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Refers to the gradual integration and growing interdependence of national economies.

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Globalization Market

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International business became widespread due to the growth of railroads, efficient ocean transport and the rise of large manufacturing and trading firm. It begun in 1830 and peaked around 1880.

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THE FIRST PHASE

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It begun in 1900 and was associated with the rise of electricity and steel production. This phase reached its height just before the great depression, a world-wide economic downturn that begun in 1929.

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THE SECOND PHASE

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Begun after the world wide II. A substantial pent-up demand was created for consumer as well as industrial product to rebuild Europe and Japan.

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THE THIRD PHASE

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It begun in 1980 and featured enormous growth in cross boarder-trade and investment.

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THE FOURTH PHASE

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DRIVERS OF GLOBALIZATION

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  • WORLDWIDE REDUCTION IN BARRIERS TO TRADE AND INVESTMENTS
  • MARKET LIBERALIZATION AND ADOPTION OF FREE MARKET
  • INDUSTRIALIZATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION
  • INTEGRATION OF WORLD FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY
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Technological Advances and Globalization

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  1. Technological Advancement
  2. Information
  3. Communication
  4. Manufacturing
  5. Transportation
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DIMENSIONS OF MARKET GLOBALIZATION

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  • Integration and interdependence of national economies. (VALUE CHAIN)
  • Rise of regional economic integration blocs. (NAFTA, APEC)
  • Growth of global investment and financial flows. (BUY & SELL FOREX)
  • Convergence of consumer lifestyles preferences.
  • Globalization of production
  • Globalization of services
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the sequence of value adding activities the firm performs in the course of developing, producing, marketing, and servicing a product.

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Value Chain

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STAGES IN THE FIRM’S VALUE CHAIN

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  • RESEARCH
  • PROCUREMENT (SOURCING)
  • MANUFACTURING
  • MARKETING
  • DISTRIBUTION
  • SALE SERVICE
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SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION

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  • CONTAGION: RAPID SPREAD OF MONETARY OT FINANCIAL CRISIS
  • LOSS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
  • OFFSHORING
  • RESHORING
  • EFFECT ON THE POOR
  • EFFECT ON SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURAL REOURSCES
  • EFFECT ON NATIONAL CULTURE
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It is a value, beliefs, customs, arts and other products of human thought and works that characterized the people pf a given society.

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Culture

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A situation or event in which a cultural mis understanding puts some human value at stakes.

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Cross-cultural Risk

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DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE

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  • Values and Attitude
  • Manners and Customs
  • Perception of Time
  • Perception of Space
  • Symbolic Production
  • Material Productions and Creative Expressions
  • Education
  • Social Structure
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represents persons judgements about what is good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable, important or unimportant and normal or abnormal.

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Values and Attitude

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are ways of behaving conducting oneself in public and business situations

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Manners and Customs

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time is a strong influence in Business. It affects people expectations about planning, schedule, profit flow, promptness in arriving for works and meetings.

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Perception of Time

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We have our own personal space and feel uncomfortable if others violate it.

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Perception of Space

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  • a symbol can be letters, colors or other characters that communicate a meaning
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Symbolic Productions

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2 Types of Communication

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  • Verbal Language
  • Non-verbal Communications
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National languages, dialect and translation tend to complicate verbal communications. It is sometimes hard to find words to convey the same meaning in different language.

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Verbal Language

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artifacts, objects and technological systems that construct to function within their environment.

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Material Productions and Creative expressions

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refers to pattern of social arrangement and organized relationship that characterize a society.

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Social Culture

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cultural values, ideas, beliefs and traditions are passed from one generation to the next generations.

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Education

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is unspoken and includes facial gesture and expressions.

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Non-verbal Communications

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is a system of common beliefs or attitudes concerning a being or a system of thoughts that consider sacred, divine, moral codes, values, traditions, rituals associated with in this system.

