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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA 14 (R,S) Exam Nov 2020
Course Code: 41
Course Name: International Business
Max. Marks: 60

PARTA
Answer all questions. Each question carries 2 marks.

Write short notes on

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International Business
Trade barriers
Strategic alliance
South- South Trade
FDI

PART B
Answer any three questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
What are the major decisions in international business?
State the various types of international firms and their strategies.

“Joint Venture is an ideal way of entering a communist or socialist country”.
Comment with an example.

Discuss the salient features of India’s Foreign Trade Policy.

Discuss the major theories in foreign direct investment with suitable examples.

PART C
Compulsory Question. The question carries 20 marks.
Read the case carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
Case study : The Swap Deal
The case discusses stores swap between two of the retailers in the world, Tesco
and Carrefour, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Taiwan. In Taiwan,
Carrefour was among the leading retailers. But in the Czech Republic and

Slovakia, Carrefour was not able to gain market share. Tesco, on the other

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Duration: 3 Hours

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