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DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2011 Third Semester BA 9209 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (Regulation 2009) Time: Three hours *Maximum: 100 marks Answer ALL questions PART A (10 2 = 20 marks) 1. What are the perils of liberalization? 2. What is ethnocentricism? 3. State the advantages of RTB. 4. What are the features of multilateral agreement? 5. What are the various global entry strategies? 6. What are the advantages of differentiation strategy? 7. How cost of production could be manipulated in the global production process? 8. Why are buy decisions preferred, over make decisions? 9. What are the sources of International Business conflict? 10. What is the role of negotiation in resolving the conflict? PART B (5 16 = 80 marks) 11. (a) Explain the determinants of country attractiveness. Or (b) Critically evaluate the various factors causing globalization of business. 12. (a) Examine the salient features and the outcomes of the IX round discussions and agreements. Or (b) Explain the need for global competitiveness and its impact on global business. 13. (a) Discuss the various forms of International Business and their relative merits and pitfalls. Or (b) List out various approaches to control International Business. How the developing countries do affect due to control process? 14. (a) Cite an example of the location facilitating and debilitating the Global Production process. Or (b) How and why the selections of expatriate mangers affect the International Human Resource functions? Explain. 15. (a) Critically examine the disadvantages of international business. How does one overcome the disadvantages? Or (b) What is the role scope and issues involved in ethical decision making? Discuss.