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

question 138

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 inflexible.
• D) standardize the product coming out of all manufacturing units.
• E) refrain from hiring host country managers.

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