Global Operations Report (Scenario)

question 17

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Global Operations Report (Scenario)
As Vice President of Global Expansion for Pax Telecom, Deva Mikiri is tasked with preparing a comprehensive report on the company's global operations over the past 20 years. Deva assigns three strategists to collaborate on the History portion of the report, which details the rationale behind Pax's decisions to expand operations in particular areas. Rashid Ahl focuses on early expansion to China, which occurred after China began to make its market more accessible to foreign companies. Markus Teller focuses on Pax's expansion to Eastern Europe, which was motivated by increased industry privatization in key countries. Lavonne Jackson focuses on expansion to Japan, which happened when the company's commercial bank expanded its service network to Asia.
-In describing the main driver behind Pax's expansion to China, Rashid is most likely to emphasize ________.

• A) the high rate of employee attrition in China
• B) advances in technology
• C) reduction of barriers to trade
• D) integration of world financial markets

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