IBT Flashcards

1
Q

the taking of private
property by a
government to
make it public.

A

NATIONALIZATION

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2
Q

The selling of
government- owned
property to the
private sector.

A

PRIVATIZATION

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3
Q

Characteristic of a government that maintains itself in power and whose fiscal, monetary, and political policies are predictable and not subject to sudden, radical
changes.

A

STABILITY

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4
Q

Characteristic of a government that cannot maintain itself
in power or that makes sudden, unpredictable, or radical
policy changes.

A

INSTABILITY

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5
Q

Role of Government in stability and protection

A
  1. PROTECTION FROM
    UNFAIR COMPETITION
  2. PROTECTION FROM
    TERRORISM, CYBERCRIME, AND OTHER THREATS
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6
Q

An assessment of a country’s economic
situation and politics to determine how much risk to employees, property, and investment exists for the firm doing business there.

A

COUNTRY RISK ASSESSMENT (CRA)

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Q

REASONS FOR RESTRICTING TRADE

A
  1. PROVIDE FOR
    NATIONAL DEFENSE
  2. IMPOSE SANCTIONS
  3. PROTECT AN INFANT OR
    DYING INDUSTRY
  4. PROTECT DOMESTIC JOBS
  5. ENSURE FAIR COMPETITION
  6. RETALIATE
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8
Q

selling a product abroad for less than the cost of
production, less than the price in the home market, or less than the
price to third- party countries.

A

Dumping

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9
Q

financial contributions, provided directly or
indirectly by a government, that confer a benefit, including grants, preferential tax treatment, and government assumption
of normal business expenses.

A

Subsidies

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10
Q

Additional import taxes levied on imports that
have benefited from export subsidies.

A

COUNTERVAILING DUTIES

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11
Q

Taxes on imported goods for the purpose of
raising their price to reduce competition for local
producers or stimulate local production.

A

TARIFFS

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12
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3 TYPES OF TARIFFS

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  1. AD VALOREM DUTY
  2. SPECIFIC DUTY
  3. COMPOUND DUTY
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13
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An import duty levied as a percentage of the
invoice value of imported goods.

A

AD VALOREM DUTY

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14
Q

A fixed sum levied on a physical unit of an
imported good.

A

SPECIFIC DUTY

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15
Q

A combination of specific and ad valorem duties.

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COMPOUND DUTY

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16
Q

“IN NEARLY EVERY ECONOMIC CRISIS, THE ROOT CAUSE IS POLITICAL, NOT ECONOMIC.”

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-Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore

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17
Q

A plan that guides the way firms make
choices about developing and deploying
scarce resources to achieve their
international objectives.

A

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY

18
Q

The ability of a company to achieve and
maintain a unique and valuable competitive
position both within a nation and globally,
generating higher rates of profit than its
competitors.

A

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

19
Q

“If you fail to plan, you are
planning to fail.”

A

-Benjamin Franklin

20
Q

The process by which an organization
determines where it is going in the future,
how it will get there, and how it will assess
whether and to what extent it has achieved
its goals.

A

STRATEGIC PLANNING

21
Q

A set of interlinked activities that adds value to the final
product or service.

A

VALUE CHAIN

22
Q

An assessment conducted on the chain of interlinked
activities of an organization or set of interconnected
organizations, intended to determine where and to what
extent value is added to the final product or service.

A

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS

23
Q

The practices that organizations and their managers use for identifying,
creating, acquiring, developing, dispersing, and exploiting competitively
valuable knowledge.

A

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

24
Q

Knowledge that an individual has but that is difficult to express clearly in
words, pictures, or formulas and is therefore difficult to transmit to others.

A

TACIT KNOWLEDGE

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Knowledge that is easy to communicate to others via words, pictures, formulas, or other means.
EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE
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A broad statement that defines the organization’s purpose and scope.
MISSION STATEMENT
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A description of the company’s desired future position if it can acquire the necessary competencies and successfully implement its strategy.
VISION STATEMENT
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A clear, concise description of the fundamental values, beliefs, and priorities expected of the organization’s members, reflecting how they are to behave with each other and with the company’s
VALUES STATEMENT
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Action plans to enable organizations to reach their objectives.
COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES
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Centralized product development functions in the home country and transfer them to foreign markets to capture additional value.
HOME REPLICATION STRATEGY
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Effective when pressure to adapt products or services for local markets is strong.
MULTIDOMESTIC STRATEGY
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Works when a company faces strong pressures for reducing costs and limited pressure to adapt products for local markets.
GLOBAL STRATEGY
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Works when a company confronts simultaneous pressures for cost effectiveness and local adaptation, and that can gain competitive advantage from responding to both.
TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGY
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A prediction of future sales performance.
SALES FORECAST
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An itemized projection of revenues and expenses for a future time period.
BUDGET
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Broad guidelines issued by upper management to assist lower- level managers in handling recurring issues or problems.
POLICIES
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Guides that specify ways of carrying out a particular task or activity.
PROCEDURES
38
KINDS OF STRATEGIC PLANS
Time Horizon Level of the Organization
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Planning process that begins at the highest level in the organization and continues downward.
TOP- DOWN PLANNING
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Planning process that begins at the lowest level in the organization and continues upward.
BOTTOM- UP PLANNING
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Repetition of the bottom- up or top- down planning process until all differences have been reconciled.
ITERATIVE PLANNING