MNCs
What is an MNC?
a business operating in its home country and at least one other
China and the US
What is the independent variable in the Li and Resnick (2003) study on democracy and FDI?
Democracy (POLITY scores)
Hugo Chavez
Why is the Iran War driving up oil prices?
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz, an important oil shipping lane, and has also destroyed some of the Gulf states' oil infrastructure
Does more FDI investment go to the Global South or North? (developed vs underdeveloped countries)
North
In the case of Nike we studied, why did Nike take some steps to improve its worker's conditions?
Mass protests over sweatshops
Name two possible control variables you would include in an analysis of the impact of democracy on FDI
Some possible answers: global gdp, country gdp, population, ethnic diversity, etc.
Did NAFTA lead to more or less FDI?
More
What does unit of analysis mean?
The individual entity that a study focuses on
If IKEA opens stores in the U.S. because its furniture is better than American products, which part of the OLI framework does this represent?
Ownership advantage
Which company, TSMC or Intel. benefitted from the CHIPS Act?
Intel
Name a reason reason a country’s population might welcome FDI inflow?
More income, possible investment, economic development
Which countries organized the 1953 coup in Iran, which resulted in a halt to oil nationalization?
US and UK
Name one arguable element of democracy that is not included in POLITY.
Economic rights, incarceration rate, and foreign policy, etc.
If IKEA opens stores in the U.S. because there is a robust consumer market here, which part of the OLI framework does this represent?
Locational advantage
In the case of Fuyao, what event precipitated an effort on the part of the company to improve the employee-employer relationship?
A tense but failed unionization vote
What is the numerical cutoff for the p value for statistical significance in most social science studies?
p<0.05
Name a country whose recent history would serve as an example for the idea that you need electoral democracy in order to secure FDI?
Some possible examples: South Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Has FDI risen or declined in recent years, according to UNCTAD?
Declined
Meta buying instagram and whatsapp are examples of horizontal or vertical integration?
Horizontal
What percentage of the global chip market does TSMC supply? (rough answer acceptable)
60-70%
Why might an MNC be interested in higher levels of property rights?
Economic stability, protection against nationalization
Name one historical example of an autocracy with high levels of property rights
Singapore, Chile (under Pinochet), Hong Kong under the British, etc.
What does "race to the bottom" mean in the context of FDI
Countries competing with one another to eliminate labor rights/regulations to attract FDI