and a purely With regard to corporate poals, an MNC is mostly concerned with maximizing domestic firm is mostly concerned with maximizing a. shareholder wealth; short-term earnings b. shareholder wealth; shareholder wealth c. short-term earnings: sales volume d. short-term earnings: shareholder wealth 2. Which of the following could reduce agency problems for an MNC? a stock options as managerial compensation b. hostile takeover threat c. investor monitoring d. All of these are forms of corporate control that could reduce agency problems for an MNC. 3. Licensing obligates a firm to provide while franchising obligates a firm to provide a. a specialized sales or service strategy: its technology b. its technology; a specialized sales or service strategy c. its technology, its technology d. a specialized sales or service strategy, a specialized sales or service strategy e. its technology: an initial investment 4. Which of the following is an example of direct foreign investment? a. exporting to a country b. establishing licensing arrangements in a country c. purchasing existing companies in a country d. investing directly without brokers) in foreign stocks 5. If a country's government imposes a tariff on imported goods that country's current a will likely (assuming no retaliation by other governments). a decrease b. increase c. remain unaffected d. decrease AND remain unaffected is possible Student pressure on the home currency value, other Student Name: 6. An increase in the current account deficit will place things being equal up and b downward d. upward or downward (depending on the size of the deficit) 7. Direct foreign investment into the United States represents a a capital inflow b. trade inflow C. capital outflow d. trade outflow 8. Assume that a bank's bid rate on Swiss francs is 5.45 and its ask rate is $.47. Its bid/ask percentage spread is: a. about 4.4496 b. about 4.269 c. about 4.03%. d. about 4.17% 9. Assume the Canadian dollar is equal to $.85 and the Peruvian nuevo sol is equal to $.38. The value the Peruvian nuevosol in Canadian dollars is: a. about.4470 Canadian dollars. b. about .4471 Canadian dollars. c. about 2.36 Canadian dollars. d. about 2.51 Canadian dollars. 10. A quotation representing the value of a foreign currency in dollars is referred to as an) quotation; a quotation representing the number of units of a foreign currency per dollar is referred to an)_ quotation a. direct; indirect b. indirect; direct c. direct; direct d. indirect: indirect e. cannot be answered without more information
