UNIT - 1

1. What do you mean by International Business? Illustrate the meaning and importance of International Business

1. International Business Definition 2. Meaning of international business 3. National Boundary 4. Foreign direct investment 5. Macroeconomic level 6. Microeconomic level 7. Foreign Exchange Resources 8. Corporate Wealth 9. Offshore assembly operations 10. Balance of payments 11. International trade 12. International investment 13. Managerial capabilities 14. economic behavior 15. resource gap 16. least cost locations 17. competitive edge 18. capital intensive model 19. Home country 20. Demand 21. Demand for a firms product

22. Investment of capital 23. Transfer technology 24. Research and development 25. Firms competitiveness

2. Elaborate the difference between domestic business and international business.Is it true

that international business has to face greater complexities than domestic business.

1. Meaning of Domestic business 2. Meaning of international business 3. Across the country transactions 4. Across the country production 5. Provision of services 6. Length and breadth of the country 7. Intra firm transactions 8. Parent company 9. Transfer pricing 10. Varying environment 11. Economic environment 12. Host country 13. Social behavior 14. Degree of complexity 15. Political environment 16. Exchange control measures 17. Transfer of funds

18. Conflict management 19. International transactions 20. Export and import 21. Financial risk 22. Difference in marketing between international and domestic business 23. International accounting system 24. Utilization of expatriates 25. Sourcing of raw material

3. Discuss in detail about the evolution and development of international business

1. Process of evolution 2. Multinational corporation 3. Stages of process of evolution 4. Foreign market 5. Lowest possible cost 6. Transportation cost
7. Integration of activities

8. Industrial revolution 9. Host government 10. Foreign trading companies 11. Trading activities 12. Concessions in early development 13. Post war developments

14. World market 15. Substantial growth 16. Two sets of developing countries 17. Most prominent MNCS
18. Recent trends in development

19. FDI Outflow 20. Merger 21. Acquisition 22. FDI flow in general 23. Mini MNCS 24. Volume of trade 25. GATT

4. What is an MNC? Distinguish between ethnocentric, polycentric and geocentric

multinational firms.

1. Meaning of MNC 2. Large segment of international trade

3. Significant contribution of MNC in international business

4. Transnational corporation 5. Supranational corporation 6. What is an MNC according to Vernon and Wells. 7. Common ownership 8. Common pool of resources

9. Common strategies of MNC

10. Strategic features 11. Ethnocentric firms 12. Multi domestic firm 13. Global company 14. Decision making in MNCS 15. Host market oriented policy 16. Global operation policies 17. Polycentric firms 18. Behavioral distinctions 19. Decision making in Transnational company 20. Geocentric company 21. Nature of geocentric company 22. Co ordination of nations
23. Tightly co -ordinated countries

24. Decentralization
25. Global competitiveness

5. Discuss international Environment .

1. What is Environment ? 2. What is international environment ? 3. What are the different types of environment ?

4. What is meant by political environment?

5. What is political diversity ? 6. What is political similarity? 7. What is political scenario?

8. what is political ideology ? 9. what is a democratic political system ? 10. what is totalitarianism ? 11. what are the different forms of political systems? 12. what is parliamentary democracy ? 13. what is presidential democracy ? 14. what is secular totalitarianism? 15. what is theoretical totalitarianism? 16. what is meant embargo ? 17. what is known as political risk? 18. what is legal system ? 19. what is economic environement ? 20. what are the different forms of economic system ? 21. what is socio cultural environment? 22. what is culture 23. what are the elements of culture ? 24. write short note on ethics . 25. Write short note on social responsibility.

6. Discuss the factors that cause globalization of business.

1. what is globalization ? 2. what is international market? 3. what is meant globalization of markets? 4. what is meant by globalization of production? 5. write short note on emergence of of global institutions.
6. what are the drivers of globalization? 7. write short on declining trade and investment barriers.

8. write short note on technology change. 9. write short notes on changing demographics of global economy 10. write short note on world output and world trade.
11. write short note on foreign direct investment.

12. Comment on nature of multinational enterprise. 13. write short note on changing world order. 14. write short note on globalization debate. 15. what is meant by antiglobalization protests ? 16. write short on jobs and income in globalized economy . 17. write short note on labour policies and the environment in a globalized economy. 18. What is global market place ? 19. What is the role of technological change ? 20. what is meant by national sovereignty ? 21. write short note on WTO? 22. write short note on GATT regulations. 23. write short notes on moores law 24. write short note on International monetary fund?

25. what is meant by factors of production?

7. Explain the determinants of country attractiveness .

1. what is meant by country attractiveness ?

2. what is meant by political systems 3. what is collectivism ? 4. what is meant by individualism ? 5. what is meant by economic system ? 6. what is market economy? 7. what is basic appeal? 8. How to determine basic demand? 9. what is availability of resources ? 10. what do you mean by marketing offers ? 11. what is meant by exchange transactions ? 12. what is meant by value ? 13. what is meant by satisfaction ? 14. write short note on culture . 15. what is meant by national business environment . 16. what are cultural forces ? 17. what are political and legal forces ? 18. what is meant by political stability ?
19. what is meant by government regulations?

