It is increasingly difficult for a firm to develop and sustain a competitive advantage because of the effects of globalization and:__________
a. the rapid development of the Internet's capabilities.
b. extensive use of outsourcing within the borders of the United States.
c. the declining number of inventions and patents developed by U.S. citizens.
d. the simultaneous erosion of the U.S. work ethic and the U.S. education system.

It is increasingly difficult for a firm to develop and sustain a competitive advantage because of the effects of globalization and the rapid development of the Internet's capabilities.

Globalization can be defined as the process of developing technology, people, investments, informations, products in order to create international influences across cultures and national markets or borders. This makes it possible for various multinational enterprise or companies to break into different markets across world and compete effectively with other companies.

Also, the rapid development of the Internet's capabilities gives various companies the ability and privilege to technology and software applications to seamlessly meet the needs of customers over the web such as cloud computing services, Internet of things (IoT) etc.