Jermaine is a junior accountant working at a mid-sized accounting firm. During tax season, Jermaine completes tax forms for clients, which are then reviewed by one of the senior accountants before they are filed. Rarely, the senior accountant will correct something Jermaine has missed or done incorrectly. Most of the time the senior accountant is correct, but sometimes Jermaine believes his original work was correct. When this is the case, he has no problem challenging the senior accountant's revisions. Jermaine most likely comes from a culture:

Moon flower cosmetics company executives are aware that their asian customer base is interested in advanced skin care treatments beyond moon flower's traditional herbal and organic compounds. moon flower and a large american chemical company are in discussions to create a 50-50 partnership in a new firm, which would create skin care treatments based on innovative chemical formulations that would be marketed both in asia and in the united states. beyond being a cross-border alliance, this partnership can be called a(n)a. nonequity strategic alliance.b. joint venture.c. horizontal complementary alliance.d. equity strategic alliance.