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Religion

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CULTURE’S EFFECT IN INTERANTIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE

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  • Managing employee
  • Communicating and interacting with foreign business partners
  • Negotiating and structuring international business ventures.
  • Developing products and services.
  • Preparing advertising and promotional materials.
  • Preparing for international trade fairs and exhibitions.
  • Interacting with current and potentials customers from abroad
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MODELS AND EXPLANATIONS OF CULTURE

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Cultural Metaphor
Low Context Culture
High Context Culture

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refers to distinctive traditions and institution that strongly associated with particular society.

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Cultural Metaphor

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a culture that relies on elaborate verbal explanations, putting much emphasis on spoken words.

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Low Context Culture

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a culture emphasizes mom verbal messages and views communication as means to promote smooth harmonious relationships

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High Context Culture

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2 Types of Cultural Orientation

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  • Ethnocentric Orientation
  • Polycentric Orientation
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using our own culture as the standard for judging other culture

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Ethnocentric Orientation

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a host country mindset in which the manager develops a strong attachment to the country in which she or he conducts business.

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Polycentric Orientation

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is about doing the right things for the company, the employees, the community, the government, and the natural environment.

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Ethical Behavior

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4 Key Components of Ethical Behavior

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  • Ethics
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Sustainability
  • Corporate Governance
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Moral principles and Values that govern the behavior of people, firms, and governments, regarding right and wrong.

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Ethics

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Refers to operating a business in a manner that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, and commercial expectations of customers, shareholders, employees, and the communities.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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Means meeting humanity’s needs today without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

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Sustainability

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Is the system of procedures and processes by which corporations are managed, directed, and controlled

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Corporate Governance

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a predicament concerning major conflicts among different interests when determining the most appropriate course of action is confounded by a set of solutions that are equally justifiable and often equally imperfect.

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Ethical Dilemma

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the belief that ethical truths are not absolute but differ from group to group.

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Relativism

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the belief that ethical behavioral standards are universal, and firms and individuals should seek to uphold them consistently around the world.

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Normativism

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ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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  • Corruption
  • Bribery
  • Unethical Management Practices
  • Harmful Global Sourcing
  • Illicit Products and Marketing
  • Intellectual Property Infringement
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the practice of obtaining power, personal gain, or influence through illegitimate means and usually occurs at others’ expense.

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Corruptions

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HOW CORRUPTION ENCOUNTERED IN INTERANTIONAL BUSINESS

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Bribery
Embezzlement
Fraud
Extortion and blackmail
Money laundering

42
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occurs when a person offers or gives another person a gift, cash, or favor to act dishonestly.

43
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theft or misuse of funds typically placed in one’s care or belonging to one’s employer

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Embezzlement

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involves wrongfully deceiving a person or another party to give up asset or cash.

45
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involve threats of harm against another person or party unless payment is received or some other demand is met.

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Extortion and Blackmail

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the concealment of the origins of funds obtained through illegal means.

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Money Laundering

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UNETHICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

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  • Harmful Global Sourcing
  • Illicit Products and Marketing
  • Intellectual Property Infringement
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PIRACY AND COUNTERFEITING HURT THE WORLD ECONOMY IN VARIOUS WAYS

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  • International Trade
  • Direct Investment
  • Company performance
  • Innovation
  • Tax Revenues
  • Criminal Activity
  • The natural environment
  • Natural Prosperity and wellbeing
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Settings of Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Workplace CSR
  • Marketplace CSR
  • Environmental CSR
  • Community CSR
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focuses on the firm’s employees and implies thoughtful approach to diversity, recruitment, salary, safety, health, and working conditions.

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Workplace CSR

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emphasizes company interactions with customers, competitors, suppliers, and distributors.

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Marketplace CSR

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refers to the firm’s activities to minimize or eliminate the creation of pollutants as well as efforts to improve the natural environment.

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Environment CSR

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accounts for the firm’s activities aimed at benefiting the community and society.

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Community CSR

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Endorsers of Sustainability

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  • Economic Development Experts
  • Environmentalists
  • Human Rights Activists
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SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES

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  • Beneficial agricultural processes
  • Water conservation
  • Air quality protection
  • Reduced energy and fuel consumption
  • Increased use of solar and development energy
  • Improved work process
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TYPES OF SUSTAINABILITY INTERESTS

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  • Economic Interest
  • Social Interest
  • Environmental Interest
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refers to the firm’s economic impact on the localities where it does business.

