According to the Reaching Beyond Our Borders Box, How Do

question 117

Multiple Choice

According to the Reaching Beyond our Borders box, how do small business owners use technology to keep their labor costs down?

• A)They have purchased accounting and bookkeeping software like, Quickbooks™
• B)Most have gone in debt to retrofit their manufacturing facilities to include robots on the production lines
• C)They only do business with sweat shops
• D)They solicit the services of Elance.com and other online services to contractually hire graphic designers and other virtual assistants from around the globe

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