20. what are economic forces ? 21. what are the other forces of national business environment? 22. what is meant country image? 23. what is meant by market potential ? 24. what is market intensity ? 25. write short note on economic freedom.

8. Discuss in detail about the different modes of international business.

1. what are the different modes of international business 2. what is import ? 3. what is export? 4. what is meant by merchandise exports? 5. what do you mean by service export ? 6. what do you mean by service import ? 7. what do you mean by performance of services ? 8. what do you mean by use of services ? 9. what do you mean by royalties ? 10. what is meant by franchising? 11. what is meant by dividend?
12. what is meant by direct investment ?

13. what is joint venture ? 14. what is mixed venture ? 15. what is meant by portfolio investment ?

16. what is meant by strategic alliance?

17. what is meant by multinational enterprise (MNE) ? 18. what is globally integrated company ?

19. what is a multidomestic company ? 20. what is locally responsive company ? 21. what do you mean by choice of countries ? 22. what is meant by organization and control mechanism ? 23. what is meant by competitive strategy? 24. what is meant by turnkey operations? 25. what is meant by management contract?

9. What are the factors leading to growth in international business in recent decades?

1. what is the desire to expand sales 2. what are the factors leading to growth in international business ? 3. what is meant by rapid technological advancement? 4. what do you mean by the emergence of supportive institutions? 5. what is economic policy? 6. list the advantages of openness of economic policy . 7. write short notes on increase in competition 8. what is meant by structural adjustment? 9. what is meant developed technology ? 10. what do you understand by price inelastic ? 11. what is market oriented economic policy ?
12. write short note on least cost country

13. what is meant by outward looking trade 14. what is meant by internationalization process ? 15. what is external debt? 16. what are the consequences of growing international business? 17. what do you mean by external loans ? 18.

10.Elaborate in detail about Protection vs liberalization of global business environment.

1. what is meant by protection of global business environment ?

UNIT 2

1. Explain the role of WTO in International business.

1. what is WTO? 2. What are the functions of WTO? 3. Why was WTO Established ? 4. Write short note on activities of WTO? 5. What is meant by multilateral? 6. write short notes on dispute settlement court. 7. what is IMF? 8. What is meant by the term bilateral talks?
9. what is the basic purpose of WTO? 10. Write short note on ministerial conference in WTO 11. write short note on general council in WTO 12. write short note on council for trade in goods in WTO 13. write short note on council for trade in services in WTO

14. write short note on committee and management bodies in WTO

15. write short note on disputement settle mechanism of WTO

16. What is meant by dumping?

17. what are the effects of dumping?

18. Comment on the rules for implementing anti-dumping

measures 19. what is trade facilitation ?

20. write short notes on TRIPS.

21. Why is the third ministerial meeting of WTO regarded as failure? 22. Write short note on impact of dumping. 23. what is discrimination ? 24. what is NAMA? 25. How to make balance between agriculture and NAMA?

2. What are the challenges of global business ?Describe them

1. On what condition a business is said to be global business ?

2. Write short note on political factors in international business . 3. What is meant by huge foreign indebtedness ? 4. What is meant by exchange instability ? 5. What is meant by entry restrictions?

6. Short note on entry requirements.

7. Write short note on corruption.

8. what is meant by bureaucratic practices of government

9. What is meant by technological pirating ? 10. What is meant by quality maintenance ? 11. What is high cost?

12. What is meant by tariff? 13. What is meant by the term kickbacks? 14. What is meant by bureaucratic attitude ? 15. What is meant by comparative cost ? 16. What is meant by opportunity cost ? 17. What is cultural transformation ? 18. What is cultural transformation ? 19. What is meant by exchange stability ? 20. What is meant by the term quota ? 21. What is region centric approach ? 22. What is the motive to have high living standards ? 23. What do you mean by utilization of resources ? 24. When does a company realizes economies of scale ? 25. When does a instability in the exchange rates arise?

3. Discuss in detail about the government intervention in formulating trade policies

1. What is the role of government in formulating trade polices? 2. What is natural security? 3. Write short note on protecting industries. 4. What is meant by foreign competitors? 5. Why should government interfere in business? 6. What is meant by the term protecting jobs?

7. Define outsourcing? 8. What is privatization? 9. What is disinvestment? 10. What is liberalization? 11. What is globalized economy? 12. What is meant by protection of right? 13. What is meant by retaliation?
14. What do you mean by tough approach and attitude?

15. What is meant by infant industry argument? 16. What is meant by strategic trade policy? 17. What is protectionism?
18. Write note on great depression?

19. What are the implications for business? 20. What is meant by company strategy? 21. What is competitive advantage? 22. What is the reason to formulate competitive strategy? 23. Write short notes on international economic relations. 24. What are the implications of political factors for international business? 25. Why does the company wish to locate manufacturing facilities at the host country.

