One way to judge the performance of a company is to compare it with other companies. This technique, commonly called “benchmarking,” permits the manager of a company to discover better industrial practices and can provide a justification for the adoption of good practices.

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

(A) Comparisons with competitors are most likely to focus on practices that the manager making the comparisons already employs.

(B) Getting “inside” information about the unique practices of competitors is particularly difficult.

(C) Since companies that compete with each other are likely to have comparable levels of efficiency,only benchmarking against noncompetitors is likely to reveal practices that would aid in beating competitors.

(D) Managers are generally more receptive to new ideas that they find outside their own industry.

(E) Much of the success of good companies is due to their adoption of practices that take advantage of the special circumstances of their products or markets.

这一题的问题到底在讲什么？我被题目搞晕了···也不知道选什么···

OG的解释说的是

Which one condition does NOT recommend benchmarking against noncompetitors? Which one condition IS a well-founded reason to benchmark against competitors?

我实在是···没把这个和那一长串题目联系起来···

意思就是要给与noncompetitors竞争找一个理由？

support题？

答案是E吧？这道题的意思就是如果这个benchmark法真的管用的话，哪个选项不能说明benchmark只能用在非行业对手身上？或者说哪个选项不能说明benchmark不适用于同行业对手？

E选项基本没涉及问题内容，还略有support的意味，如果最后一个their是指代competition的话

 E吧， 这道题衡量的标准是 manager discover practice     而E说的是practices that take

advantage of the special circumstances of their products or mark