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[Smart Economy] Problem: Corporations who are seeking to expand their international operations(either by making substantial investments in local corporations, by developing new products for new markets, or by establishing regional manufacturing, distribution, or sales facilities) often encounter substantial risks that greatly differ from the domestic risks they encounter at home. These include: physical risks (e.g., the kidnapping or assassination of executives), economic risks (e.g., currency fluctuations and discriminatory confiscation of assets), market risks (e.g., rejection by foreign consumers of products that were successful domestically), and technological risks (e.g., lack of a reliable telecommunications infrastructure) political risk Political risk has been defined as "”¦ the possibility that political decisions, events, or conditions in a country, including those that might be defined as social, will affect the business environment such that investors will lose money or have a reduced...

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