14. Which strategy for entering into a foreign market has the lowest degree of risk?

14. Which strategy for entering into a foreign market has the lowest degree of risk?

Wholly-owned subsidiary

Joint venture

Foreign acquisition

Licensing

15. what is a non-equity mode involving some type of contractual agreement?

Minority joint venturing

Direct exporting

Licensing

Acquisition

16. After the Lehman Brothers collapse, the federal Reserve stood ready to lend financial institutions funds. When the Federal reserve did this, it was acting in its role as a lender of last resort. Which type of group has this role?

Informal institution

Nongovernmental organization

Formal institution

Government agency

17. What is the comprehensive free-trade settlement among canada, uS, and mexico, that addresses issues of protecting workers rights, the environment and reducing tariffs and non tariff trade barriers?

NAFTA

ASEAN

AMEA

Mercosur

18. what is one of the core propositions underpinning an institution based view of global business?

A political system should establish controls of the financial sector

Countries should provide tariff protection

If formal constraints are not in place, the informal constraints will guide decision making

Investment in infrastructure provides a multiplier effect in a developing economy

19. what is one of the core propositions underpinning an institution-based view of global business?

Investment in infrastructure provides a multiplier effect in a developing economy

Government should provide tariff protection

Managers and corporations make rational decisions within their formal and informal framework

A political system should establish controls of the financial sector

20. Which type of system allows businesses to be privately owned with a strong individualistic profit orientation?

Market economy

Democracy

Command economy

Totalitarianism