Last Week Gary, CEO of Quality Furniture in North Carolina

Last week Gary, CEO of Quality Furniture in North Carolina, traveled to Europe to visit customers. While overseas, Gary checked his e-mail daily and showed his company's website to customers, explaining how the website will help them place orders and receive merchandise more quickly. After visiting the last customer Friday morning, Gary was able to return to the corporate office in North Carolina to meet with his board of directors that night. ________ is the "shrinking" of time and space with air travel and the electronic media.

A) The intranet
B) A flat world
C) The small-world philosophy
D) E-commerce
E) The global village