Exam 1: Introduction to International Management

The change in the amount of information available began with the globalization of television.

During the last 30 years China has experienced economic growth averaging about 5 percent annually.

What are junk bonds?

The costs of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have been quite high, particularly for small firms.

China was a doctrinaire communist country until 1978.

For much of the post-Cold War era, most large-scale domestic and international lending or underwriting was done by all of the following EXCEPT:

Write a note on the World Trade Organization and GATT.

All firms believe a business should add more to society than just jobs.

The International Monetary Fund was established in 1944 as part of the Bretton Woods Agreements.

The change in the amount of information available began with the globalization of:

_____ focuses on how individuals manage a global business.

Write a detailed note on Big Unit Capitalism.

_____ are bonds that corporations issue directly to the public in order to raise capital.

India has undergone an economic revival in recent years and now has a GDP of $3.7 trillion in purchasing-power parity terms.

The Big Unit economy generally produced efficient but rigid, pyramidal organizations and government departments that demanded excellence and accountability in work and educational quality.

Which act grew out of revelations that some U.S. firms had paid bribes to obtain contracts overseas?

Explain the Bretton Woods System in detail.

Which of the following was a negotiated monetary order after World War II to govern monetary relations and currency exchange rates among independent states?

Which of the following statements about Big Unit Capitalism is false?

Offshoring occurs when activities that were once part of a company's internal operation, are performed by other firms outside of the U.S. at a lower cost.