Foreign Direct Investment

In 2020, how many new stores did Starbucks open?

• 1404

• 1117

• 2020

• 17 billion

Where did Tesla expand its gigafactories in the same year?

• Vietnam and Bangladesh

• Japan and Italy

• United States and India

• China and Germany

How much did Samsung plan to invest in building a chip plant in the U.S.?

• $17 million

• $147 million

• $17 billion

• $8 billion

What is NOT listed as a motive for FDI?

• Resource-seeking

• Market-seeking

• Efficiency-seeking

• Risk-avoiding

Which country is NOT mentioned as a location where clothing companies move their production for low-cost labor?

• Russia

• Bangladesh

• Vietnam

• Thailand

What type of FDI motive is described by a firm needing to adapt its product to local tastes?

• Government policy-seeking

• Efficiency-seeking

• Market-seeking

• Resource-seeking

Which company is mentioned as having created the X series in the United States?

• Caterpillar

• Volkswagen

• BMW

• Toyota

What is a key benefit of FDI mentioned in the text?

• Increased employment

• Decreased exports

• Cultural erosion

• Political corruption

Which political ideology views multinational corporations as instruments of imperialist domination?

• Free market view

• Radical view

• Mercantilism

• Pragmatic nationalism

Which country offered Toyota an incentive package worth $147 million for building its U.S. automobile assembly plants there?

• Germany

• China

• South Carolina

• Kentucky