Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Counter Trade

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The practice of using barter rather than money for making global sales

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2
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Gross Domestic Product (GPD)

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The monetary value of all products and services produced in a country during one year

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3
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Balance Trade

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The difference between the monetary value of a nations exports and imports

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4
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Globalization

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The focus of creating economic, cultural, political, and technological independence among individual national institutions and economics

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5
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Protectionism

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Practice of shielding one or more industries within a country’s economy from foreign competition using tariffs of quotas

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Tariffs

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Government taxes on products or services entering a country that primarily serve to raise prices on imports

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7
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Holister Moved Toward What Kind of Clothing

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Comfortable Clothing

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Quota

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Restriction placed on the amount of product allowed to enter or leave a country

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9
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World Trade Organization (WTO)

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Permanent institution that sets rules governing trade between its members through panels of trade experts who decide on trade disputes between members and issue binding decisions

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10
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Global Competition

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Exists when firms originated, produced, and market their products and services worldwide

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Strategic Alliances

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Agreements among two or more independent firms to cooperate for the purpose of achieving common goals such as competitive advantage or customer value creation

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12
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Leading Countries in Global Merchandise Trade

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U.S. China and Germany

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13
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Multidomestic Marketing Strategy

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Multinational firms that have as many different product variations, brand names, and advertising programs as countries in which they do business

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14
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Global Marketing Strategy

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Transnational firms that employ the practice of standardizing marketing activities when there are cultural similarities and adapting them when cultures differ.

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15
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Global Brand

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Marketed under the same name in multiple countries with similar centrally coordinated marketing programs

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16
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Global Consumers

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Consumer groups living in many different countries or regions of the world who have similar needs or seek similar features and benefits from products and services

17
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Cross- Cultural Analysis

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Involves the study of similarities and differences among consumers in two or more nations or societies

18
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Values

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Society personally or socially preferable modes of conducts or states of existence that tend to persist over time

19
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Customs

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What is Considered normal and expected about the way people do things in a specific way

20
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977)

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A law amended by the international Anti-Dumping and fair competing Act (1988) that makes it a crime for U.S. corporations to bribe an official of foreign government to obtain or retain business in a foreign country

21
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Cultural Symbols

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Things that represent concepts and ideas

22
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Back Translation

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Practice where a translated word or phrase is retranslated into the original language by different interpreters to catch errors

23
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Consumer Ethnocentrism

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Tendency to believe that is is inappropriate, indeed immoral , to purchase foreign made products

24
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Currency Exchange Rate

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Price in one’s country’s currency expressed in terms of another country’s currency

25
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Exporting

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Global market-entry strategy in which a company produces products in one country and sells them in another

26
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Joint Venture

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Global market entry strategy in which a foreign company and a local firm invest together to create a local business in order to share ownership, control and profits of the new company

27
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Direct Investment

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Global Market entry strategy that entails a domestic firm investing in and owning a foreign subsidiary or division

28
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Dumping

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Occurs when a firm sells a product in a foreign country below its domestic price

29
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Gray Market (Parallel Importing)

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Situation where products are sold through unauthorized channels or distributions

30
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How Much Does the US Spend in a Year to Prevent Economic Espionage

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U.S Firms Spend 600 billion/year

31
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How Much Does the US Spend in a Year to Prevent Economic Espionage

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U.S Firms Spend 600 billion/year

32
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Licensing

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Offers right to trademark, patent, trade secret or intellectual property in exchange for royalty fee

33
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Product Extension

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Same product sold in different countries

34
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Product Adaptation

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Change product for different country

35
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Product Invention

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New Product Different Country

36
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Communication Adaptation

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Same Product Different advertising

37
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Dual Adaptation

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Modified both products and promotion messages