4. Explain the need for global competitiveness and its impact on global business.

1. what is competition ?

2. What is global competition?

3. What are the drivers of globalization?

4. what is meant by the term globalization of economies ? 5. what is meant the term NAFTA ? 6. What is meant by the term ASEAN? 7. What is meant by lobbying? 8. what is meant by driven globalization ? 9. what is meant by interdependence of individual countries? 10. what is meant by integration of individual countries ? 11. what is the difference between domestic and foreign market ? 12. what do you mean by buying and selling goods?
13. what do you mean by distribution facilities ?

14. what is meant by product planning? 15. what is meant by product development? 16. what is market consideration ? 17. what is meant by factors of production? 18. what is meant by global orientation? 19. write short note on organizational structure? 20. write short note on organizational culture ? 21. what do you mean by trade barriers? 22. write note on decling trade barriers ? 23. what is online globalization? 24. what is meant by the term strides in technology ? 25. write note on investment barriers?

5. Explain the role of GATT in international business.

1. what is GATT? 2. what are the objectives of GATT? 3. How to raise the standard of living ? 4. what do you mean by full use of resources ? 5. How to expand production ? 6. what do you mean by international trade? 7. write note on intellectual property rights under GATT ?
8. What is the difference between GATT and WTO?

9. When did GATT come to force ?

10. when did GATT get started ?

11. write note on kennedy round? 12. why was GATT designed? 13. what is a multilateral instrument ? 14. what is the basic purpose of GATT ?
15. What is meant by non tariff measures ?

16. What is tariff escalation ? 17. write note on the functioning of GATT? 18. Mention any five roles of GATT? 19. What are the services offered by GATT ? 20. What is meant by international labour mobility?
21. write note on right to establishment .

22. Write note on trade in services .

23. what is meant by phased manufacturing programme? 24. what is meant by product by product approach? 25. How to establish equivalence for bilateral negotiations.

6. Analyze the product life cycle theory of international trade in detail.what are the limitations leveled against this theory.

1. what is product life cycle theory? 2. who propounded the theory of product life cycle theory? 3. what are the stages of product life cycle? 4. what is meant by product location ? 5. what is meant by market location ? 6. write note on competitive factors . 7. Write note on production technology.
8. write note on location of innovation .

9. what is meant by significance of innovation ? 10. write note on labour as a major input. 11. what is meant by growth ? 12. what is the result of growth in business ?
13. How to attract competitors ?

14. what is meant by increased exports ? 15. write note on shift manufacturing . 16. what is maturity in business ? 17. what is meant by standard products?

18. what is meant by large scale production ? 19. what is meant by low unit cost of production ? 20. what happens in the decline stage of business ? 21. what is meant by suitability of the theory ? 22. what are the limitations of PLC Theory ? 23. what are non- cost strategies ? 24. what is meant by rapid technological change ? 25. what do you mean by globalization of world economies ?

7. Discuss in detail about the theories of internal trade .

1. what is international trade ? 2. why does international trade takes place ? 3. what is mercantilism ? 4. what does mercantilism theory suggests ?
5. what is neo mercantilism ?

6. what is absolute cost advantage ? 7. what is natural advantage ? 8. what is meant by acquired advantage ? 9. what are the assumptions of absolute cost advantage ? 10. Illustrate an example for absolute cost advantage. 11. What are the implications of cost advantage theory? 12. What does country size refer to ? 13. What is comparative cost advantage theory ?

14. What are the assumptions of cost advantage theory ? 15. Write short notes on trade barriers ? 16. Illustrate an example for comparative cost advantage theory . 17. What are the implications of comparative cost advantage theory ?
18. Write short note on comparative advantage with money.

19. What does Heckscher Ohlin theory state 20. What does land labour relationship refer to ? 21. What is Leontief paradox? 22. What does country similarity theory refer to ?
23. Write short notes on product life cycle theory. 24. Write short note on global strategic rivalry theory. 25. Write short note on porters national competitive advantage theory.

8. Define the term International relations.How does it affect international business ?

1. what is trade? 2. What is international trade ? 3. What is meant by international relations? 4. Why is international relations important ?
5. Write short notes on international economic relations.

6. What is tariff policy ? 7. What is meant by tariff product ? 8. What is pre emptive buying ? 9. What is cartel?
10. What does international cartels refer to?

11. What is meant by quantity of production?

12. Write short notes on international commodity agreements. 13. What is meant by dumping? 14. What is buying? 15. What is meant by quotas and licences ? 16. What is trading? 17. What is meant by state trading? 18. Discuss in short about Embargoes . 19. What is the primary job of a business firm ? 20. Write short note on business dimension . 21. What does economic policy refer to? 22. What does foreign economic policy refer to ?
23. State the difference between domestic and foreign economic policy.

