Donavan spent the day talking with a packaging company in Guam, a lighting specialist in Japan, a touchpad expert in the U. S., a prototype design firm in Malaysia, as well as a shipping firm in China. Each of these firms provided expertise in the development of his company's latest product, a back-lighted eReader. The strategy that Donavan's firm used to develop its latest product is:
A. singular source product development.
B. multiple source product development.
C. distributed product development.
D. multitasking product development.

C. distributed product development.

Explanation:

Donavan spoke with a packaging company in Guam, a lighting specialist in Japan, a touchpad expert in the U.S, a prototype design firm in Malaysia, as well as a shipping firm in China. Each of these firms provided expertise in the development of his company's latest product, a back-lighted eReader.

Hence, the strategy that Donavan's firm used to develop its latest product is distributed product development.

Distributed product development is a business development model that integrates product and process development activities across the globe for a quality production.

there was no passage listed but using the process of elimination i'd say it was d. the high economy would do the opposite. i don't see how low prices would affect it. high unemployment is possible but i feel d is the better answer.