Which of the following best exemplifies social complexity as an isolating mechanism?
A) Kristin's Cosmetics attempted to imitate how Monica's Makeup combined its management and product development systems with little success.
B) Kristin's Cosmetics failed to acquire the resources for its eyeliner at a low cost and thereby lost its competitive advantage over Monica's Makeup.
C) Kristin's Cosmetics had difficulty competing with Monica's Makeup because it could not access the many makeup factories in Kentucky as easily as its competitor.
D) Kristin's Cosmetics did not fully understand the reasons for the success of Monica's Makeup and therefore had difficulty competing with the firm.

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Social complexity describes situations in which different social and business systems interact with one another. Copying the emerging complex social systems is difficult for competitors because neither direct imitation nor substitution is a valid approach. Therefore, Kristin's Cosmetics attempt to imitate how Monica's Makeup combined its management and product development systems with little success is an example of social complexity as an isolating mechanism.

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