24. How does government perform trade ?

25. Write short note on Boycott ?

9. Elaborate on RTBs Across the globe.

1. What is trade block?

2. Why is it referred as regional trade block? 3. What is meant by the term free trade area ?

4. Write note on customs union. 5. What is a common market? 6. What is meant by economic union? 7. What is meant by regional approach? 8. What is integration? 9. What are the advantages of integration? 10. What does size of the market refer to? 11. What is meant by rapid technological innovation? 12. What is meant by trade creation? 13. What is meant by diversion? 14. What are the evolutionary stages of EU? 15. What are the objectives of EU? 16. Mention the important activities of EU? 17. Write short note on European council. 18. What does the term making routine decisions refer to?
19. Write note on NAFTA.

20. Write short notes on ASEAN. 21. Write note on AFTA. 22. What are the objectives of AFTA? 23. What is EFTA? 24. What are the objectives of EFTA? 25. Write short note on LAIA?

10.Explain the need for formulating international trade policy.

1. What does trade policy refer to ? 2. State the importance of trade policy in few lines. 3. What is the aim of trade policy? 4. Illustrate trading with an example? 5. What is competency building? 6. Write short note on tariff? 7. Write short note on subsidies.
8. Import quotas short notes with an example.

9. Discuss in short subsidies in advanced countries.

10. What are the advantages of subsidies? 11. What are the disadvantages of subsidies?

12. Write short note on subsidies in developing countries. 13. How to compete with a foreign producer in the domestic market? 14. What does the term restraints refer to? 15. What is meant by voluntary export?
16. What is meant by price of import goods? 17. What makes the domestic goods cheap?

18. What is meant by local content requirement? 19. Write note on administrative policies. 20. Write note on bureaucratic rules. 21. What are the benefits of administrative policies? 22. What does the government do to encourage domestic producer? 23. What is the benefit for the society in giving subsidies?

24. What is meant by study trade policy? 25. What does the term phasing out subsidies refer to ?

UNIT 3

1.Discuss the various forms of international business of their relative merits and demerits.

1. What are the different forms of international business? 2. What is meant by mode of entry? 3. What is meant by business size? 4. Write short notes on influence of environment factors. 5. What is business attractiveness? 6. Define the term foreign market? 7. Write short note on market potential. 8. Write short notes on potential costs. 9. Write short notes on potential benefit. 10. What is meant by risk factor? 11. What is meant by direct exporting? 12. What is meant by indirect exporting?
13. Write short note on licensing argument with foreign countries.

14. What is meant by franchising? 15. What is contract manufacturing? 16. Write note on management contracts. 17. What is meant by turn key projects? 18. What is direct investment? 19. Write note on joint ventures? 20. Write short notes on mergers?

21. Write short notes on acquisitions? 22. When a company is said to be international company?

23. What is meant by foreign market analysis? 24. What is meant by competitive analysis? 25. Write short notes on level of competition.

2.What are the various strategies in international business ?

1. What is strategy? 2. What is international strategy? 3. What is core competency? 4. Write note on multi domestic strategy. 5. What is global strategy? 6. What is transnational strategy? 7. What is meant by strategic alliance? 8. What is meant by similar line of business? 9. What is meant by SWOT analysis? 10. Write short notes on business strength. 11. What is weakness in business? 12. Write short note on opportunity? 13. Write short note on threats in business. 14. What is a corporate level strategy?
15. What does a stability strategy refer to?

16. What does a growth strategy refer to?

17. What are retrenchment strategies?

18. Write short note on global level corporate strategy.

19. Write short notes on collaborative strategy

20. What are the motives of collaborative strategies? 21. Write short note on spread and reduced costs. 22. What is vertical integration? 23. What is horizontal integration? 24. What are the different forms of collaborative strategies? 25. Write note on sharing capacities.

3.Discuss in detail about corporate level strategies for a global business?

1. What does a corporate comprises of? 2. Write short note on corporate level strategy.
3. What is indirect exporting 4. Who is a domestic based exporter?

5. Who is domestic based export agent? 6. When company is said to be a export management company? 7. What are the methods of direct exports? 8. What are the advantages of direct investment? 9. What are the disadvantages of direct investment? 10. What is a niche strategy? 11. What is differentiation strategy? 12. What is offensive strategy?

13. What is international product portfolio? 14. What is competitive strength? 15. Write note on selection of the best among the alternative strategies. 16. Write short note GE Nine cell strategy. 17. What is meant by directional policy matrix? 18. What is meant by strategy implementation? 19. What is meant by organizational structure? 20. Write short notes on partner selection.
21. What is meant by behavioral implementation?

22. What is meant by marketing implementation? 23. What is meant by financial implementation? 24. What is meant by production implementation? 25. What is meant by human resource implementation?

4. List out various approaches to control International business. How the developing countries do affect due to control process.

1. What is control? 2. What are the different approached of control? 3. What is corporate culture? 4. What is common value? 5. What is meant by tradition? 6. Define the term custom?

