Recent Trends That Might Lead Managers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs)

question 139

Multiple Choice

Recent trends that might lead managers of multinational corporations (MNCs) to adopt a more decentralized strategy for their operations would include all of the following except

• A)customer needs, interests, and tastes becoming increasingly homogenized.
• B)consumers around the world increasingly willing to tradeoff idiosyncratic preferences in product features for lower price.
• C)flexible manufacturing trends allowing a decline in the minimum volume required to reach acceptable levels of production efficiency.
• D)fluctuating exchange rates.

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