Some US Companies Are Choosing to Move Some Operations Back to to the United

question 50

Multiple Choice

Some U.S. companies are choosing to move some operations back to the United States because lower costs of communication within the U.S. allow them to make quick changes to design and production. This phenomenon is called:

• A) insourcing.
• B) offshoring.
• C) onshoring.
• D) retrenching.

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Definitions:

Bromoalkane

A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by bromine.

Vicinal Dihalide

A type of dihalide with two halogen atoms attached to adjacent carbon atoms in an organic molecule.

Dibromocyclopentane

An organic compound where a cyclopentane ring is substituted with two bromine atoms.

Diiodocyclohexane

A cyclohexane ring with two iodine atoms attached, used in various chemical synthesis reactions or as a precursor in organic chemistry.