A company based in the United States has business branches in China that operate as local Chinese companies. Rather than adhere to typical American business customs and practices, these branches take on the traditions and practices of the Chinese business. These branches are a good example of which of the following business orientations?
a. polycentrism
b. ethnocentrism
c. geocentrism
d. collectivism

Letter a is correct. Polycentrism.

Explanation:

The most appropriate alternative to answer this question is the letter a, polycentrism.

This is configured as a system, which may have a political or cultural character, which defines the existence of several centers of control and authority. In the case described in the question above, polycentrism occurs according to the existence of a plurality of urban agglomerations that correspond to the existence of more than one culture in a given country or region.

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