Holly Owns a Landscape Company and Is Thinking About Expanding

question 74

Multiple Choice

Holly owns a landscape company and is thinking about expanding her services to include outdoor water features (waterfalls, streams, ponds) . If, before making this decision, she looks at the experience of similar firms that have added outdoor water features, she is employing:

• A) cognitive bias.
• B) illusion of control.
• C) devil's advocacy.
• D) outside view.
• E) dialectic inquiry.

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