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WorksheetsABM 170 Final Exam
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 45mins
Refers to both the powers exercised by a state in relation to other countries and the supreme powers to exercise over its own members
(a)
A strategy that some firms find eliminates almost all the risks is to license technology for a fee
(a)
lThis strategy becomes especially powerful if the banks have made loans to the host country; if the government threatens expropriation or other types of takeover, the financing bank has substantial power with the government
Licensing
Expanding the investment base
Joint ventures
Political vulnerability
A ___________________ with locals helps minimize anti-MNC feelings, and a joint venture with another MNC adds the additional bargaining power of a third country
licensing
investment base
joint ventures
political vulnerability
All are apporoaches to lessening political vulnerability except
joint ventures
tax ventures
licensing
political bargaining
Is used to estimate the level of risk a company is assuming when making an investment and to help determine the amount of risk it is prepared to accept
(a)
Stem from shortages of foreign exchange held by a country
tax controls
import controls
import restrictions
exchange controls
Risks of ________________________ appear to have lessened over the last two decades because experience has shown that few of the desired benefits materialize after government takeover
domestication
confiscation and expropriation
political bargaining
bribery
The seizing of a company’s assets without payment
(a)
Where the government seizes investment but make some reimbursement for the assets
(a)
The preservation of national economic autonomy, in that residents identify their interests with the preservation of the sovereignty of the state in which they reside. In other words, national interest and security are more important than international relations
(a)
An intense feeling of national pride and unity, an awakening of a nation’s people to pride in their country
(a)
All are government types except
Islamic Republic
Military Junta
Communist State
Economist State
Can also be perceived as a threat to sovereignty and thus become rallying cry by opposing factions
export controls
tax controls
foreign investment
political vulnerability
Jurisdiction in International Legal Disputes which is the process of taking legal action)
(a)
If conciliation is not used or an agreement cannot be reached, the next step is (a)
Also known as mediation which is a nonbinding agreement between parties to resolve disputes by asking a third party to mediate differences
arbitration
conciliation
litigation
reconciliation
Derived from the interpretation of the Qur’an and found in Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other Islamic states
Hadith
Shari'ah Law
Islamic Law
Islamic State
All are bases for legal systems except
Shari'ah Law
Marxist-Socialist Tenets
Military Junta
Common law
Derived from Roman law and found in Germany, Japan, France, and non-Islamic and non-Marxist countries
(a)
Explain the difference between the common and civil/code law
Why do you think people protest against a specific group/institution, or company?
Explain at least 3 approaches to Lessening Political Vulnerability
