Transnational companies are those that are involved in
A) international trade.
B) production in multiple countries.
C) manufacturing in multiple countries.
D) foreign sales and marketing in numerous countries.
E) international trade, production and manufacturing in multiple countries, and foreign sales and marketing in numerous countries.
) Places of economic activity organized around one or more high-growth industries are known as
A) growth poles.
B) north poles.
C) economic poles.
D) industrial poles.
E) government poles.
Governments establish propulsive industries to promote
A) regional economic development.
B) economic growth in existing manufacturing centers.
C) primary sector growth.
D) local health, education and welfare.
Core-periphery patterns are modified by
A) deindustrialization.
B) creative destruction.
C) government intervention.
D) innovations in transport and communication.
E) deindustrialization, creative destruction, government intervention and innovations in transport and communication.
In the context of creative destruction in the U.S., investment removed from ________ provided the capital and locational flexibility for investment in peripheral countries.
A) the Sunbelt
B) the Manufacturing Belt
C) maquiladoras
D) export-processing zone
E) the Sunbelt and Manufacturing Belt
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