Exam 5: The Global Environment

Careful examination of critical global environmental features with particular attention to the status of the host nation is called:

Which country leads in chemicals and pharmaceuticals,precision and heavy machinery,heavy electrical goods and surface transport equipment?

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of global business that makes global planning necessary?

The transfer of an industrial property right is called

A multi-national corporation:

Which country is expected to have a commanding lead in the size of its economy by 2020?

American firms often adopt a ______ orientation for pursuing strategies in Europe.

Firms from which country lead the way in "direct foreign investment" in the United States?

Political factors in choosing a foreign manufacturing site include:

A global firm competing in a global industry must:

A firm with a _______ orientation adopts a global systems approach to strategic decision making,thereby emphasizing global integration.

Overall,in less than 20 years,______ countries will be overshadowed by ______ countries in their produced share of the world's output.

The primary niche for the market approach for exporting:

A(n)______ orientation exists when the parent attempts to blend its own predisposition with those of the region under consideration.

A ______ is one in which competition is essentially segmented from country to country.

Among the factors that make for the creation of a global industry are all of these EXCEPT

All markets can be arrayed along a continuum from markets in which products are ____ to markets in which products must be _____ for customers from market to market.

All of these are factors that drive the success of global companies EXCEPT

Understanding the ______ risk involved is a key element in the decision to do business in a foreign nation.

______ usually requires minimal capital investment.