A pharmaceutical company in Belgium decides to expand into additional markets. It conducts research and decides to focus on marketing and delivering its products to Hungary and the Czech Republic. In order to be successful, the company recognizes it must translate its marketing, product instructions, and packaging into the local languages. In addition, the company decides to partner with local advertising companies to make sure its marketing and advertising is customized to fit the preferences of the local markets. The pharmaceutical company has chosen to use which type of marketing strategy to expand globally?
a. centralization strat
b. localization strat
c. standardization strat