Academic Success CentreRed River College
Vocabulary for International Business
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absolute advantage
ad valorem tariff
administrative delays
aesthetics
agents
arm’s length price
attitudes
back-to-back loan
balance of payments
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barter
base currency
bill of lading
body language
bond
born global firm
brain drain
brand name
buyback
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capacity planning
capital account
capital market
capital structure
capitalism
carbon footprint
caste system
centrally planned economy
chains of command
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civil law
class systems
clearing
combination strategy
common market
communism
comparative advantage
compound tariff
confiscation
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consumer panel
convertible currency
copyright
core competency
corporate social responsibility
counterpurchase
countertrade
countervailing duty
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cross licensing
cross rate
cross-functional team
cultural diffusion
cultural imperialism
cultural literacy
cultural trait
culture shock
currency arbitrage
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currency board
currency hedging
currency speculation
currency account deficit
currency account surplus
debt
demand
devaluation
differentiation strategy
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dual pricing
dumping
eclectic theory
efficient market view
emerging markets
equity
ethnocentric staffing
ethnocentricity
expatriates
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expropriation
factor proportions theory
first-mover advantage
Fisher effect
fixed assets
foreign bond
foreign trade zone
forward rate
franchising
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free float system
freight forwarder
fundamental disequilibrium
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
geocentric staffing
global matrix structure
global product structure
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globalization
gold standard
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Gross national product (GNP)
growth strategy
Hofstede framework
Human Development Index (HDI)
Human Resource Management (HRM)
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income elasticity
OR
indirect exporting
intellectual property
intensive channel
interest arbitrage
international area structure
international bond market
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international capital market
international division structure
international Fisher effect
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
international product life cycle
Jamaica Agreement
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joint venture
just-in-time (jit) manufacturing
Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck framework
law of one price
letter of credit
licensing
lingua franca
liquidity
lobbying
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logistics
make-or-buy decision
managed float system
market economy
market imperfections
material culture
mercantilism
mission statement
mixed economy
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multinational corporation (MNC)
national competitive advantage theory
nationalization
newly industrialized country (nic)
offset
offshore financial centre
open account
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over-the-counter (OTC) market
patent
polycentric staffing
portfolio investment
price controls
primary market research
privatization
product liability
property rights
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pull strategy
purchasing power parity (PPP)
push strategy
quota
rationalized production
recruitment
retrenchment strategy
revaluation
revenue
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securitization
selection
social mobility
social stratification
socialism
Special Drawing Right (SDR)
specific tariff
stability strategy
staffing policy
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stakeholders
stock
strategic alliance
subsidy
supply
survey
sustainability
switch training
tariff
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technological dualism
theocracy
topography
total quality management (TQM)
trade deficit
trade diversion
trade surplus
trademark
transfer price
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turnkey project
value added tax (VAT)
value-chain analysis
value density
vehicle currency
venture capital
vertical integration
voluntary export restraint (VER)
wholly owned subsidiary
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World Bank
World Trade Organization (WTO)
worldwide pricing
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