Deborah Patterson, CEO of MakeGood Inc., said to her vice president of international operations, Stu Linkletter, "Bob has been managing our Tokyo branch office for two years. As you know, the costs that we are incurring for Bob's and his family's relocation and in-country support are tremendous-living expenses for his family, transportation, escalated salary, private education for his children, and trips home, just to name a few. What is our current staffing plan?" Stu replied, "Bob has been training Kyoshi Tanaka to take over as branch manager, so that Bob can come back to headquarters. That will help with customer relations and will significantly reduce our costs. For many reasons, it makes sense for a(n) ________ to manage our Tokyo operations."

A. parent-country national
B. expatriate
C. host-country national
D. inpatriate
E. third-country national


Answer: C

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