BÀI TẬP CHƯƠNG 2

Activity 3 • Analyzing Economic Systems

▪ Directions: Place a check mark in the

appropriate column(s) to tell if the situation is

characteristic of a command economy, a

market economy, or a mixed economy

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4. Consumers have freedom of choice in the marketplace.
5. Blends government involvement and private consumer choice.
6. Central planning committee makes most economic decisions.
Factors of production are owned by individuals and private
7.
companies.
Most basic industries are owned and operated by the
8.
government.
9. Individuals have the chance to be rewarded for risk taking.
10. An economy that is also referred to as socialism.
11. Government selects who gets what job. 3
Activity 5 • Analyzing International Business
Influences

▪ Directions: For each of the following, place a check

mark in the appropriate column to tell if the situation
is an example of a cultural and social condition, a
political and legal condition, or an economic
condition. Then describe how the situation could
affect the business activities of a company.
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11. A company that sells candy discovers it cannot advertise its product
on television programs aimed at children in a certain country.
12. A computer manufacturer learns that in a country in which it plans to
sell only a few companies have the financial resources to purchase its
equipment.

13. A food company is unable to sell its product in a country in which

consumers believe the taste of the item is disgusting.
14. A manager greets foreign customers by calling them by their first
names, a practice that is not appropriate until the parties are better
acquainted.
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Activity 6 • Analyzing International Business Risks

▪ Directions: For each of the following situations,

place a check mark in the appropriate column
to identify whether the situation is an example
of a political risk, social risk, or economic
risk

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 Changes in consumer spending in a nation due to reduced employment
1.
opportunities
New business regulations that require all food packages to list the
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potential dangers of ingredients
3. Religious beliefs in a country that do not allow people to eat certain foods

4. A trade deficit of a nation that reduces the value of its currency

Traditions in a country that encourage family members to work for the
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family business
6. Frequent changes in the government ruling party in a nation

7. Import taxes that discourage buying foreign-made goods 7