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《国际企业管理》 期末考试试卷答案 对外经济贸易大学 2005─2006学年第一学期 《国际企业管理》期末考试试卷（A卷） 课程代码及课序号：MGT301－0 A 卷答案 一、True / False Questions (10) 1F 2 F 3F 4T 5F 6F 7T 8T 9T 10F 二、Multiple Choice (only one correct answer) （2’ ×10=20’ ） 1C 2B 3B 4C 5D 6D 7B 8A 9C 10B 三、Essay Questions (8’×4=32’) 1. Discuss the benefits of FDI to the home (source) country. The benefits of FDI to the home (source) country include improvement in the balance of payments as a result of the inward flow of foreign earnings, positive employment effects when the foreign subsidiary creates demand for home-country exports, and benefits from a reverse resource-transfer effect. A reverse resource-transfer effect arises when the foreign subsidiary learns valuable skills abroad that can be transferred back to the home country. 2. Explain the advantages of strategic alliances The advantage of alliances are that they facilitate entry into foreign markets, enable partners to share the fixed costs and risks associated with new products and processes, facilitate the transfer of complementary skills between companies, and help firms establish technical standards. 3. Explain the employment effects of FDI on both the host and the home country. From a host countrys perspective, there are positive employment effects from both the direct hiring of people by the foreign firm and the indirect job creation in firms that supply and service the new employer. More important than the number of jobs created by direct and indirect effects of the new employer, however, is the net effect