Question 1

The __________ environment consists of the interactions between the domestic environmental forces and the foreign environmental forces,as well as interactions between the foreign environmental forces of two countries.

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Question 2

The external forces are commonly called _________ forces,which are the external forces that management has no direct control over,although it can exert influence.

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Question 3

The ___________ environment is all the uncontrollable forces originating in the home country that surround and influence the life and development of the firm.

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Question 4

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

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While many of the antiglobalizers concede that globalization "increases the size of the pie," they also claim that it has been accompanied by a broad array of injurious social implications. Among their concerns are (1) that globalization has produced uneven results across nations and people, (2) that globalization has had deleterious effects on labor and labor standards, and (3) that globalization has contributed to a decline in environmental and health conditions.

Question 5

The forces in the foreign environment are ________ as those in the domestic environment except that they occur outside the firm's home country.

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Question 6

When an affiliate in one country does business with customers in another,it is operating in the ____________ environment.

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Question 7

PwC,a professional services company,predicts the next decade will see an increase of ______ percent in the number of workers accepting global assignments.

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Question 8

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

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While many of the antiglobalizers concede that globalization "increases the size of the pie," they also claim that it has been accompanied by a broad array of injurious social implications. Among their concerns are (1) that globalization has produced uneven results across nations and people, (2) that globalization has had deleterious effects on labor and labor standards, and (3) that globalization has contributed to a decline in environmental and health conditions.

Question 9

Which of the following is not an argument presented in support of opponents of globalization?

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While many of the antiglobalizers concede that globalization "increases the size of the pie," they also claim that it has been accompanied by a broad array of injurious social implications, including contributing to a decline in environmental and health conditions.

Question 10

The _______ environment refers to all the uncontrollable forces originating outside the home country that surround and influence the firm.

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Question 11

According to the text,environmental elements over which management does not have control-including competitive,labor,and financial forces-are called ______ forces.

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Question 12

Survey data from CEOs of the 162 largest firms on the Fortune's list of the 500 largest U.S.corporations revealed that the CEOs strongly believed that international business skills and knowledge were important not merely for promotion to senior executive positions but also for appointment to _____ positions.

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Question 13

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

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While many of the antiglobalizers concede that globalization "increases the size of the pie," they also claim that it has been accompanied by a broad array of injurious social implications. Among their concerns are (1) that globalization has produced uneven results across nations and people, (2) that globalization has had deleterious effects on labor and labor standards, and (3) that globalization has contributed to a decline in environmental and health conditions.

Question 14

A(n)_________ company is a company with operations in multiple nations.

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Question 15

The internal forces over which management does have some control,such as the factors of production and the activities of the organization,are called the ________ forces.

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Question 16

Research has shown that CEOs strongly believed (1)an international orientation should be an important part of college business education; (2)international business skills and knowledge were important not merely for promotion to senior executive positions but also for appointment to entry-level positions,and across a broad array of functional as well as cross-functional areas; and (3)the importance indicated in the preceding points was magnified for companies that anticipated _______ importance of international activities in the next five years.

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Question 17

The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are known as ________ business.

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Question 18

Which of the following is an argument presented in support of opponents of globalization?

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All of these arguments have generally been presented as counterarguments to the opponents of globalization, except the report by the Labor Secretariat for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) reported that more than half of firms surveyed used threats to close U.S. operations as a tool to fight union-organizing efforts.

Question 19

As used in the text,the term ____________ means all the forces influencing the life and development of the firm.

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Question 20

International business differs from domestic business in that a firm operating across borders must deal with the forces of three kinds of environments: domestic,________,and international.

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Quiz 1: The Challenging Context of International Business

The __________ environment consists of the interactions between the domestic environmental forces and the foreign environmental forces,as well as interactions between the foreign environmental forces of two countries.

The external forces are commonly called _________ forces,which are the external forces that management has no direct control over,although it can exert influence.

The ___________ environment is all the uncontrollable forces originating in the home country that surround and influence the life and development of the firm.

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

The forces in the foreign environment are ________ as those in the domestic environment except that they occur outside the firm's home country.

When an affiliate in one country does business with customers in another,it is operating in the ____________ environment.

PwC,a professional services company,predicts the next decade will see an increase of ______ percent in the number of workers accepting global assignments.

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

Which of the following is not an argument presented in support of opponents of globalization?

The _______ environment refers to all the uncontrollable forces originating outside the home country that surround and influence the firm.

According to the text,environmental elements over which management does not have control-including competitive,labor,and financial forces-are called ______ forces.

According to opponents of the globalization of trade and investment

A(n)_________ company is a company with operations in multiple nations.

The internal forces over which management does have some control,such as the factors of production and the activities of the organization,are called the ________ forces.

The operations of a company outside its home or domestic market are known as ________ business.

Which of the following is an argument presented in support of opponents of globalization?

As used in the text,the term ____________ means all the forces influencing the life and development of the firm.

International business differs from domestic business in that a firm operating across borders must deal with the forces of three kinds of environments: domestic,________,and international.