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Memorizing Chapter 3-7 key-terms (86 cards)

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What’s gross national income (GNI) or GDP

Chapter 3

Economic measurement

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Measures the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. (C + I + G + NX)

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Define Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Chapter 3

GDP relationship

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Adjustment in gross domestic product per capita to reflect differences in the cost of living.

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Tell me about Human Development Index (HDI)

Chapter 3

Factors

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Attempt by the United Nations to assess the impact of a number of factors on the quality of human life in a country.

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What’s innovation?

Chapter 3

Development

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Development of new products, processes, organizations, management practices, and strategies.

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What’s the primary role for entrepreneurs?

Chapter 3

In relation to first-mover advantage

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Those who first commercialize innovations.

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Define the word deregulation.

Chapter 3

Business conducting

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It is the removal of government restrictions concerning the conduct of a business.

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First-mover advantages vs. Late-mover disadvantages

Chapter 3

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Advantages accruing to the first to enter a market vs. Handicaps experienced by being a late entrant in a market.

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What’s political risk?

Chapter 3

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Political shifts disrupting a country’s business, hurting a firm’s profits.

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What’s economic risk?

Chapter 3

Business relationship

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Economic mismanagement disrupting a country’s business, hurting a firm’s profits.

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What’s legal risk?

Chapter 3

Thinking ahead

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The likelihood that a trading partner will opportunistically break a contract or expropriate intellectual property rights.

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What’s the cross-cultural literacy?

Chapter 4

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Understanding how the culture of a country affects the way business is practiced.

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Define the word culture.

Chapter 4

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System of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living.

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Define the term values.

Chapter 4

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Abstract ideas about what a society believes to be good, right, and desirable.

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Define the word norms.

Chapter 4

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Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations.

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What’s a society?

Chapter 4

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Group of people who share a common set of values and norms.

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Define the folkways.

Chapter 4

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Routine conventions of everyday life.

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What are mores?

Chapter 4

In relation to norms

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Norms seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life.

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What is a social structure?

Chapter 4

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The basic social organization of a society.

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Define what is a group in relation to IB.

Chapter 4

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An association of two or more individuals who have a shared sense of identity and who interact with each other in structured ways on the basis of a common set of expectations about each other’s behavior.

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What is social strata?

Chapter 4

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Hierarchical social categories often based on family background, occupation, and income.

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What is social mobility?

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The extent to which individuals can move out of the social strata into which they are born.

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Define the term caste system.

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A system of social stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which a person is born, and change in that position is usually not possibleduring an individual’s lifetime.

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What’s a class system?

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A system of social stratification in which social status is determined by the family into which a person is born and by subsequent socioeconomic achievements; mobility between classes is possible.

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Tell me about the class consciousness.

Chapter 4

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Tendency for individuals to perceive themselves in terms of their class background.

