Exam 11: The Asia Pacific Region

Half of Shanghai's GDP is derived from which of the following industries?

IBM entered into a venture with the Railways Ministry that allowed IBM to set up a national network of IBM service centers in railway stations that has enabled IBM to ship computer parts via the railroad around the country within 24 hours. This venture was dubbed the ____.

Which part of China is considered conservative in both behavior and language?

It is more convenient to think of China as a group of regions rather than a single country.

C. K. Prahalad and associates introduced the concept of a global market, not necessarily defined by national borders but rather by the pockets of poverty across countries, and consisting of 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200. These consumers, concentrated in the LDCs and LLDCs, are referred to as _____ markets.

The first meeting of the members of the ASEAN+3 was devoted to devising a system whereby the member countries could ____.

_____ is the capital of China.

Which of the following characterizes negotiators from the Beijing area?

Negotiators from the Beijing area are known for their unusual bureaucratic sloth and imperialist perspective.

Describe the events that have had major impact on China's economy.

Almost all the Chinese you deal with in _____ will be bilingual and speak at least English fluently.

Given the rampant corruption in India, describe the attitude of investors in India.

Describe the economic growth of ASEAN countries.

The region of Shenzhen was designated as China's first Special Economic Zone.

According to their southern neighbors, businesspeople in the Northeast of China are forthright.

Immediately after World War II, a shattered Japanese nation arrived at a consensus goal for national recovery. That consensual goal provided the incentive for its spectacular progress, decade after decade. Then during the late 1980s, the Japanese people stepped back and looked around at their manifest achievement. It was easy to conclude they had reached their coveted goal. So the question for them became, "all right, what's next?" This theory tries to explain the Japanese crisis of the 90's. Which of the following theory are we talking about?

According to C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets- bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs)-consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200. C. K. Prahalad, the global market consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200 is termed subsistence market.

Which of the following explains why most of the companies with Indian operations are saying that they are not leaving, but planning on expanding their Indian operations?

Which of the following regions is most likely to be considered as the information technology (IT) corridor in north China?

What are BOPMs? What basic point does C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets- bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs) -consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than $1,200. These markets are not necessarily defined by national borders but rather by the pockets of poverty across countries. These 4 billion consumers are, of course, concentrated in the LDCs and LLDCs, as defined in the aforementioned U.N. classification scheme, particularly in South Asia and sub-Sahara Africa.C. K. Prahalad make regarding these markets?