A series of key criteria impact global organizations and their organizational designs.All of the following would be major firm-specific factors on the organizational design decision and structure except:
A)strategic importance of international business.
B)product diversity.
C)company heritage.
D)regional trading blocs.
E)quality of local managerial skills.

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Regional trading blocs are not a firm-specific factor; they are external environmental factors that affect all firms operating within those regions, not just the organizational design decisions of a single firm. Firm-specific factors are internal and include aspects like strategic importance of international business, product diversity, company heritage, and quality of local managerial skills.

A Series of Key Criteria Impact Global Organizations and Their