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International Business

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show process by which perceived distance is shrinking, material culture is starting to look the same the world over, national economies are merging into one.  
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Who has the highest level of ouput in the world?   show
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US GDP?   show
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show 20.4  
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Globalization of markets?   show
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show 90%  
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show Sourcing of goods & services from locations around the globe to take advantage of national differences in the cost & quality of various factors of production.  
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Factors of production?   show
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GATT   show
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show Primarily policing the world traiding systems and making sure nation-states adhere to the rules laid down in trade treaties signed by WTO member states.  
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show The org is usurping the national sovereignty of individual nation-states.  
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show International Monetary Fund  
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What is the difference between the IMF & the World Bank?   show
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show Building dams or roads  
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show Adopt specific economic policies aimed at returning their troubled economies to stability and growth.  
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show Intl org made up of 191 countries charged with keeping internaltional peace, developing cooperation between nations, amd promoting human rights.  
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What are the four purposes of the UN?   show
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show Labor, energy, land, & Capital  
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Intl Trade   show
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show Foreign Direct Investment occurs when a firm invests resources in business activities outside its home country.  
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show Premise that the power of microprocessor technology doubles & its cost of production drops in half every 18 mo's.  
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show total accumulated value of foreign owned assets at a given time.  
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show Multinational enterprise any business that has productive activities in 2 + countries.  
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show political, economic, and legal sytems of a country are interdependent; they interact and influence each other.  
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show system of govt in a nation  
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show political system that stresses the primary of collective goals over individual goals  
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show believed that society should ve stratified into classes with those best suited to rule  
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Socialism   show
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Communits   show
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Social Democrats   show
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Individualism   show
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show Citizens periodically elect individuals to represent them in govt functions  
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show Advocating socialisism can only be achieved through a totalitarian dictatorship  
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Right-Wing Totalitarianism   show
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show Political system that a party or group represent interests of a particular tribe monopolizes political pwr  
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show Interaction of supply & demand determines the quantity in which goods & sercvices are produced  
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show Govt plans the allocation of resources  
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Legal System   show
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Common Law   show
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Civil Law System   show
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show system of law based on religious teachings  
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show Bundle of legal rights over the use to which a resource is put and over the use of any income that may be derived  
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show refers to values & norms shared among employees of an org.  
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show extra profit producers make when supply is artifically limited by an export quota  
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Local Content Requirement   show
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Administrative Trade Policies   show
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show Selling goods in a foreign market below costs of production  
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Countervailing Duties   show
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Antidumping Policies   show
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show passed in 1996, this law allows Americans to sue foreign firms that use Cuban property confiscated from them during Cuba's 1959 revolution  
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D'Amato Act   show
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Infant Industry Argument   show
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Strategic Trade Policy   show
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Corn Laws   show
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show passed in 1930, US law erected a wall of tariff barriers against imports  
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show establisment of a new operation in a foreign country  
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show amount of FDI UNDERTAKEN OVER A GIVEN TIME PERIOD; NORMALLY A YR  
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show total accumulated value of foreign owned assets at a given time  
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Gross fixed capital formation   show
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show Industry component of a limited number of large firms  
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show arises when two or more enterprises encounter each other in different reional markets, etc  
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show Theory that combining localtion specific assets or resource endowmenrs and the firms own unique assets often requires FDI.  
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Exporting   show
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show occurs when a firm (licensor) grants a foreign entity (licensee) the right to produce its product, use its production processes, etc  
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show advantages that arise from utilizing resource endowments or assets thar are tied to a particular foreign location & that a firm finds valuable to combine with its own unique assets, etc  
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Pragmatic Nationalism   show
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Balance of Payment Accounts   show
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show in the balance of payments, this records transactions involving the esport or import of goods & services  
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show FDI undertaken to serve the house market  
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show Agreements among countries in a geographic region to reduce, and ultimately remove, tariff and nontariff barrirtd to the free flow of goods  
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Free Trade Area   show
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EFTA   show
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Customs Union   show
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show has no barriers to trade ntwn member countries Pg. 265  
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show involes the free flow of products and factors of production btwn member countries & the adoption of a common external trade policy  
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Political Union   show
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show occurs when high cost domestic producers are replaced by low cost producers within the free trade area.  
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Trade diversion   show
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Treaty of Rome   show
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show Treaty committing members of the EC to adopt a common currency  
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Andean Pact   show
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Mercosur   show
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show Rate @ which 1 currency is converted into another.  
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show A market for converting the currency of 1 country into that of another country.  
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show Ris that changes in exchange rates will hurt the probabibility of a business deal  
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Currency Speculation   show
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show Insuring 1's bus against froeign exchage risk by using forward exchanges or currency swaps.  
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Spot Exchange Rate   show
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show When 2 parties agree to exchange currency & execute a deal @ some specific date in the future.  
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show simultaneous purchase & sale of a given amount of foreign exchange for two different value dates. pg. 301  
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show Purchase of securitir\es in 1 market for immediate resale in another market to profit from a price discrepancy.  
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Law of 1 Price   show
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Efficient Market   show
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show Market in which few impediments to intl trade & investment exists.  
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PPP theory predicts   show
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PPP theory predits   show
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show whether the rate of growth in a country's money suppky is grater then the rate of growth in output.  
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Purchasing Power Parity Puzzle   show
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show Theory that nominal interest rates in 4ach country equal the required real rate of interest & expected rate of inflation.  
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Mercantilism   show
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show A situation in which a gain by one country results in a loss by another.  
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show When 1 county is more efficient than another country in producing a particular product. pg 161  
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show Various output possiblities a country can produce from its resource pool. pg 161  
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Factor Endowments   show
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