7. Define the term practices? 8. What is meant by explicit rules? 9. What is common corporate culture? 10. Write note on co ordinating model. 11. What is meant by building teams? 12. Define the term multi thinking? 13. What is meant by job rotation? 14. Write short note on proximity. 15. What are the uses of report? 16. write short note on R & D. 17. What is meant by level of significance? 18. what is meant by change in competencies? 19. what is meant by change in operating systems? 20. what is meant by competence?
21. what is meant by spin-off?

22. what is meant by balancing promotion? 23. what is meant by balancing the fastness? 24. what is meant by quality of decisions? 25. what is meant by subsidiary employer?

5. Discuss in detail about organizational structure of MNCS.

1. What is organizational structure? 2. what is meant by social entity?

3. why organizations are called as effective instruments? 4. what are the steps in designing organizational structure? 5. write note on external environment. 6. what are the objectives of organizational structure? 7. what is meant by vertical organization? 8. what is meant by horizontal organization? 9. what is meant by laissez-faire ? 10. what is job structure? 11. what are the different approaches to organizational structure? 12. what is product organizational structure?
13. what is meant by geographical organization structure?

14. what is decentralized business divisions? 15. write short note on SBU? 16. Write short note on matrix organizational structure? 17. what do you mean by team organizational structure? 18. what is meant by virtual organizational structure? 19. what is meant by product line? 20. what is strategic management of MNC? 21. What is profit maximization? 22. what is international network of marketing? 23. what is diversification policy? 24. what is location of central control office? 25. what is sophisticated technology?

6. How do you evaluate the performance of international business approaches?

1. write note on performance. 2. write note on performance indicator. 3. write note on level of cash flows. 4. write note on capital borrowing. 5. write note on dividend rates. 6. write note on human resources. 7. write note on level of funds. 8. write note on level of employee skills. 9. write potential utilization. 10. write note on production resources. 11.write note on environmental indicators. 12. write note on level of cost savings. 13. write note on degree of fastness. 14. write note on monopolistic competition. 15. write note on environmental indicators. 16. write note on primary demand. 17. write note on societal attitudes. 18. write note on marketing indicators. 19. write note on growth in sales volume. 20. write note on level of sales. 21. what is meant by increase in mark up?

22. what is meant by political stability? 23. what is meant by location of value added activities? 24. what is meant by level of involvement? 25. what is meant by social and local activities?

7. Discuss the role of information system in controlling business operation.

1. what is control process? 2. what is information? 3. what is information system?

4. what is meant by environmental factor?

5. what is meant by product design? 6. on what basis the control process depends. 7.

9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of international business? Discuss 1. What is economic activity? 2. What is meant by increase industrial activity? 3. What is meant by employment? 4. What is income level? 5. When is an industry called as domestic industry? 6. What is meant by sophisticated management technique? 7. What is meant by domestic input? 8. What is competitive ability? 9. What is meant by domestic business? 10. What is meant by reduction of imports? 11. What is meant by favorable effect?

12. What is meant by balance of payment? 13. Who are domestic consumers? 14. What does variety of goods and services refer to? 15. What is meant by utilization of natural resources? 16. What is meant by natural autonomy? 17. What is sovereignty? 18. What is meant by monopolistic competition? 19. What is meant by monopolistic practices? 20. What do you mean by ethnocentric approach? 21. What is dividend? 22. What is royalty? 23. What are consumer goods? 24. What is meant by distribution of capital? 25. What is the ultimate goal of domestic business? 10. Discuss the headquarters and subsidiary relationship and strategic management of MNCS.

1. What is structural relationship? 2. What do you mean by various resources? 3. what do mean my co-ordination? 4. what do you mean by information technology? 5. what do you mean by information sharing? 6. what is meant by resource sharing? 7. what is meant by decision flows? 8. What is meant by co-ordination of activities? 9. What is meant by technology? 10. Write short notes on control of operations? 11. Write short note on strategy formulation? 12. How to formulate global strategy? 13. What does the basic strategic management include? 14. How to formulate goals? 15. What is external environment? 16. What is internal environment? 17. How to implement strategy? 18. How to control strategy? 19. How to reformulate strategy? 20. What is a permanent structural relationship? 21. What is SWOT analysis? 22. How to evaluate strategies? 23. How to control the strategies? 24. What is meant by core strategy? 25. How to implement control strategies?

UNIT -4 What are the impact of generic strategies on the production/operations management of international business firms. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Define production What is meant by production strategy? How should be the strategy for production designed? Define corporate strategy? What is international sourcing? 6. Write note on vertical integration? 7. What is meant by standardization of production facilities? 8. What is meant by international facilities location? 9. Write note on strategic role of foreign plants? 10. Write note on SCM. 11. How to manage service operations? 12. What is service operation? 13. What is meant by quality standards? 14. What is meant by international quality standards? 15. What is internationalization of R & D? 16. What is technology transfer? 17. How to manage technology transfer? 18. What is production location? 19. What are the options for global location of production? 20. What is meant by inventory management policies? 21. What is meant by resource availability? 22. What is meant by country of origin? 23. What are the factors of production? 24. What are the business strategies issues in business? 25. What are trading blocks?

