10 questions
Companies from ________ lead in foreign investment in the United States.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Russia
China
United Kingdom
Canada
Which of the following is true regarding the impact of globalization on domestic markets in the United States?
Companies with only domestic markets have been able to sustain their customary rates of growth.
Multinational companies are making more profits from their domestic operations compared to their earnings from the foreign markets.
Only multinational companies with large production facilities have succeeded in the international markets.
The domestic companies have reduced their manufacturing employment more than the US multinationals.
Multinational manufacturing companies in all industries and sizes have outperformed their domestic counterparts.
_____ is the performance of business activities designed to plan, price, promote, and direct the flow of a company’s goods and services to consumers or users in more than one nation for a profit.
International marketing
importing
corporate management
international marketing
domestic trade
Which of the following is a controllable element for an international marketer?
Level of technology
Geography and infrastructure
Channels of distribution
Cultural forces
Structure of distribution
Which of the following is an uncontrollable element for an international marketer?
Firm characteristics
Promotion
Price
Research
Level of Technology
After World War II, the United States set out to infuse the ideal of capitalism throughout as much of the world as possible. The _____, aimed at assisting in rebuilding Europe, is the plan most closely associated with this endeavor.
Eisenhower Plan
Marshall Plan
Bradley Plan
Roosevelt Plan
Truman Plan
Which of the following was the most significant move of the 1980s that contributed toward international cooperation among trading nations?
Formation of the United Nations Development Programme.
Creation of the United Nations.
Establishment of the World Trade Organization.
Signing of the Montreal Protocol.
Negotiation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The World Bank estimates that five countries whose share of world trade is barely one-third that of the European Union will, by 2020, have a 50 percent higher share than that of the European Union. _____ is one of the countries included in this list.
Canada
Nigeria
Netherlands
Indonesia
Rhodesia
Which of the following is true regarding the balance-of-payments records?
The balance-of-payments accounts do not consider income brought in by non-resident citizens of a country.
The fact that assets and liabilities balance does not essentially mean that a nation is in a particularly good financial condition.
A balance of payments is not a record of condition.
A balance of payments is a determinant of condition.
A balance of payments records all the financial transactions of a country since 1980.
The _____ of the balance-of-payments statement is most likely to record all merchandise exports, imports, and services plus unilateral transfers of funds.
current account
capital account
credit account
receivables account
reserves account