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
Answer: A