing the cost and profits of doing business |
Multinational Company | a business willing to make a significant financial commitment to establish manufacturing and distribution facilities in foreign countries |
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | a trading bloc consisting of the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
Sanctions | a milder form of embargo that bans specific business ties with a foreign country |
Strategic Alliance | arrangements in which firms agree to cooperate on certain aspects of business while remaining competitors on other aspects |
Tariff | a tax on an import |
World Trade Organization (WTO) | international organization that creates and enforces rules governing trade among countries |