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Task 16. Comment on the following:

1. "Satisfaction" remains a key tenet of international business.

As the definition indicates, and as for any kind of domestic business, "satisfaction" remains a key tenet of international business. The fact that the transactions are across national borders highlights the difference between domestic and international business

2.Subject to constant change, international business is as much an art as a science.

Subject to constant change, international business is as much an art as a science. Yet success in the art of business depends on a firm grounding in its scientific aspects. Individual consumers, policy-makers, and business executives with an understanding of both aspects will be able to incorporate international business considerations into their thinking and planning.

3.International business has forged a network of global links around the world that binds us all - countries, institutions, and individuals - much closer than ever before.

International business has forged a network of global links around the world that binds us all - countries, institutions, and individuals -much closer than ever before. These links tie together trade, financial markets, technology, and living standards in an unprecedented way.

4.A freeze in Brazil and its effect on coffee production are felt around the world.

A freeze in Brazil and its effect on coffee production are felt around the world. The sudden decline in the Mexican peso affected financial markets in the United States and reverberated throughout Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The economic turmoil in Asia influenced stock markets, investments, and trade flows in all corners of the earth.

5.International business has also brought a global reorientation in production strategies.

International business has also brought a global reorientation in pronduction strategies. Only a few decades ago, for example, it would have deen thought impossible to produce parts for a car in more than one country, assemble it in another, and sell it in yet other countries around the world. Today, such global strategies, coupled with production and distributicn sharing, are common.

Task 18. Do the crossword.

Across:

1. a person who works in business, especially a manager  ___ businessman

    3. an arrangement in which you regularly pay a certain company an amount of money so that they will give you money if something you own is damaged, lost, or stolen, or if you die or are ill or injured ____insurance

4. a company that is bought by another company ____acguired

    6. allowiiui another firm, for payment, to make use of a pattern or trademak __lecensing

10. business of the day ___agenda

11. business before ____pleasure

13.to change or influence something___ to effect

14.(lucky) chance ____opportunity

15.a synonym to decrease ___decline

16.the system by which independent firms are authorised to use a common business system __franchising

Down:

2. a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc___ innovation

5. have reference to smth___relate

7.opposite to frustrate ____satisfy

8.a synonym to mess, disorder ____furmail

9.opposite to strength _____weakness

     11. the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy something; a synonym to cost ____price

      12. a job or series of related jobs that you do, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in

Task 19. Debate these issues in small groups. Then choose one and write about it.

1. Compare and contrast domestic and international business.
2. Is it beneficial for nations to become dependent on one another?
3. Why do more firms in other countries enter international markets than firms in the United States do?

TESTS

Choose the correct answer:

1.   isolationism is a country's policy of not having political or economic relationships with other countries.

a. icolationism

b. isolationism

c. isolasionism

d. isoleitionism

2. A deteriorating standard of living for citizen means the worsening of their wellbeing.

a. worsening

b. improving

c. rising

d. satisfying

3. A multinational company has factories, offices, and business activities in many

different countries.

a. subsidiary

b. entrepreneur

c. joint venture

d. multinational company

4. International business offers companies new markets.

a. old-fashioned

b. unfashionable

c. obsolete 
d.   new

5. International business causes the flow of ideas,^: services, capital across the world, and  as a result, innovations can be developed and disseminated more rapidly.

a. dissipated

b. disregarded

c. disrupted

d. disseminated

6. A combination of domestic and international business, therefore, presents more opportunities for expansion, growth, and  revenue than does domestic business alone.

a. revenue

b. expenditure

c. outgoings

d. loss

7. International business facilitate s the mobility of factors of production.

a. facile

b. facility

c. facilitate

d. fabricate

8. International business redistributes resources, makes preferential choices, and shifts activities on a global level.

a. redistribute

b. reduce 
      c.  redress

d. reflect

9. International business opens up markets to competition, which, in many cases, has been unexpected and is difficult to manage.

a. maltreat

b. mangle

c. manage

d. manhandle

 10. International business activities do not damage everyone to the same degree.

a. suffer

b. damage

c. useful to

d. useless to

11. The international firm and its managers need to understand how to make globalization work for them, as well as think about how to ensure that these benefits are afforded to a wide range of people and countries.

          a. renge

          b. range

          c. randge

          d. rendge

12.International business consists of transactions that are devised and carried out across national borders conform to the objectives of individuals, companies, and organizations.

a. conform

b. comply

c. meet

d. frustrate

13. Primary types of international business are export-import trade and direct foreign investment.

a. export-import trade and direct foreign investment

b. licensing, franchising, and management contracts

c. wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures

d. export-import trade

14. Licensing means to sell someone the right to sell your goods or services in a particular place

a. warrant (a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do sth)

b. insurance

c. licensing

d. franchising

15. Repercussions mean after-effects.

a. reasons

b. causes

c. grounds

d. after-effects

16. The sudden decline in the Mexican peso affected financial markets in the United States and echoed throughout other countries.

a. effaced

b. eclipsed

c. echoed

d. eddied

17. Constraints mean restrictions.

a. restrain

b. restrictions

c. resumption

d. retaliation

18. Nowadays firms are linked to each other through global supply agreements and joint contractions in research and development.

a. agreements

b. discords

c. contradictions

d. contractions

19. A seminar on coping with stress in the workplace was very interesting.

a. up

b. on

c. at

d. with

20. The truth of his account is open to dispute.

a. with

b. at

c. to

d. by

21. Exploration of the solar system began in the 19th century.

a. for

b. at

c. of

d. with

I Ih- Prime Minister's participation in the economic summit Is seen as vital to its success.

a. in

h. on

c. by

d. of

23. A sudden change in temperature will inevitably result in rain.

a. in

b. with

c. of

d. by

24. The evidence leads me to a different conclusion.

a. by

b. to

c. -

d. at

25. We need to carry out more research.

a. at

b. with

c. in

d. out