B. technological advances have forced businesses to be globally competitive regardless of location.
Think of just one company that is part of today's technological landscape. Amazon.com reported 178 billion dollars in net sales in 2017. If you want a product, you could go get it from a local store ... or you could order it online from the convenience of your computer (where you also access Brainly.com), and have the same product delivered to your mailbox in a couple days. There were catalog mail order businesses in 1900, such as Montgomery Wards. But the technological advancement of the Internet has made shopping without going to a physical store vastly easier and more efficient than the catalog order days.