Beginning in About 1990, Lending to and Investing in Developing

question 53

Multiple Choice

Beginning in about 1990, lending to and investing in developing countries began to increase. One explanation for this is that:

• A)interest rates in the United States began to rise.
• B)the governments in the developing countries began to encourage import-substituting manufacturing.
• C)changes in IMF policies toward exchange rate risk.
• D)deregulation and privatization in the developing countries opened up profitable new investment opportunities.

Understand the reasons behind resistance to change from an organizational perspective.

Know strategies to overcome resistance to change.

Assess the implications of people's responses to change over time on organizational change efforts.

Understand different psychological perspectives and their approach to studying human behavior.

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Definitions:

Coenzymes

Non-protein organic molecules that bind to enzymes and are essential for their catalytic activity, aiding in various biochemical transformations.

Antioxidants

Substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals, unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures.

Concentration Gradient

The gradual change in the concentration of solutes in a solution as a function of distance through a solution.

Active Transport

Energy-requiring mechanism in which a transport protein pumps a solute across a cell membrane against the solute’s concentration gradient.