A Trend Observed During the Globalization 3

question 106

Multiple Choice

A trend observed during the globalization 3.0 stage involves:

• A) countries around the globe becoming more self-sufficient and independent.
• B) multinational companies organizing as global-collaboration networks.
• C) privately-owned firms getting nationalized.
• D) world's market economies becoming less integrated.

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Definitions:

Capital Budgeting

The process of planning and evaluating investments in long-term assets, analyzing their expected cash flows and their impact on the company's financial future.

Bonds

Financial instruments representing a loan made by an investor to a borrower, typically corporate or governmental, where the issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to pay them interest and/or repay the principal at a later date, termed the maturity.

Issue Stock

This refers to the process by which a company offers new shares to investors or the public in order to raise capital.

NPV

Net Present Value, a method used in capital budgeting to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project by comparing the present value of cash inflows to the initial investment.