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What is a **religion**? | Chapter 4
A system of **shared beliefs and rituals** concerned with the **realm of the sacred.**
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Define the word **ethical system**. | Chapter 4
A set of **moral principles, or values**, that is used to **guide and shape behavior**.
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What's the **power distance**? (Hofstede's work) | Chapter 4 ## Footnote Balancement
Theory of how a society deals with the fact that people are **unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities**. **High power distance** cultures are found in countries that let **inequalities grow over time** into **inequalities of power and wealth**; **low power distance **cultures are found in societies that try to **play down such inequalities as much as possible.**
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**Individualism** versus **collectivism**? (Hofstede's work) | Chapter 4
Theory focusing on the **relationship between the individual and his or her fellows**; in **individualistic societies**, the ties between individuals are loose and **individual achievement** is highly valued; in **societies where collectivism** is emphasized, ties between individuals are tight, people are born into collectives, such as extended families, and everyone is supposed to **look after the interests of his or her collective**.
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Define the term **uncertainty avoidance**? (Hofstede's work) | Chapter 4
Extent to which cultures socialize members to **accept ambiguous situations and to tolerate uncertainty**.
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**Masculinity** vs. **Femininity**? (Hofstede's work) | Chapter 4
Theory of the relationship between gender and work roles. In masculine cultures, sex roles are sharply differentiated and traditional “masculine values” such as **achievement and the effective exercise of power determine cultural ideals**; in feminine cultures, sex roles are less sharply distinguished, and **little differentiation is made between men and women in the same job**.
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**Long-term** versus **short-term** orientation (Hofstede's work) | Chapter 4
Theory of the extent to which a culture programs its citizens to accept **delayed gratification** of their material, social, and emotional needs. It captures attitudes toward time, persistence, ordering by status, protection of face, respect for tradition, and reciprocation of gifts and favors.
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What's the word **ethnocentrism**? | Chapter 4
Behavior that is based on the **belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group** or culture; often shows disregard or contempt for the culture of other countries.
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Define the term **ethics**? | Chapter 5
**Accepted principles of right or wrong** that govern the conduct of a person, the members of a profession, or the actions of an organization.
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What are the **business ethics**? | Chapter 5
Accepted **principles of right and wrong** governing the **conduct of businesspeople**.
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What's an **ethical strategy**? | Chapter 5
Course of action that **does not violate a company’s business ethics**.
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**Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)** | Chapter 5 ## Footnote U.S relation
U.S. **law regulating behavior regarding the conduct of international business** in the taking of bribes and other unethical actions.
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**Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions**(OECD) | Chapter 5
OECD convention that establishes legally binding standards to **criminalize bribery of foreign public officials** in international business transactions and provides for a host of **related measures that make this effective**.
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What's an **ethical dilemma**? | Chapter 5
Situation in which there is **no ethically acceptable solution**.
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Define the term **organizational culture**? | Chapter 5
**Values and norms shared** among an organization’s employees.
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What's **cultural relativism**? | Chapter 5
Belief that **ethics are culturally determined** and that firms should adopt the ethics of the cultures in which they operate.
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Define the term **righteous moralist**. | Chapter 5 ## Footnote Mr. Moral
One who claims that a **multinational’s home-country standards** of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries.
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What's **naive immoralist**? | Chapter 5 ## Footnote Pitching the ball on the other camp.
One who asserts that if a manager of a multinational sees that firms from other nations are **not following ethical norms** in a host nation, that **manager should not either**.
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What's **utilitarian approaches** to ethics? | Chapter 5
These hold that the **moral worth of actions or practices** is determined by their consequences.
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What are **Kantian ethics**? | Chapter 5
Belief that **people should be treated as ends** and **never as means** to the ends of others.
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Define what are the **rights theories**. | Chapter 5 ## Footnote Ethics
Twentieth-century theories that recognize that human beings have **fundamental rights and privileges** that transcend national boundaries and cultures.
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What's the **Universal Declaration of Human Rights**? | Chapter 5 ## Footnote U.N
**United Nations document** that lays down the **basic principles of human rights** that should be adhered to.
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Define the term **just distribution**. | Chapter 5
Distribution of goods and services that is **considered fair and equitable**.
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What's a **code of ethics**? | Chapter 5
A business’ **formal statement** of **ethical priorities.**
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What are **stakeholders**? | Chapter 5
Individuals or groups who have **an interest, stake, or claim in the actions and overall performance** of a company.
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Difference between **internal stakeholders** vs. **external stakeholders**? | Chapter 5
People who **work for or own the business** such as employees, directors, and stockholders vs. Individuals or groups that have some claim on a firm such as **customers, suppliers, and unions.**
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What's the concept of **corporate social responsibility (CSR)**? | Chapter 5 ## Footnote In relation to business
Idea that businesspeople should consider the **social consequences of economic actions** when making business decisions and that there should be a presumption in favor of decisions that have both good economic and social consequences.
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What are the **sustainable strategies** about? | Chapter 5
Strategies that not only help the multinational firm make good profits but that **do so without harming the environment**, while simultaneously ensuring that the corporation acts in a socially responsible manner with regard to its multiple stakeholders.
