Designing and Implementing a Global Database Is a Technical Challenge

question 20

Multiple Choice

Designing and implementing a global database is a technical challenge, mainly because of the _____.

• A)variations in the business needs of an organization
• B)different character sets used for the names of people and places
• C)complications involved in providing complete autonomy to a company's subsidiaries
• D)need to transfer data across cultural and geographic boundaries

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Definitions:

Specialization

The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill within production or labor.

Comparative Advantage

The ability of an individual, firm, or country to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than others, leading to a basis for beneficial trade.

Opportunity Cost

The cost of forgoing the next best alternative when making a decision, effectively the value of the opportunity lost.

Import Commodities

Goods or services brought into one country from another for the purpose of trade.