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Question 1:

The term ‘multinational’ was first applied to corporations with overseas operations during which period?
a) 1950s
b) 1970s
c) 1960s
d) 1990s
e) 1980s

Question 2:

Which German electrical company was among the first corporations to establish foreign operations as early as the 1850s?
a) Siemens
b) Nokia
c) LG
d) General Electric
e) Microsoft

Question 3:

Which of the following companies was among the earliest corporations chartered by colonial authorities to facilitate the exploitation of raw materials and markets as part of the process of colonization?
a) Marks and Spencer
b) Wal-Mart
c) The Hudson's Bay Company
d) Unilever
e) Cadbury

Question 4:

The type of investment where the investor, either an individual or a corporation, does not acquire control over the management of the foreign enterprise, but loans the capital to local producers is known as ________.
a) foreign direct investment
b) Greenfield investment
c) prime investment
d) portfolio investment
e) progressive investment

Question 5:

According to Craig Murphy, which of the following groups provided the political leadership needed to create the Public International Unions?
a) Academics
b) Aristocrats
c) Public servants
d) Trade unions
e) Investment banks

Question 6:

In which decade did the current wave of multinational corporate expansion begin within the global economy?
a) 1890s
b) 1930s
c) 1940s
d) 1950s
e) 1990s

Question 7:

Multinational corporate activity in the 1970s was said to focus in which of the following regions?
a) Latin America
b) Asia
c) Sub-Saharan Africa
d) North America and Europe
e) The Middle East

Question 8:

The second wave of MNC activity could be attributed to ________.
a) the end of the Cold War
b) American imperialism
c) the invention of the Internet
d) the removal of trade barriers
e) lower costs of production

Question 10:

The new initiative(s) launched in 1997 by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to promote a direct relationship between the UN and MNCs is/are known as ________.
a) Millennium Development Goals
b) the Global Compact
c) Corporate Social Responsibility
d) Poverty Reduction Strategies
e) Publish What You Produce

Question 11:

More than half of institutions created during the first wave of global governance designed to “foster industry” were initiated directly by the commercial interest concerned (page 223).
a) True
b) False

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