2. What are the advantages of make and buy decision? Discuss trade offs in make or

buy decisions. 1. Define make decision? 2. What is lower cost?

3. What is meant by production activity? 4. What is meant by facilitating specialized investments? 5. What is proprietary product? 6. What is proprietary product technology protection? 7. What is scheduling? 8. What is meant by improved scheduling? 9. What is organizational complexity? 10. Write note on problems of co-ordination. 11. What is the primary job of top management? 12. Sub units in organization- discuss. 13. What is inefficiency? 14. What are the problems in scheduling? 15. Write short note on JIT Techniques. 16. What is result of inefficiency? 17. What is reduced cost? 18. What is meant by offset? 19. Who is an independent supplier? 20. What is meant by strategic alliance? 21. What is meant by strategic alliance with suppliers? 22. What are the benefits of vertical integration? 23. What is strategic flexibility? 24. Who are interdependent suppliers? 25. What must be the way of international business? 3. What is supply chain management? Discuss the issues in global supply chain management 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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What is supply chain management? What is meant by global supply chain? Define the term supply chain management? What are the activities of supply chain? How to measure the performance globally? What is meant by the term global sourcing? What is the impact of globalization on supply chain? What is just in time manufacturing? Why is manufacturing cheaper in developing countries? What is uncertainty? What is meant by visibility in global supply? What are the different issues in global supply chain management? What do the term costs refer to? What is meant by exchange rate? Why is time important in supply chain? Write note on weather conditions. What is the importance of custom? What is meant by sourcing plan? What is meant by supplier selection?

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How to select a supplier? Write note on additional considerations in SCM. What are the challenges of SCM? What are the different trading protocols? What do you mean by shorter product life cycle? What is the role of information technology in SCM?

4. Discuss the impact of information technology on global supply chain management. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What is information technology? What is competitive demand? What is meant by high quality product? How to manage inventory levels proficiently? How to meet customer demand adequately? What are the various components of Information Technology? What is EDI? 8. Discuss the global content of EDI. 9. What is meant by delivering product? 10. What is information system? 11. What are the drawbacks of EDI? 12. Discuss capturing market. 13. What is meant by ERP? 14. Write note on material requirement planning? 15. What is radio frequency? 16. What is RFID? 17. What is meant by E.commerce? 18. Give examples for E.Commerce? 19. What are the benefits of Extranets? 20. What are the benefits of E.Commerce? 21. What are the benefits of EDI? 22. What are the benefits of Intranet in Information technology? 23. What are the benefits of ERP? 24. Write the uses of ERP in various fields? 25. What is meant by EDI based infrastructure?

5.

Discuss the impact of globalization of markets and marketing strategies. 1. State the importance of globalization.

2. What is the process of globalization?

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

What is IT Revolution? What is the importance of globalization? What is a globalized market? What is the major factor for globalization of markets? State the importance of liberalization. 8. Write note eon purchasing power parity? 9. Define PPP? 10. What is GDP? 11. Define GNP? 12. What is domestic GDP? 13. What rate of GDP Is expected to be achieved in the year 2011 by the Indian government? 14. What is marketing strategy? 15. What is marketing orientation? 16. What is a target market? 17. State the term marketing? 18. Explain the term marketing orientation? 19. What is a niche market? 20. Discuss the term customer orientation. 21. Discuss the term foreign niches. 22. Write note on product orientation. 23. Write short notes on strategic marketing orientation. 24. What is segmentation? 25. State the meaning of the term global segmentation.
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Define product development? Discuss the challenges in product development. 1. Define Product? 2. Define product development? 3. What is a global product? 4. Discuss on designing a specific product. 5. What are different types of product? 6. State the term risk in producing a product. 7. State the term market. 8. What is meant by the term product version? 9. Elucidate the term design for the market. 10. What is risk maximization? 11. What is meant by the term variant design? 12. Write note on BOM. 13. Write note on software tracking. 14. What is meant Buying a product? 15. What are the features of a product? 16. State lining up of multiple manufacturers. 17. Discuss the term design everywhere.

18. What is meant by the term development cost? 19. How to design the resources in more efficient manner? 20. Define the term platform flexibility? 21. What is meant by the term speed in development? 22. Elucidate the term complexity in management. 23. Write note on customer involvement. 24. Write short note on outsourcing? 25. What is meant by offshore business operation?
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Discuss about different pricing policies and their effects in international marketing. 1. Define price? 2. What are the objectives of pricing? 3. State the term strategy in pricing. 4. What is the role of government in pricing? 5. What is meant by market diversity? 6. Define export price escalation? 7. Write short note on fluctuations in currency value. 8. What is meant by fixed pricing? 9. What is meant by variable pricing? 10. What is differentiated market? 11. Write short note on market diversity. 12. Define skimming strategy? 13. Write note on penetration strategy. 14. Write short note on cost plus strategy. 15. What is meant by full cost pricing? 16. What is meant by marginal cost pricing? 17. What is meant by absorption cost pricing? 18. What is meant by speedy recovery of investment? 19. Elucidate the term ease of operation. 20. Write short note on credit terms. 21. State the term domestic sales. 22. Write short note on market based pricing. 23. What is demand structure? 24. What is meant by the term consumer behavior? 25. Trigger out the meaning of the term marginal supplies.

