I believe the answer is: Data privacy
In order to bridge the gap, one of the thing that European business leaders do is transferring the data collecting operator from American company to local businesses . By doing this, the Amercan companies do not need to be involved in european laws that do not fully understood by the lawyers in their retainer.
His work was ignored because it was not widely distributed, and he didn't make an effort to promote himself. Actually, the reasons are more complex. He was part of the social and scientific circle of the time. He had opportunities to travel and to attend scientific conferences . When he published his paper in 1865, it was exchanged with the publications of at least 120 other associations and societies and was available in many libraries and scientific institutes. His mathematical ratio of inheritance was probably not understood by many botanists . Subsequent mentions of Mendel's results usually focused on the hybrids that Mendel made , ignoring the mathematics altogether.
Answer:
A. God sent many plaques to Egypt