The process through which multinational corporations transfer money from their home countries to foreign or host countries to finance their overseas business activities is known as:
A) neolocalism.
B) contemporary globalization.
C) foreign direct investment.
D) reverse hierarchical diffusion.
E) dissonance.
Answer: C) foreign direct investment.
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A. The Clean Water Act B. The discovery of newer technology that makes it cheaper not to pollute C. The decrease in water withdrawal for industrial uses D. A series of epidemics that inspired action E. The emphasis, in 1950, on watershed management
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