M.Com. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
First Semester
Commerce
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
(CBCS 2012 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A 3 15)
Answer all questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write a short note on Regional Trade Blocks.
2. How will you calculate National GDP?
3. What relationship should exist between the state and the
businesses?
4. Define MNC and its need.
5. What is a forward market?
Section B 10 50)
Answer all questions choosing either or
All questions carry equal marks.
6. What are the causes and issues concerning
globalisation of economies and businesses?
Or
Critically examine the role of foreign direct
Investment in business.
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7. Explain briefly the international economic
environment of business.
Or
How does technology play a vital role in
International business?
8. What are the factors affecting cultural environment
of business at International level?
Or
How will you measure and handle political risks?
9. Explain the role of UNO and WTO in facilitating
global business.
Or
Critically examine the problems and contributions
of MNCs in promoting International business.
10. Briefly discuss on foreign exchange environment of
businesses.
Or
How will you compute forward and cross rates?
Section C 10 10)
Compulsory Question.
11. In 1969, Union Carbide Corporation a
multinational enterprise in the chemical industry
headquartered in Danbury, connectient, selected Bhopal
as the site for its new pesticide plant in India. Twenty
years later, this was to be the location of the worst
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industrial accident in history. Over three thousand
people were killed and scores of thousands left
permanently injured as a toxic chemical gas enveloped
forty square kilometers around the plant. Years after the
accident, despite intensive analysis of the events leading
to the disaster and numerous court battles, some
fundamental questions remain unanswered. Who was at
fault UCC or its subsidiary union cabide of India Limited
Was there negligence on the part of the
management of the plant? What was the extent and
nature of the cross-border liability of the parent
company, UCC and how, if at all, is it responsible for the
actions of its subsidiary UCIL?