Med-Tex Is a Large Pharmaceutical Firm Based in Texas

Med-Tex is a large pharmaceutical firm based in Texas. Med-Tex has three manufacturing facilities in the U.S., and the firm wants to join other American pharmaceutical firms by expanding overseas. The firm's executives are evaluating locations across the world for the most suitable place to build the latest Med-Tex manufacturing facility. Which of the following best supports the argument that Med-Tex should build a new facility in Ireland?

A) Expanding into a similar culture reduces risks associated with different attitudes, values and communication styles.
B) Med-Tex's main competitor received government incentives for building a new manufacturing facility in the U.K.
C) Collectivist societies like Ireland encourage the individual achievement necessary for scientific advancements in pharmaceuticals.
D) Particularistic cultures apply rules and systems objectively, which is important within the Med-Tex organizational culture.