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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