If an Albanian company hires a U.S.−based law firm, it is A. changing into a multinational...
If an Albanian company hires a U.S.−based law firm, it is
A. changing into a multinational enterprise.
B. insourcing, from a U.S.−perspective.
C. using domestic outsourcing.
D. vertically integrating.
Homework Answers
Option B
- In sourcing refers to performing a job or an activity with in the same origin.
- It could also mean task that is performed in a particular firm and can then be outsourced to another firm.
- Here the US is the law based firm engaged in the practice of law and if it is outsourcing its tasks to an Albanian based company then it is involved in insourcing.
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