DynaTech’s chief operating officer sees recent worldwide technological

QUESTION

DynaTech’s chief operating officer sees recent worldwide technological advances as playing a key role in helping the company to globalize. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens his position?

A) Increasing free trade has helped many more companies do business internationally than have done so before.
B) Internet communications have helped businesses coordinate and communicate with faraway locations.
C) Free markets tend to encourage companies to expand their business in whatever ways are the most profitable.
D) Global firms are finding it expensive to train their employees for cross-cultural communication.
E) Countries with emerging markets that attract foreign companies often have technological limitations.

ANSWER

Answer: B
Explanation: B) If Internet communications are key to the globalization process, then this strongly supports the COO’s position on the importance of technological advances. Choices A and C may be factors that promote globalization, but they don’t directly relate to the key role of technological advances. If globalizing is expensive (Choice D) or if foreign countries have technological limitations (Choice E), the COO’s position is weakened.