Silca electronics inc. is a consumer-electronics company based in the country of pelo. it has approximately 300 stores across the country and is already active in three foreign countries. it attempts to establish itself successfully in the country of zevar, and uses its low-cost strategy to do so. however, due to the additional costs associated with training, coordinating across geographic distances, and other costs associated with doing business in an unfamiliar cultural and economic environment, silca electronics inc. incurs huge financial losses in zevar. in this scenario, silca electronics inc.'s failure to establish itself successfully in zevar occurs most likely because:
a. it overestimates its need to protect its intellectual property.
b. it overestimates the geographic and cultural distance between pelo and zevar.
c. it underestimates its dwindling reputation before it enters the zevar market.
d. it underestimates its liability of foreignness when entering the zevar market.