What Is the Outsourcing Option That Includes the Closest Location

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the outsourcing option that includes the closest location and direct customer control?

• A) Onshore outsourcing
• B) Nearshore outsourcing
• C) Offshore outsourcing
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Cartel Agreements

An arrangement between competing firms to control prices or exclude entry of a new competitor in a market, often to maximize their own profits by limiting supply.

Price-fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices at a certain level rather than allowing them to fluctuate naturally with market forces.

Clayton Act

A U.S. antitrust law, enacted in 1914, aimed at promoting fair competition and preventing monopolies.

Illegal Cooperative Agreements

Illegal cooperative agreements refer to unlawful arrangements between competing businesses to fix prices, divide markets, or engage in other anti-competitive practices.