Miscellaneous
History
McDonaldization
Modern Globalization
Definitions
100
Consists of 27 countries that have committed to regional integration, by opening borders to the free flow of goods, services, people, and capital.
What is the European Union, or EU?
100
The four modes of transportation.
What are plane, truck, ship, and rail?
100
The burger that was shown to have all 8 ingredients from different countries.
What is a Big Mac?
100
Went public in 1996 and has allowed companies to improve global competitiveness and productivity.
What is the internet?
100
The system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy.
What is Globalization
200
The countries involved in the NAFTA agreement.
What are Canada, United States, and Mexico?
200
The primary mode of transportation during colonial times.
What is ship?
200
McDonald's serves 35 million of these a day.
What are customers?
200
Formed in 1947 (and replaced in 1994 by the WTO) the main objective for this agreement was to reduce barriers to international trade.
What is GATT?
200
Process of awarding a third party, usually a supplier, to perform services that are currently being performed by an organization's employees.
What is outsourcing
300
The main character in the mini case study.
Who is Ray Cisneros?
300
The first method of trade in early globalization.
What is triangle trade?
300
The country with the most expensive Big Mac.
What is Norway?
300
System that was established in the summer of 1944, that set forth the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states.
What is Bretton Woods?
300
The people who work for a company overseas and are responsible for developing relationships with organizations in countries around the globe.
What are Expatriate Managers?
400
Globalization has significantly contributed to the promotion of...
What is international tourism?
400
One of the first trade companies.
What is East India Trading Company, or Dutch India Trading Company?
400
The amount of french fries McDonald's serves in one day.
What is 3 million?
400
The current amount of multinational corporations.
What is 63,000?
400
a type of outsourcing that involves the relocation of a company's business process or processes to a foreign country.
What is off-shoring
500
Off-shoring of jobs leads to ____ ____ in the United States.
What is job loss?
500
The two markets introduced in early globalization.
What are slave trade and cash crops?
500
The onions on a Big Mac in Ukraine come from this country.
What is the United States?
500
The corporation mentioned to have sales larger than Poland's GDP.
What is Walmart?
500
Teams in which a significant amount of communication and interaction occurs electronically rather than face to face.
What are Virtual Teams?
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