Q1    Why is the global economy important today?
Q2    How does the global economy change the competitive environment?
Q3    How does the global economy change competitive strategy?
Q4    How does the global economy change value chains and business processes?
Q5    How does the global economy change information systems?

This activity contains 10 questions.

	The world economy was not impacted by the fall of the Soviet Union.    True  False

	The rise of the semiconductor industry in southern Asia greatly expanded international trade.    True  False

	With the rise of the Internet, global customers can more easily search for _________________ vendors and products.   substitute multi-cultural business operational

	The Internet has intensified the competition in the global economy by accelerating the flow of:   information. logistics. goods. services.

	The good thing about competing globally is that it is no more expensive than just staying in domestic markets.    True  False

	The complexity of the world economy makes it very difficult to compete in global markets.    True  False

	When viewed from a global economy, every primary activity in the value chain can have a(n) ________________ component.   transactional international functional secondary

	Global business processes must address differences in ________________ culture, and economic environments.   KM manufacturing language e-mail

	Globalization has little impact on the ________________ component of an information system.   software data procedural hardware

	For use in global applications, the contents of a database may have to be:   queried. translated. managed. indexed.

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