The relocation of industries from core to peripheral countries usually occurs because __________
a. labor intensive industries can control the price of labor by exploiting the cheap labor available in peripheral countries
b. wages paid to workers in the peripheral countries allow them to buy the products which they produce, thus creating new markets
c. they cannot find enough workers in the core countries and are forced to look to the peripheral countries to provide labor to meet the demand for their products
d. shipping costs have been reduced to a minimum in the last twenty years
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