Claiborne Manufacturing Company produces table lamps. When they have a number of orders, they subcontract the electrical cord orders to a smaller firm located nearby. Claiborne's workers then incorporate the electrical cord into the finished lamps. This arrangement is a form of
a. commercial subcontracting.
b. industrial subcontracting.
c. overflow management.
d. externality.
e. peripheral support.
b
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