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Chapter 3
Doing Business in Global Markets
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Undergraduate 1
03/29/2022

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Term
What is buying products from another country called?
Definition
Importing
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What is selling products to another country called?
Definition
Exporting
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What is the movement of goods and services among nations without political or economic barriers?
Definition
Free trade
Term
What is a theory that states that a country should sell to other countries those products that it produces most effectively and efficiently, and buy from other countries those products that it cannot produce as effectively or efficiently?
Definition
Comparative advantage theory
Term
What is the advantage that exists when a country has a monopoly on producing a specific product or is able to produce it more efficiently than all other countries?
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Absolute advantage
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What is the total value of a nation's exports compared to its imports over a particular period?
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Balance of trade
Term
What is a favorable balance of trade and it occurs when the value of a country's exports exceeds that of it's imports?
Definition
Trade surplus
Term
What is an unfavorable balance of trade and occurs when the value of a country's imports exceeds that of its imports?
Definition
Trade deficit
Term
What is the difference between money coming into a country (from exports) and money leaving the country (from imports) plus money from other factors such as tourism, foreign aid, military expenditures, and foreign investment?
Definition
Balance of payments
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What is selling products in a foreign country at lower prices that those charged in the producing country?
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Dumping
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What is a global strategy in which a firm (the licensor) allows a foreign company (the licensee) to produce its product in exchange for a fee (a royalty)?
Definition
Licensing
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What is a foreign company's production of private-label goods to which a domestic company then attaches its brand name or trademark?
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Contract manufacturing
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What is a partnership in which two or more companies (often from different countries) join to undertake a major project?
Definition
Joint venture
Term
Shared technology and risk, shared marketing and management expertise, and entry into markets where foreign companies are often not allowed unless goods are produced locally are benefits of what type of business?
Definition
International joint ventures
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What is a long-term partnership between two or more companies established to help each company build competitive market advantages?
Definition
Strategic alliance
Term
What is the buying of permanent property and businesses in foreign nations?
Definition
Foreign direct investment
Term
What is a company owned in a foreign country by another company? Also known as a parent company
Definition
Foreign subsidiary
Term
What is a business that is taken over by a foreign government?
Definition
Expropriation
Term
What is an organization that manufactures and markets products in many different countries and has multinational stock ownership and multinational management?
Definition
Multinational corporation
Term
What are investment funds controlled by governments holding large stakes in foreign countries?
Definition
Sovereign wealth funds
Term
What is an attitude that your own culture is superior to other cultures?
Definition
Ethnocentricity
Term
What is the value of one nation's currency relative to the currencies of other countries?
Definition
Exchange rate
Term
What is lowering the value of a nation's currency relative to other currencies?
Definition
Devaluation
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What is a complex form of bartering in which several countries may be involved, each trading goods for goods or services for services?
Definition
Countertrading
Term
What is the use of government regulations to limit the import of goods and services?
Definition
Trade protectionism
Term
What is a tax imposed on imports?
Definition
Tariff
Term
What is a limit on the number of products in certain categories that a nation can import?
Definition
Import quota
Term
What is a complete ban on the import and export of a certain product, or the stopping of all trade with a particular country?
Definition
Embargo
Term
What type of tariff raises the retail price of imported products so that domestic goods are more competitively priced?
Definition
Protective tariffs
Term
What type of tariffs are designed to raise money for the government?
Definition
Revenue tariffs
Term
What is a 1948 agreement that established an international forum for negotiating mutual reductions in trade restrictions?
Definition
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Term
What is the international organization that replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and was assigned the duty to mediate trade disputes among nations?
Definition
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Term
What is a regional group of countries that have a common external tariff, no internal tariffs, and a coordination of laws to facilitate exchange? Also known as a trading bloc. The EU is an example.
Definition
Common market
Term
What is an agreement that created a free-trade area among the US, Canada, and Mexico?
Definition
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Term
What is the free trade agreement among the United States, Mexico, and Canada that replaced NAFTA in an effort to create more balanced and reciprocal trade?
Definition
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Term
What is contracting with other companies to do some or all of the functions of a firm, like its production or accounting tasks?
Definition
Outsourcing
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