
International Business: The Challenges of Globalization (8th Edition)
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Author: John J. Wild, Kenneth L. Wild
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 3QS2
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The name given to the belief that a nation can increase its wealth only at the expense of the other nations.
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Zero-sum game is a theory in which nation’s resource and wealth is assumed to be limited and it can only be increased by the expense of other nations.
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International Business: The Challenges of Globalization (8th Edition)
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