International Trade CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 4 IMPORTANCE OF TRADE 5 INTERDEPENDENCE 6 LAW OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE 7 BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY 7 COMPETITIVENESS 8 ECONOMIES OF SCALE 9 FREE TRADE 10 PROTECTIONISM 10 METHODS OF PROTECTIONISM 11 MEASURES OF TRADE 12 Global Trade Risk: 14 Types of Risk, Ways to Manage 14 CONCLUSION 17 REFERENCES 18 INTRODUCTION International trade has a big influence in our day-to-day lives, even if we do not realize it, it is a fact that almost every transaction
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International Business Linked to globalization Globalization 1. What is it ? It is a process where the world is moving away from independent countries to interconnected counties 2. Status ( where we are + measurements) Wave of globalization after WOII * 50 – 60 domination of the US (“free market wave”) The trade rules are set by the US * Now domination China, Asia US domination is gone, different countries dominate the world The demographics of the world economy
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Title: Business Environment: An In-depth Study from Organisational Aspect Course Title: Business Environment Student Id: LCC20135580 Student Name: Mohammed Fafid Miah Date of Submission: 12/12/2013 Table of Contents Lists of the Content Page Number 1. Understand the organizational purpose of businesses 4 1.1 Identify the purpose of different types of business organization 4 1.2 Describe the extent to which an organization
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With globalization creating a world economy, and world trade growing substantially, we are all uniquely interconnected. International trade, and policies surrounding it are a key discussion point for politicians and citizens of nations worldwide, with poverty and development often mentioned when discussing these subjects. As the World Bank puts it, “Trade is a key means to fight poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It allows countries to import ideas and technologies, realize comparative
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Chapter 01 The Challenging World of International Business True / False Questions 1. | All managers need to have a basic knowledge of international business. True False | 2. | As the term is used in the text, foreign business is business whose activities are carried out across national borders. True False | 3. | An international company is an organization with multicountry affiliates, each of which formulates its own business strategy based on perceived market
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Technological Environment Learning Objectives and Chapter Summary |1. |INTRODUCE the basic political systems that characterize regions and countries around the world and offer brief examples of | | |each and their implications for international management. | | | | | |The global political
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Economic activities that encourage/restrict international trade Free trade Free trade is a policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs (to imports) or subsidies (to exports) or quotas. According to the law of comparative advantage, the policy permits trading partners mutual gains from trade of goods and services. Under a WTO treaty signed by 124 nations in 1995, tariffs are being systematically cut by an average of 40 percent
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Assignment on Business Environment Introduction: Business environment is composed of two words ‘Business’ and ‘Environment’. In economic sense ‘Business’ means human activities like production, purchase or extraction or sales of products or services that are performed to earn money. Meanwhile ‘Environment’ means the aspect of surroundings. Business environment is the set of conditions institutional, political, economical, legal or social that is uncontrollable and affects the functions of the
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effects of globalization have touched all the aspects of life and business today. One aspect is the trading policies between countries. Since the late nineteenth century, the collision started between domestic and foreign industries, which ask governments for measures that could protect local industries, without discouraging the country’s trade relations. The term ‘Protectionism’ was thus introduced in the language of global trade and economy (Rowley, 2002). Protectionism is an economic policy applied
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among businesses and is an environmental factor that affects the marketing of products internationally. Economic interdependence strengthens companies and allows companies like PepsiCo to expand to unchartered markets. To improve free trade, and reduce conflict, several trade and anti-trust laws impact global marketing strategy. Companies are dependent upon each other, by means of supplies, goods, labor, and other services. Developing a marketing strategy involves developing relationships with foreign
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