Which Statement Reflects a Pervasive Finding of Porter's Study

question 122

Multiple Choice

Which statement reflects a pervasive finding of Porter's study?

• A) Successful industries within a country tend to be grouped into clusters of related industries.
• B) Trade increases the specialization of production within an industry.
• C) The pattern of trade we observe in the world economy may be the result of first-mover advantages.
• D) Purchasing power parity of a country determines its demand conditions.
• E) Differences in technology may lead to differences in productivity, which in turn, drives international trade patterns.

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Definitions:

Situational Cues

Environmental signals that influence an individual's behavior in a particular context.

Activated Automatically

The process where certain responses or functions are initiated without conscious decision making.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method where a response initially triggered by one stimulus eventually gets triggered by another stimulus, due to their repeated association.

Instrumental Learning

A learning process in which an individual learns to associate behaviors with their consequences, leading to changes in behavior.