国际商务11版 英文习题TBChap008.docx

8- PAGE 85 Copyright ? 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 08 Foreign Direct Investment ? True / False Questions? 1. The amount of FDI undertaken over a given time period is known as the flow of FDI.??True????False ? 2. FDI has been declining in the last few decades because protectionist pressures have become less intense.??True????False ? 3. Other things being equal, the greater the capital investment in an economy, the more favorable its future growth prospects are likely to be.??True????False ? 4. Mergers and acquisitions are quicker to execute than greenfield investments.??True????False ? 5. Licensing involves the establishment of a new operation in a foreign country.??True????False ? 6. By placing tariffs on imported goods, governments can increase the cost of exporting relative to foreign direct investment and licensing.??True????False ? 7. An oligopoly is an industry composed of a limited number of large firms.??True????False ? 8. Rivals rarely imitate what a firm does in an oligopoly.??True????False ? 9. John Dunning pioneered the eclectic paradigm.??True????False ? 10. According to the pragmatic nationalistic view, the MNE is a tool for exploiting host countries to the exclusive benefit of their capitalist-imperialist home countries.??True????False ? 11. In practice only a few countries country have adopted the free market view in its pure form.??True????False ? 12. Countries adopting a pragmatic stance pursue policies designed to maximize the national benefits and minimize the national costs.??True????False ? 13. Research supports the view that multinational firms often transfer significant technology when they invest in a foreign country.??True????False ? 14. Direct effects of FDI arise when jobs are created in local suppliers as a result of the FDI and when jobs are created because of increased local spending by em