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Identify the international business arrangements described in (i)–(v), in that order. Use the most specific applicable label in the options.

(i) A firm ships goods made in its home country to buyers abroad.

(ii) A foreign firm pays royalties for permission to use a patent; no complete business format is supplied.

(iii) An operator obtains a brand and a complete business format, with continuing operational support.

(iv) Two firms establish a new company and share its equity ownership.

(v) Independent firms contract to cooperate in marketing, without exchanging equity or creating a jointly owned company.

Which sequence correctly identifies these arrangements?

The correct answer is

Exporting, Licensing, Franchising, Equity joint venture, Non-equity strategic alliance

The correct order is Exporting, Licensing, Franchising, Equity joint venture, Non-equity strategic alliance. The descriptions respectively identify cross-border sales, permission to use intellectual property, a complete branded business system, a jointly owned company, and contractual cooperation without shared equity. This is an identification sequence, not a compulsory progression of market-entry stages.

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Important Questions from Theories of international trade - Teaching

  1. Theory of international trade promotes

    A. Increase in demand for exportable products

    B. Rise in prices and volumes

    C. Improvement in quality of products

    D. Reduction in prices and increase in quality for consumers

    Choose the correct  answer from the options given below:

  2. Out of the following, which are the IMF facilities available to member countries?

    A. Extended Fund Facility (EFF)

    B. Structural Adjustment Lending (SAL)

    C. Compensatory Financing Facility (CFF)

    D. Stand-by Arrangements (SBA)

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  3. The theory suggesting that the patterns of international trade are determined by factor endowment rather than productivity was propounded by which one of the following?

  4. Match the items of List - II with the items of List - I and select the code of correct matching. The items relate to International Trade Theories.

    List – I

    List – II

    (a)

     Comparative Cost Theory

    (i)

     Adam Smith

    (b)

     Opportunity Cost Theory   

    (ii)

     Gottfried Haberler.

    (c)

     Factor Endowment Theory 

    (iii)

     David Ricardo

    (d)

     Absolute Cost Theory

    (iv)

     Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. 

  5. Match List I with List II

    List I

    List II

    A.

    Supply side of International Trade

    I.

    David Ricardo

    B.

    Demand side of International Trade

    II.

    Bastable and Alfred Marshall

    C.

    Opportunity cost of International Trade

    III.

    G. Haberler

    D.

    Real cost theory of International Trade

    IV.

    Alfred Marshall and Edgeworth

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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