Ch 4 Flashcards

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Global Marketing

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Marketing that targets markets throughout the world

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Global Vision

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A recognition of and reaction to international marketing opportunities using effective global marketing strategies and being aware of threats from foreign competitors in all markets

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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The total market value of all goods and services produced in a country for a given period

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Outsourcing

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The practice of using an outside supplier, generally where the production costs are lower, to complete the work

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5
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Inshoring

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Returning jobs to Canada

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6
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Multinational Corporations

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Using more capital than labour in the production process

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Global Marketing Standardization

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Production of uniform products that can be sold the same way all over the world

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Gross National Income (GNI) per capita

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One measure of the ability of a country’s citizens to buy various good and services

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Mercosur

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The largest Latin American trade agreement, made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

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Uruguay Round

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An agreement created by the World Trade Organization to dramatically lower trade barriers worldwide

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World Trade Organization (WTO)

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A trade organization that replaced the old General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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A trade agreement that contained loopholes that enable counties to avoid trade-barrier reduction agreements

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North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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An agreement among Canada, the United States, and Mexico that created the world’s largest free trade zone at the time

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Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

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A progressive free trade agreement, which covers almost all sectors, and aspects of Canada-EU trade in order to eliminate or reduce barriers

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European Union (EU)

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A free trade zone encompassing 28 European counties

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World Bank

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An international bank that offers low-interest loans, advice, and information to developing nations

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International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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An international organization that acts as a lender of last resort, providing loans to troubled nations, and also works to promote trade throughout financial cooperation

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Group of Twenty (G20)

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A forum for international economic development that promotes discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic stability

19
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High-net-worth individuals (HNWI)

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Individuals who have $1 million in liquid financial assets

20
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Exporting

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Selling domestically produced products to buyers in another country

21
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Buyer For Export

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An intermediary in the global market that assumes all ownership risks and sells globally for its own account

22
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Export Broker

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An intermediary who plays the traditional broker’s role by bringing buyer and seller together

23
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Export Agents

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Intermediaries who act like manufacturers’ agents for exporters; the export agents live in a foreign market

24
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Licensing

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The legal process whereby a licensor agrees to let another firm use its manufacturing process, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary knowledge

25
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Contract Manufacturing

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Private-label manufacturing by a foreign company

26
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Joint Ventures

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A domestic firm’s purchase of a part of foreign company or domestic firm joining with a foreign company to create a new entity

27
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Direct Foreign Investment

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Active ownership of a foreign company or of overseas manufacturing or marketing facilities

28
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Floating Exchange Rates

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Prices of different currencies move up and down based on the demand for and the supply of each currency

29
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Dumping

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The sale of an exported product at a price lower than that charged from the same or a like product in the home market of the exporter

30
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Countertrade

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A form of trade in which all or part of the payment for goods or services is in the form of other goods and services