Using Theodore Levitt’s central thesis of "The Globalization of markets", as a starting point, provide a discussion on the following

a. Identify and defend/reject/modify Levitt’s bold assertions on the nature of the global firm:

i. The world’s needs and desires have been irrevocably homogenized. This makes the multinational corporation obsolete and the global corporation absolute.
ii. Technology drives consumers relentlessly toward the same common goals – alleviation of life’s burdens and expansion of discretionary time and spending power.
iii. Cultural preferences follow one of two paths: They eventually lose relevance to economic decision making, or they diffuse to other groups and become the substance of global trends.

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u. s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht. a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?

Create a list of five action verbs you might use on a job application to describe skills and/or work history. here are some examples: (organized, produced, selected, coordinated, contributed). find five other than the examples.