Diminishing returns to specialization occur when

At the end of 2020, companies from the country of Erithrea collectively owned $37 billion in assets in its neighboring country of Outflowia. The $37 billion is Erithrea’s ________ of FDI.

A computer manufacturing firm from the United States invests in a microprocessor manufacturing plant in Taiwan. This is an example of

Use the flow-volume loop shown here to answer the next two questions.  

In the example in class regarding McDonald’s restaurants, what two items did the instructor suggest they wanted to sell due to their profitability and alignment with the target market.

Incandescent Lightings, a U.S.-based firm does not want to bear the costs of establishing production facilities in a foreign country. Incandescent Lightings should avoid

U.S. exports are less capital-intensive than U.S. imports, despite the relative abundance of capital in the country. What is this phenomenon that runs contrary to the prediction of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory called?

The Republic of Marunia believes that it is in its best interests to maintain a trade surplus, to export more than it imports. In so doing, the Republic of Marunia hopes to accumulate gold and silver, and consequently, increase its national wealth, prestige, and power. Which of the following influences the Republic of Marunia’s approach to international trade?

A 62 kg patient is intubated and being ventilated on a Drager Infinity. He is on the following settings with an ABG as shown here:Mode: PC-AC                                                FiO2:   0.40Mandatory Rate: 14 bpm                                Mandatory Vt:  440 mL Total Rate:  14 bpm PEEP: 8 cmH2OPinsp:  22 cmH2O                  ABG:  pH 7.39/ PaCO2 39/ PaO2 96/ HCO3 22 The physician writes an order to decrease the PEEP to 5 cmH2O. What effect will the ventilator change have on the ABG?

In the in-class discussion of McDonald’s, we learn that there are various products that they would like to sell but currently do not. The reason why they have not entered these markets (according to the instructor) is due to the exorbitant costs associated with being the first-mover. These costs are referred to as what?