Answer:
a. take advantage of underpriced labor services available in certain developing countries.
b. gain access to special R&D capabilities residing in advanced foreign counties.
c. boost profit margins and create shareholder value.
d. avoid regulations and lower tax burdern
Explanation:
Multinational corporation is a company that operates locally in its home country and also aborad. It usually maintains a central office that coordinates business activities.
MNCs have various advantages which includes:
- taking advantage of lower priced labour in developing countries, for example some companies take advantage of cheap labour in China to produce their goods.
- when a company operates in an advanced economy it will take advantage of research and development there.
- regulations and tax burdens can be avoided by setting up manufacturing plants in countries with low regulatory policies.
- MNCs boost shareholder profits by taking advantage of their multiple locations to gain more profits.
Answer:
The correct answer is option D.
Explanation:
A market failure refers to the situaion where the market forces fail to efficiently allocate resources. It happens because of a number of reasons such as externalities, monopoly, asymmetrical information, tragedy of commons etc.
In case of market failure, the government has to intervene to efficiently allocate resources. The failure of price mechanism to produce goods efficiemtly results in government to intervene.
Answer: When workers are given the best working conditions a company can afford.
Explanation:
A good job is done in Human resource management in an organization when it has ensured that staff are given the best working conditions the company can afford. In a hospital for instance, where the staff population is mainly made up of nurses and doctors, an approach can be done to give the workers quality working conditions such as:
1.) Effective work shift, to avoid overstressing employees.
2.) Workers paid adequately and on time.
3.) Granting workers seasonal leaves for rest.
Answer:
Explanation:
This could be due a number of factors.
1 Externality effect
2 There could also be market failure, when property rights are not properly defined.
Externality is the effect of a third party on a property right, when all parties cannot come to an agreeable resolution on properties this could lead to inefficient use of land.
Also when the property rights are not put in place its difficult to come to a resolution that satisfies all parties.