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Enumerate the various factors to be considered for channel selection in international marketing. 1. What is channel? 2. What is channel management? 3. What are the 4 Ps of marketing? 4. What is meant by distribution channel? 5. What is meant by International Distribution? 6. Define the term market quota? 7. Elucidate the meaning the term warehouse. 8. Why is target market so important? 9. What are the functions of international distribution channels? 10. What is the structure of international distribution channel? 11. Define the term distribution chain? 12. Write short note on long distribution channel. 13. Write note on short distribution channel. 14. What is direct distribution? 15. What is meant by smooth flow of goods? 16. Who is an overseas customer? 17. What is meant by supply? 18. What is meant by transfer of goods? 19. What is meant by transfer of ownership? 20. What is managerial decision making? 21. What is meant by financial decision? 22. What is meant by substantial resource? 23. What is international border? 24. What is the significance of E.Channel? 25. What is merchant intermediary?

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What are the various sources of funds in international management? Explain 1. What is investment? 2. What is international investment? 3. Name the different environment in business. 4. What is meant by cultural environment? 5. What is meant by foreign investment? 6. What is meant by foreign direct investment? 7. What is political economy? 8. What is capital budgeting? 9. What is capital investment? 10. What is a foreign project? 11. Enumerate the term excess cash flow. 12. What is NPV? 13. What do you mean by discounted cash flow?

14. What is an imperfect process? 15. Enumerate the term parent company. 16. What is political risk? 17. What is meant by the term economic risk? 18. What is meant by foreign exchange risk? 19. What is meant by project cash flow? 20. What is meant by parent cash flow? 21. Write short note on risk and capital budgeting. 22. Write short note on risky projects? 23. What is the meaning of economic collapse? 24. Write note on exchange rate risk. 25. Define exchange risk. 10. Discuss the role of HRM in International business. 1. Trigger out the meaning of HRM in international business. 2. What is meant by difference in culture? 3. What is meant by labour market? 4. What is the importance of legal system in international business? 5. What is meant by bottom line? 6. Which is the important asset of an organization? 7. What is meant by effective management? 8. Write note on PCNS. 9. Write note on TCNS. 10. Who are called expatriates? 11. Who is an expatriate manager? 12. What is meant by foreign operation? 13. What is the importance of expatriate managers? 14. What are the characteristics of an expatriate manager? 15. What is self orientation? 16. What is meant by perceptual ability? 17. What is meant by cultural toughness? 18. Define training? 19. What is the difference between training and development? 20. What is meant by pre departure training? 21. What is language training? 22. Write short note on practical training. 23. Write short note in job rotation. 24. What is performance appraisal? 25. Write short note on compensation.

Unit -5 1. Critically examine the disadvantages of international business. How does one overcome the disadvantages. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Write note on increased cost. Write note on hiring of additional staff. Elucidate the term specialized transfer. Write short note on transfers. Write short note on foreign regulations and standards. Confirmation of new standards trigger out the meaning. Write note on production process. Write short note on delay in payments Elucidate the term flow of cash. 10. What is organizational structure? 11. Bring out the meaning of the term complex organizational structure. 12. What do you mean by the term organizational structure? 13. What is meant by business restructuring? 14. Write short note on transportation. 15. Write short note on loss of domestic jobs. 16. What are the barriers of trade? 17. What is meant by business to business relationship? 18. Write short note on diversity of languages. 19. Elucidate the term business documents. 20. Write short note on export restriction. 21. Write short note on import restriction. 22. What are the minor disadvantages of international business? 23. What is meant by lost productivity? 24. What is meant by local productivity? 25. What is meant by ideological differences?
2. Define conflict? Identify and explain the different ways formation of conflict in

international business. 1. What is conflict? 2. Trace out the meaning of conflict. 3. What is the main objective of global company? 4. Write short notes on developing countries. 5. Write short notes on conflict between host country and MNCS. 6. Write short notes on macroeconomic areas. 7. Write short notes on production areas. 8. Define the term marketing. 9. Write short note on the term finance areas. 10. Define the term human resources? 11. Write short notes on structural factors. 12. Write note on exploitation of human resources.

