________ means searching for and sorting through information about the environment.
A) Environmental uncertainty
B) Competitive intelligence
C) Domain selection
D) Environmental scanning
E) Strategic maneuvering
D) Environmental scanning
Explanation: Environmental scanning means both searching out information that is unavailable to most people and sorting through that information to interpret what is and is not important.
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