Worldwide Banking Group HSBC Moving Its Back-Office Operations to China

question 81

Multiple Choice

Worldwide banking group HSBC moving its back-office operations to China and India is an example of ________.

• A) franchising
• B) liquidating
• C) offshoring
• D) internetworking
• E) cloud computing

Understand the fundamentals of genetic influences on human development.

Identify critical periods in human developmental processes.

Acknowledge the importance of empirical methods in developmental research.

Grasp the significance of socio-historical impacts on human development.

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