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Bell Canada, CN Rail, TD Bank, and FedEx would be considered part of Canada's ________


A) political infrastructure.
B) capital infrastructure.
C) economic infrastructure.
D) geopolitical network.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Briefly describe the European Union (EU).

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All of the following are true aspects about the 'bottom of the pyramid' except


A) this socio-economic group is a focus for global businesses
B) individuals live on less than $2 a day
C) this socio-economic group is not a concern to global businesses
D) the population of this socio-economic group is approximately 4 billion

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which form of entry into a foreign market requires the greatest commitment?


A) joint venture
B) direct exporting
C) direct investment
D) licensing

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A form of low risk and capital-free entry into international marketing that includes local manufacturing and local assembly is called:


A) indirect exporting.
B) direct ownership.
C) licensing.
D) joint-ventures.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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A country's economic infrastructure consists of all of the following EXCEPT:


A) roads.
B) political system.
C) telephone lines.
D) distribution systems.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attempted to protect American firms from foreign competition by placing a government tax on Japanese automobiles imported to the United States. President Clinton's goal was to raise the price on Japanese imports, thereby encouraging American consumers to purchase American-made automobiles. The tax the President threatened to impose is an example of a:


A) sanction.
B) tariff.
C) quota.
D) boycott.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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B

The company that makes Breathe-Right nasal strips sells the same product in other countries. This is an example of which type of international product strategy?


A) product adaptation
B) product extension
C) product invention
D) product customization

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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B

The importance of e-commerce in global markets is increasing significantly. One of the major reasons is because, online e-commerce offers:


A) the access to significant numbers of buyers
B) the inability to offer warranties
C) the inability to sue companies in foreign countries
D) the ability to hedge currency exchange rates

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Economic espionage is that practice of:


A) companies stealing trade secrets or proprietary information about their competitors.
B) companies secretly agreeing to set low prices against their global competitors.
C) companies forming back room agreements to fight global terrorism.
D) trade agreements made in secret among global trading partners to set quotas for highly demanded goods.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Michael Porter has identified four key elements to explain why some companies and industries succeed globally while others fail. These four elements collectively are called:


A) industrial diversity.
B) trade feedback effect.
C) the "diamond" of national competitive advantage.
D) balance of trade.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The new Motorola-Google phone, the 'Moto-X' is produced in a factory in the USA and then shipped to consumers both in the USA and in other countries. This process is referred to as:


A) exporting.
B) transporting.
C) countertrading.
D) foreign exchange.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A

Germans are typically not a good market for credit cards because they have a strong dislike for debt. Their dislike for debt is so engrained that they use the same word for debt and for guilt. In other countries, the number of credit cards a person has is a sign of their success. A study of what meanings nations assign to credit cards would be called:


A) symbolic linguistics.
B) semiotics.
C) cross-cultural analysis.
D) symbiotics.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Western countries can sometimes fall under the belief that aspects of their culture are superior to those in other countries. This fallacy is referred to as:


A) consumer ethnocentrism.
B) cultural ethnocentricity.
C) cultural commitment.
D) cross-cultural bias.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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IBM's first Japanese translation of its "Solutions for a small planet" advertising message yielded "Answers that make people smaller." Through the process of _________, this error was caught and corrected.


A) back talk
B) double dipping
C) double talk
D) back translation

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following is an example of related and supporting industries?


A) existence of supplier clusters
B) media exposure of products
C) intensity of competition
D) sophistication of consumers

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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By providing start-up microfinancing loans to individuals in India, Lever addressed which problem in their 4Ps strategy for the Indian market?


A) product
B) pricing
C) place
D) promotion

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is the international agreement which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia?


A) APEC
B) AFTA
C) ASEAN
D) MERCOSU R

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Hindustan Lever's initiative in India to provide start-up loans to women to buy stocks of products to sell to local villagers because it realized it could not sell to the rural poor in India unless it found ways to distribute its products such as soap, shampoos, and laundry detergents is an example of:


A) loan-sharking
B) nanofinance
C) philanthropic lending
D) microfinance

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In Japan, banks advertise that they actually wash the money deposited in them before it is recirculated. Pentel makes a germ-free pen for the Japanese market with the slogan "The pen is mightier than the bacterium." Clearly, cleanliness is a ________in Japan.


A) consumerist perspective
B) cultural ethnocentrism
C) value
D) protectionist perspective

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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