overall cost structure or improve the quality or functionality of their product offering, thereby allowing them to compete more effectively. 2. What is the International Monetary Fund? What is the World Bank? What is their relationship, if any, with each other? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was created to maintain order in the international monetary system. The World Bank was established to promote economic development. Both organizations were launched as part of the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement
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International Business Environment Spring Semester 2013 Instructor: Mustafa MAMMADOV, PhD Hours: 18:30-21:00 Contact email: mustafa160705@yahoo.com Day: Monday/Wednesday Room: 421 Books: International Business by Charles Hill, 4 edition; International Business by John D. Daniels, Lee H. Radebaugh, Daniel P. Sullivan; 10th edition Recommended reading: Global marketing management, 2nd edition by Brian Toyne and Peter G.P
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5. Exporting In International Trade, "exports" refers to selling goods and services produced in the home country to other markets. Export of commercial quantities of goods normally requires involvement of the customs authorities in both the country of export and the country of import. 6. Licensing A business arrangement in which one company gives another company permission to manufacture its product for a specified payment. 7. Internalization theory Explains the existence
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Pacific State University EC512 International Economic Development Assignment # 9 By Phattaranit Prabpai Q1. The effects of international trade on a country’s development are often related to four basic economic concepts: efficiency growth, equity and stability Briefly explain what is meant by each of these concepts as it relates to the theory of international trade. The whole economic basis for international trade rests on the fact that countries do differ in their resource endowments
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International business International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary. Usually:- Private companies undertake such transactions for profit Governments undertake them for profit and for political reasons. It refers to all those business activities which involves cross
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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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1.6.5 Data presentation 46 1.7 Definition of terms 46 1.8.2 Environment 47 1.8.3 The right to health and the right to a healthy environment 47 1.8.4 Human Right Laws 48 1.8.5 Trade liberalisation and bilateral agreement 49 1.8.7 International Trade Law 53 1.9 Theoretical Framework and Literature Review 56 1.9.1 Introduction 56 1.9.2 Research Structure 56 1.9.3 Chapter one: Introduction 56 1.9.4 Chapter two: Theoretical framework
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A-International Trade theory 1-Mercantilism Thomas Mun (17th century) stated that foreign trade was only beneficial if a country “sells more to strangers yearly than we consume of theirs in value” 2-Absolute advantage (1776, Adam Smith) The ability of a country to produce a product with fewer inputs than another country 3-Comparative advantage (1817, David Ricardo) The notion that although a country may produce both products more cheaply than another country, it is relatively better at producing
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economies around the world. P. 660. 2. The International Flows of Goods and Capital a. The Flow of Goods: Exports, Imports, and Net Exports i. Exports are goods and services that are produced domestically and sold abroad. P. 660. ii. Imports are goods and services that are produced abroad and sold domestically. P. 660. iii. Net exports are the value of a nation’s exports minus the value of its imports, also called the trade balance. P. 660. iv. Trade balance is the value of a nation’s exports minus
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CHAPTER OVERVIEW As more firms enter the international marketplace, the competitive environment is more complex than ever. How can firms determine their level of competitiveness in a marketplace of expanded and increasingly intense rivalry? This chapter seeks to answer that question in a multi-faceted manner. First, the concepts of country-specific and firm-specific advantages are presented from the theories of international trade and the multinational firm. Firms must be aware of
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