When Google created its China-based search engine www. google. cn, they did not foresee eventually abandoning it because of censorship issues with the Chinese government. Google created www. google. cn because country-based search engines, such as France-based www. google. fr and Greece-based www. google. gr, had been profitable for the company in the past. Which of the following biases could have been in effect when Google made the initial decision to launch www. google. cn?
a. Being influenced by emotions
b. Initiating the sunk cost effect
c. Perpetuating the status quo
d. Justifying past decisions