Recent trends that might lead managers of multinational corporations (MNCs) to adopt a more decentralized strategy for their operations would include all of the following except
A)customer needs, interests, and tastes becoming increasingly homogenized.
B)consumers around the world increasingly willing to tradeoff idiosyncratic preferences in product features for lower price.
C)flexible manufacturing trends allowing a decline in the minimum volume required to reach acceptable levels of production efficiency.
D)fluctuating exchange rates.

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A decentralized strategy such as that seen within the multidomestic organization, allows for greater adaptation at the local level, which would not be necessary if customers were becoming more homogenous.

Recent Trends That Might Lead Managers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs)