ch.16 Flashcards
Define globalization
Refers to the increased flow of goods, services, people, technology, capital, information, and ideas around the world; has economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
What are the 4 sets of factors used to assess a country’s market?
political
economic
sociocultural
technology
When analysing the political environment, there are 6 factors:
- tariff
- quota
- boycott
- exchange control
- trade agreement
- trade sanction
Explain trade sanctions when analysing the political environment
What is Embargo?
Trade sanctions are penalties or restrictions imposed by one country over another country for importing and exporting of goods, services, and investments.
If a country disapproves of some other country’s actions, it can impose trade sanctions on the other country.
Embargo: prohibits trading with a certain country or specific good by other countries
Explain tariff and quotas when analysing the political environment
What is dumpling
A tariff is a tax levied on a good imported into a country. In most cases, tariffs intend to make imported goods more expensive thus less competitive with domestic products.
- Want to avoid dumpling: The practice of selling a good in a foreign market at a price that is lower than its domestic price or below its cost.
A quota designates the maximum quantity of a product that may be brought into a country during a specified time period.
Explain boycott when analysing the political environment
Pertains to a group’s refusal to deal commercially with an organization to protest against its policies
Explain the exchange control and exchange rate in the analyzing of the political environment.
Exchange control refers to the regulation of a country’s currency exchange rate.
The exchange rate is the measure of how much one currency is worth in relation to another.
Explain trade agreements in the analysis of the political environment.
What is a trading bloc?
A trade agreement is an intergovernmental agreement designed to manage and promote trade activities for specific regions. And a trading bloc consists of those countries that have signed a particular trade agreement.
Ex: The European Union has a Monetary and Trade Union. Membership consists of Western & Eastern European countries
What are the 3 major economic factors a firm needs to look at when conducting an economic analysis of a country’s market?
general economic environment
market size & population growth
real income
What are the 4 measures needed when evaluating the general economic environment.
Gross Domestic Product
Trade surplus or deficit
purchasing power parity
human development index
Explain the human development index (HDI)
A composite measure of three indicators of the quality of life in different countries: life expectancy at birth, educational attainment, and whether the average incomes are sufficient to meet the basic needs of life in that country.
What is the purchasing power parity (PPP)
A theory that states that if the exchange rates of two countries are in equilibrium, a product purchased in one will cost the same in the other, expressed in the same currency.
What is the gross domestic product( GDP)
The market value of the goods and services produced by a country in a year; the most widely used standardized measure of output.
Explain trade surplus or deficit
trade deficit: Results when a country imports more goods than it exports.
trade surplus: Results when a country exports more goods than it imports.
Explain evaluating real income
Firms can make adjustments to an existing product or change the price to meet the unique needs of a particular country market