To Be Able to Accommodate Demands for Local Responsiveness, a Firm

question 18

Multiple Choice

To be able to accommodate demands for local responsiveness, a firm should:

• A)ignore national differences in consumer tastes and preferences.
• B)decentralize production activities to the major national or regional markets.
• C)ensure that the manufacturing processes in all units are identical.
• D)standardize the product coming out of all manufacturing units.
• E)refrain from hiring host country managers.

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