The manufacturing plants of Orion Computers are located closer to customers rather than in low-wage areas. What is the most likely reason for this strategy?
A) competitor locations in emerging markets
B) overseas producers with innovative designs
C) customer demand for dependability
D) diversification of product lines
Question 2
Bantam Enterprises, a multi-national enterprise, makes significant efforts to avoid being perceived as socially irresponsible. What is the most likely reason for this?
A) Social irresponsibility can lead to labor strikes by international unions.
B) Socially irresponsible companies usually have fewer exports and more imports.
C) Cultural barriers increase for companies that are socially irresponsible, which hinders expansion into additional countries.
D) Social irresponsibility can lead to negative publicity from nongovernmental organizations, which could hurt a company's reputation.
Wood first appeared in plants called progymnosperms.
Three routes of tissue-level transport in plants: transmembrane, symplastic, and apoplastic.
Some of the bacteria that can fix atmospheric nitrogen, converting it into a form usable by plants.
Plants
Plants
Plants