国际商务 英文版 chapter1 练习.doc

Chapter 1 Globalization ?True / False Questions 1. The shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy is referred to as globalization.?True????False 2. A company does not need a large size to facilitate, and benefit from, the globalization of markets.?True????False ? 3. Companies hope to lower their overall cost structure or improve the quality or functionality of their product offering through globalization of production.?True????False ? 4. The most global markets currently are markets for consumer products.?True????False ? 5. Outsourcing is a process that is limited to manufacturing enterprises.?True????False 6. The health care sector in the U.S. cannot avail the benefits of outsourcing to low-cost producers in other nations because of the nature of the work.?True????False ? 7. The World Bank has focused on policing the world trading system and making sure nation-states adhere to the rules laid down in trade treaties.?True????False ? 8. The World Bank is known as the lender of the last resort.?True????False ? 9. One of the UNs central mandates is the promotion of higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development.?True????False ? 10. In 2008 and 2009, the GATT became the forum though which major nations attempted to launch a coordinated policy response to the global financial crisis, which started in America.?True????False ? 11. The Uruguay Round, finalized in December 1993, reduced protection for patents, trademarks, and copyrights.?True????False ? 12. Beggar thy neighbor retaliatory trade policies involved countries progressively lowering trade barriers against each other, which contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s.?True????False ? 13. Rivers Inc., a U.S. based sports apparel manufacturer, sets up a production unit in China to take advantage of the lower labor costs there. This is an example of foreign direct investment.?True????False ? 14. W