13. Write short note on conflict in production area? 14. State the importance of manufacturing facilities. 15. What are the benefits of high technology? 16. Write note on production conflict. 17. Write note on pricing conflicts. 18. Trigger out the term higher profits. 19. Write note on place conflicts. 20. Who are stakeholders? 21. What is the importance of economic development? 22. What do you mean by geocentric approach? 23. Write short note on environmental issues in business. 24. Write note on company level conflicts. 25. Write note on globalization.
3. What is conflict resolution? Discuss in detail about the different methods of solving

business conflicts. 1. What is meant by conflict resolution? 2. Define the term dispute resolution? 3. What are the functions of world court? 4. When does World Bank intervene? 5. What is the importance of court? 6. What is conciliation? 7. What is mediation? 8. Who is a third party mediator? 9. What is meant by alternative? 10. Write short note on international chamber of commerce. 11. What is formal arbitration? 12. What is informal arbitration? 13. What is domestic arbitration? 14. What is international arbitration? 15. What is meant by commercial disputes? 16. Who is an arbitrator? 17. State the qualities of an arbitrator. 18. What is meant by the term bilateral agreements? 19. Write short notes on IPR. 20. Define the term corporate citizenship? 21. Elucidate the term MNCS local participation. 22. Write short note on Uruguay round. 23. Write note on private investment. 24. Write short notes on third party conciliation. 25. Trace out the importance of arbitration and conciliation.

4. Discuss the role of various international agencies in resolving conflicts in international business. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What do you mean by the term international agencies? What is the importance of international agencies? Mention the objectives of international agencies. What is meant by conflict preventive function? Discuss the role of international business. 6. Bring out the abbreviation of UN. 7. Write short note on human rights. 8. Write short note on trade practices. 9. What is the function of host government are with regards to conflict? 10. Write short note in trade and development. 11. What is dissemination? 12. State the term restrictive business practices. 13. Elucidate the term encouraging foreign investment. 14. Write short note on transfer of technology. 15. Trigger out the importance of balance of payments. 16. How to acquire a dominant position? 17. How to contribute to the host countrys balance of payments? 18. Write short note on ILO? 19. Define the term vocational training? 20. Write short note on working conditions. 21. What are the ways to encourage employee participation in management? 22. Write short note on world trade organization. 23. Write short note on DSU. 24. What is the rule of WTO with regards to conflicts? 25. Write short note on social policy.
5. What are the features of international business negotiations

1. Define the term negotiation? 2. What is the meaning of international business negotiation? 3. Define the term interpersonal interaction? 4. Write short note on licensing. 5. Write short note on joint ventures. 6. Write short note on acquisitions. 7. Mention the process of negotiation. 8. Trace out the meaning of the term pre actual negotiation. 9. Trigger out the meaning of the term pre actual negotiation. 10. What is task related behavior? 11. What are the assumptions of international business? 12. Write short note on complexity of negotiations. 13. Name the six distinctive features of international business. 14. Who are called as economic commentators?

15. Write short notes on government policies. 16. Trace out the difference between international and domestic negotiations. 17. Write note on law and policies. 18. What is meant by supply contracts? 19. Write short note on currencies. 20. What is importance of currency? 21. Define the term foreign currency? 22. Define the term domestic currency? 23. Write short note on currency policies? 24. Write short note on ideologies. 25. Write short note on international ventures. 6. What are the international business ethical issues to be considered and resolved. 1. Define the term ethics? 2. Define the term business ethics? 3. Define applied ethics? 4. Define professional ethics? 5. What is international business ethics? 6. Write note on moral judgments. 7. Write short notes on values. 8. What is meant by the term boundary? 9. State the term government initiative. 10. Define the term co-operation? 11. What are the ways to enhance ethical behavior? 12. What is international project? 13. Write short note on international co operation projects. 14. Write short note on international commercial behavior. 15. Write note on ethical traditions. 16. Define the term respective GDP. 17. Write note on religious perspectives. 18. What are the ethical issues arising out of international business transactions? 19. Write short note on employment practices. 20. Write short note on human rights. 21. Write note on environmental regulations. 22. Write short note on corruption. 23. What is moral obligation? 24. What is meant by social consequence? 25. Trigger out the term power of abusing.

7. Discuss in detail about the determinants of unethical behavior. 1. What is meant by ethical behavior? 2. What is meant by unethical behavior? 3. What is meant by personal ethics? 4. What is integrity? 5. What is unethical behavior? 6. What is organizational structure? 7. What is meant by unrealistic performance goals? 8. Write note on geographical distance. 9. Write note on environmental controls. 10. What are the determinants of unethical behavior? 11. What is meant by decision making? 12. What is meant by ethical decision making? 13. Write short not eon decision making process. 14. What are the consequences of ethical business? 15. What are the consequences on unethical business? 16. What is meant by unrealistic goal? 17. Write short note on culture. 18. What is the importance of leadership? 19. What are the ways to develop moral courage? 20. Write short note on hiring. 21. Write short note on promotion. 22. Write short note on organizational culture and leadership. 23. What is the importance of decision making? 24. What is moral imagination? 25. What do you mean by appropriate behavior? 8. Explain the process of ethical decision making. 1. What are ethical considerations? 2. Write note on working conditions. 3. Write note on environmental protection. 4.