Accounting Information Systems
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Author: Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 8DQ
“Contracting for a hot site is too cost-prohibitive except in the rarest of circumstances. Therefore, the vast majority of companies should think in terms of providing for a cold site at most.” Discuss fully.
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