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The United States has lost hundreds of thousands of high-tech manufacturing jobs in the last decade, mainly to Asia. The result is that many US workers have to update the skills needed for a successful career. This change is due to _____ factors in the business environment.
 A) economic
  B) educational
  C) social
  D) technology
  E) global

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The increase of manufacturing in lower wage countries like China is part of the reason prices for DVD players and televisions has continued to decrease, even as technology has improved. This is a benefit of _____ factors in the business environment.
 A) economic
  B) global
  C) competitive
  D) social
  E) technology


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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