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Economic Interest

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refers to how the firm performs relative to societies and social justice, often termed in hiring.

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Social Interest

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refer to the extent of the firm’s contribution to preserving environmental quality, commonly known as environmental impact.

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Environment Interest

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THE ROLES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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(a) a set of values that serve as a guide for employees; and
(b) a set of ground rules for guiding behavior, which include criteria for acceptable decision-making, used by all employees.

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ETHICAL STANDARD APPROACHES FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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  • Utilitarian Approach
  • Rights Approach
  • Fairness Approach
  • Virtue Approach
  • Common good Approach
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  • Provides the most good or the least harm.
  • Produces the greatest balance of good over harm. (to customers, employees, shareholders, the community, and the natural environment)
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Utilitarian Approach

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  • Protects and respects the moral rights of everyone involved.
  • Based on the belief that, regardless of how you deal with an ethical dilemma, human dignity must be preserved
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Rights Approach

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Treats everyone equally and fairly.

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Fairness Approach

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Emphasizes virtues that provide for the full development of our humanity.

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Virtue Approach

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  • Emphasizes the welfare of the entire community or nation.
  • Asks what action contributes most to the quality of life of all affected people
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Common Good Approach

67
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institutionalizing appropriate behavior in the organization’s culture so it becomes part and parcel of strategy.

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Going deep

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continues effort to understand how CSR and sustainability affect every aspect of the firm’s operations worldwide.

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Going Wide

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requires the firm to examine its global operations to identify and improve local issues.

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Going Local

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FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS

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  1. Identify the problem
  2. Examine the facts
  3. Create alternatives
  4. Implement course of action
  5. Evaluate results
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The belief that national prosperity is the result of a positive balance of trade, achieved by maximizing exports and minimizing imports.

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Mercantilism

72
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Relative absence of restrictions to the flow of goods and services between nations.

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Free Trade

73
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The idea that a country benefits by producing only those products it can produce using fewer resources.

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Absolute Advantage Principle -

74
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It may be beneficial for two countries to trade with each other as long as one is relatively more efficient at producing a product needed by the other.

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Comparative Advantage Principle

75
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an economic theory that explains international trade based on differences in factor endowments between countries.

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Factor proportions theory and the Leontief Paradox

76
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trade was growing fastest among industrialized countries with similar factors of production.

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International Product Cycle Theory

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an economic theory that explains international trade based on differences in factor endowments between countries.

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New Trade Theory

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DETERMINANTS OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

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  • Demand conditions
  • Firm Strategy, Structure and rivalry
  • Factor Conditions
  • Related Supporting Industries
  • Industrial Cluster
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nature of home-market demand for specific products and services.

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Demand conditions

80
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nature of domestic rivalry and conditions in a nation that determines how firms are created, organized, and managed.

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Firm Strategy, Structure and rivalry

80
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is a proactive economic development plan a government launched to build or strengthen a particular industry, often implemented in collaboration with the private sector.

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National Industrial Policy

80
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a concentration of businesses, suppliers, and supporting firms in the same industry located at a particular geographic location, characterized by a critical mass of human talent, capital, or other factor endowments.

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Industrial Cluster

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FEATURES OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICIES

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  • Tax incentives
  • Monetary and fiscal policies
  • Educational systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Legal and regulatory systems
81
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nation’s resources such as labor, natural resources, and advanced factors as capital, technology, entrepreneurship, advanced work force skills, and know-how.

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Factor Conditions

81
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these are innovative start-ups that initiate international business soon after their founding.

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Born Global Firms

81
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presence of clusters of suppliers, competitors, and skilled workforce.

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Related Supporting Industries

82
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integrates country-based theories with firm-based theories to determine national competitiveness

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MICHAEL PORTER’S DIAMOND MODEL

83
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was developed by the scholars in the 1970s to describe how companies expand abroad.

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internationalization process model

84
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emphasized FDI is the preferred entry strategy of MNEs.

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FDI-BASED EXPLANATIONS

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refers to the total value of assets that MNEs invest abroad.

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