WGU C211: Global Economics for
Managers Cengage Text Graded A+
Globalization ✔✔The close integration of countries and peoples of the world.
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ✔✔A conversion that determines the equivalent a
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WGU C211: Global Economics for
Managers Cengage Text Graded A+
Globalization ✔✔The close integration of countries and peoples of the world.
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ✔✔A conversion that determines the equivalent amount of goods
and services that different currencies can purchase.
Scenario Planning ✔✔A technique to prepare and plan for multiple scenarios (either high or low
risk).
Risk management ✔✔The identification and assessment of risks and the preparation to minimize
the impact of high-risk , unfortunate events.
Gross National Income (GNI) ✔✔GDP + income from non-resident sources abroad. GNI is the
term used by the World Bank and other international organizations to supersede the term GNP.
Gross National Product (GNP) ✔✔GDP + income from non-resident sources abroad.
reverse innovation ✔✔An innovation that is adopted first in emerging economies and is then
diffused around the world.
International Business (IB) ✔✔(1) A business or firm that engages in international crossborder
economic activities and/or (2) the action of doing business abroad.
semiglobalization ✔✔A perspective that suggests that barriers to market integration at borders are
high, but not high enough to insulate countries from each other completely.
BRIC ✔✔Brazil, Russia, India, and China
base of the pyramid (BOP) ✔✔Economies where people make less than $2,000 per capita per year.
emerging economies ✔✔A term that has gradually replaced the term "developing countries" since
the 1990's.
emerging markets ✔✔A term that is often used interchangeably with "emerging economies"
nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) ✔✔An organization that is not affiliated with
governments.
Expatriate Manager ✔✔A manager who works "abroad", or "expat" for short.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ✔✔The sum of value added by resident firms, households, and
governments
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ✔✔Investment in, controlling, and managing value-added
activities in other countries.
Group of 20 (G-20) ✔✔The group of 19 major countries plus the European Union (EU) whose
leaders meet on a biannual basis to solve glo
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