Globalization has been driven by five major factors: political, technological, market, cost, and competitive. Business has fueled these trends and has been the beneficiary of these trends. Understanding these trends helps businesses develop strategies and tactics to accelerate these trends. Understanding globalization trends helps businesses identify opportunities and threats in their environment. Understanding these trends will also make the changes much more manageable. International businesses have greater flexibility, more options, and a broader scope to consider globalization Of production and globalization Of markets. For each driving force listed, match the description or implication for business.

Driving Force:

a. Competitive drivers
b. Political drivers
c. Cost drivers
d. Technological drivers
e. Market drivers

1. Growth in services
2. Exporting or producing overseas
3. Lower cost of goods sold
4. Explosive growth of High power, low-cost computing
5. Explosive growth in international business
6. Preferential trading arrangements and privatization of industries
7. New opportunities and new markets
8. Emergence of global customers
9. Increased opportunities for trade and investment
10. Intense competition in world markets

Assume that all of thurmond company’s sales are credit sales. it has been the practice of thurmond company to provide for uncollectible accounts expense at the rate of one-half of one percent of net credit sales. for the year 20x1 the company had net credit sales of $2,021,000 and the allowance for doubtful accounts account had a credit balance, before adjustments, of $630 as of december 31, 20x1. during 20x2, the following selected transactions occurred: jan. 20 the account of h. scott, a deceased customer who owed $325, was determined to be uncollectible and was therefore written off. mar. 16 informed that a. nettles, a customer, had been declared bankrupt. his account for $898 was written off. apr. 23 the $906 account of j. kenney & sons was written off as uncollectible. aug. 3 wrote off as uncollectible the $750 account of clarke company. oct. 20 wrote off as uncollectible the $1,130 account of g. michael associates. oct. 27 received a check for $325 from the estate of h. scott. this amount had been written off on january 20 of the current year. dec. 20 cater company paid $7,000 of the $7,500 it owed thurmond company. since cater company was going out of business, the $500 balance it still owed was deemed uncollectible and written off. required: prepare journal entries for the december 31, 20x1, and the seven 20x2 transactions on the work sheets provided at the back of this unit. then answer questions 8 and 9 on the answer sheet. t-accounts are also provided for your use in answering these questions. 8. which one of the following entries should have been made on december 31, 20x1?