Save On Everything Inc., a supermarket chain, is implementing a multidomestic strategy. Solar Future Inc., a company that manufactures solar panels for commercial and domestic purposes, is pursuing a global-standardization strategy. How will the two companies most likely differ from each other?
A. Unlike Solar Future Inc., Save On Everything Inc. will be able to reap significant economies of scale and location economies.
B. Save On Everything Inc. will have its business functions spread across the world; Solar Future Inc.'s business functions will be highly centralized.
C. Unlike Solar Future Inc., Save On Everything Inc. will be able to pursue a differentiation strategy at the business level.
D. Save On Everything Inc. will focus more on cost-reduction than Solar Future Inc.
Answer: C
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