Answer:
give lower-level managers the authority to make decisions to benefit the firm.
Explanation:
As in the question it is mentioned for the Southeast Asian markets that there is fastest demand of competition that enables quick decision making and also contains the knowledge about the market
Also the top management is in home country and Southeast asian would be in host country so in this case the top management is not in the position to understand the market due to which they are not able to take the decisions so for this they gives the authority to the lower level managers for the same
Hence, the first option is correct