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What is the **precautionary principle**? | Chapter 5 ## Footnote In relation to the collection of data
When **scientific understanding of an action's effects is limited**, unclear, or uncertain, and initial evidence suggests it might harm the environment, humans, animals, or plants, we **should avoid or delay that action until we know more**.
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What's a **free trade** about? | Chapter 6
The **absence of barriers to the free flow of goods and services** between countries.
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Define the term **new trade theory**. | Chapter 6 ## Footnote In relation to first-mover advantage
The **observed pattern of trade** in the world economy may be due in part to the ability of firms in a given market to **capture first-mover advantages**.
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What are **factor endowments**? | Chapter 6
A country’s endowment with resources such as **land, labor, and capital**.
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Define the word **mercantilism**. | Chapter 6 ## Footnote In relation to philosophy
An **economic philosophy advocating** that countries should simultaneously **encourage exports** and **discourage imports**.
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What's a **zero-sum game**? | Chapter 6 ## Footnote Pitching the ball on the other camp
A situation in which an **economic gain by one country** results in an **economic loss by another**.
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Define the term **absolute advantage**. | Chapter 6 ## Footnote In relation to production
A country has an absolute advantage in the production of a product when it is **more efficient than any other country** at producing it.
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What are **constant returns to specialization**? | Chapter 6
The **units of resources required to produce a good** are assumed to remain constant no matter where one is on a country’s production possibility frontier.
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What are **economies of scale**? | Chapter 6
**Cost advantages** associated with **large-scale production**.
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Define the term **balance-of-payments accounts**. | Chapter 6
National accounts that **track both payments** to and **receipts from foreigners**.
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What is the **current account**? | Chapter 6
In the balance of payments, **records transactions involving the export or import of goods and services**.
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What is the **current account deficit** vs. **current account surplus**? | Chapter 6 ## Footnote ( >/ = /< )
The current account of the balance of payments is in **deficit** when a country **imports more goods, services, and income than it exports**. The current account of the balance of payments is in **surplus **when a country **exports more goods, services, and income than it imports**.
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Define the word **capital account**? | Chapter 6
In the balance of payments, records transactions **involving one-time changes in the stock of assets**.
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Define the term **financial account**? | Chapter 6
In the balance of payments, transactions that **involve the purchase or sale of assets.**
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What is a **free trade**? | Chapter 7
The **absence of barriers** to the free flow of goods and services between countries.
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**General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)** | Chapter 7
**International treaty** that committed signatories to **lowering barriers** to the free flow of goods across national borders and led to the WTO. | Chapter 7
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Define the term **import tariff**. | Chapter 7
A **tax levied on imports** of goods or services.
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What is **specific tariff**? | Chapter 7
A **tariff levied as a fixed charge for each unit** of good imported.
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Define the word **ad valorem tariff**. | Chapter 7
A **tariff levied as a proportion of the value of an imported good.**
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What are **export tariffs**? | Chapter 7
A tax placed on the **export of a good**.
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Define the use of the term **export ban**. | Chapter 7
A **policy that partially or entirely restricts** the export of a good.
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What is a **subsidy**? | Chapter 7
**Government financial assistance** to a domestic producer.
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What are **import quotas**? | Chapter 7
A **direct restriction on the quantity of a good** that can be imported into a country.
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Define the word **tariff rate quota**. | Chapter 7
**Lower tariff rates applied to imports** within the quota than those over the quota.
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**Voluntary export restraint (VER)** | Chapter 7
A quota on trade **imposed from the exporting country’s side**, instead of the importer’s; usually imposed at the **request of the importing country’s government**.
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What is a **quota rent**? | Chapter 7
Extra profit producers make when **supply is artificially limited** by an import quota.
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**Local content requirement (LCR)** | Chapter 7
A requirement that **some specific fraction of a good be produced domestically.**
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What are **administrative trade policies**? | Chapter 7 ## Footnote Government bureaucratics
Administrative policies, typically adopted by government bureaucracies, that can be used to **restrict imports or boost exports.**
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Define the term **dumping**. | Chapter 7
Selling goods in a foreign market for l**ess than their cost of production** or **below their “fair” market value**.
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Define the word **antidumping policies**. (Antidumping duties) | Chapter 7
Designed to punish foreign firms that engage in dumping and thus **protect domestic producers from unfair foreign competition.**
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What's an **infant industry argument**? | Chapter 7 ## Footnote Infant industry = new industry
New industries in developing countries must be **temporarily protected from international competition** to help them reach a position where they can compete on world markets with the firms of developed nations.
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Define the term **strategic trade policy**. | Chapter 7
Government policy aimed at **improving the competitive position** of a domestic industry and/or domestic firm in the world market.
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What's the **Smoot-Hawley Act**? | Chapter 7
Enacted in 1930 by the U.S. Congress, this act erected a **wall of tariff barriers against imports **into the United States.
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Define the term **multilateral or bilateral trade agreements**. | Chapter 7
Reciprocal trade agreements between **two or more partners**.

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