How does foreign direct investment compare to indirect portfolio investment?
A) Foreign direct investment involves such as owning a factory, company, or real estate in a foreign country, whereas indirect portfolio investment such as buying stocks and bonds or making loans to a foreign company.
B) Foreign direct investment involves such as owning a factory, company, or real estate in a foreign country, whereas indirect portfolio investment involves taking loans from a foreign company.
C) Foreign direct investment involves such as trading in the currency of a foreign country, whereas indirect portfolio investment such as buying stocks and bonds or making loans to a foreign company.
D) Foreign direct investment involves such as loaning a factory, company, or real estate in a foreign country, whereas indirect portfolio investment such as buying stocks and bonds or making loans to a foreign company.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic driving the current information revolution?
a. Speed of transmitting information
b. Method of transmitting information
c. Cost of transmitting information
d. Volume of new information
e. Ease of transmitting new information
Except for 17 states that share the euro, each state uses its own currency, which has no inherent value.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The targets of most direct foreign investment in the world are __________.
A) Western industrialized states
B) OPEC members
C) states in the global South
D) Asia and the Pacific
What is the two-level game?
a. Balancing of two different alliances at the same time
b. Simultaneous negotiations with other states and key domestic societal actors
c. Preference for short term alliances at the expense of long-term commitments
d. US strategy during the Sino-Soviet split
e. Leveling two threats coming from two different states at the same time