Scenario: Acme Software Acme Software Is a Canadian Company That Makes Software for Makes

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Scenario: Acme Software
Acme Software is a Canadian company that makes software for the health-care industry.Recently Acme has been investigating whether it would be beneficial to sell global products or move some of its production overseas.Acme hires a consulting group to help determine which,if any,globalization activities could promote business growth.
-The consulting group identifies two software development companies in India that could provide programming services at a lower cost than Acme's current cost for programming.Which of the following,if true,would most strongly suggest that outsourcing to these software companies would NOT promote Acme's business growth?

• A)Indian software developers could provide a high degree of technical expertise for Acme.
• B)Software development in the health care industry tends to be more costly than in other industries.
• C)Though both companies experience significant employee turnover,product quality does not appear to suffer.
• D)Cultural differences in working with the Indian companies would cost more to resolve than any savings gained.

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