It can be inferred from the passage that a multicultural multinational might be able to resolve the contradiction referred to in the highlighted text by

According to the passage, global standardization is advantageous to multinational manufacturing companies because it

The primary purpose of the passage is to

The passage provides the strongest basis for believing that implementing a stricter control of pollutants that damage the ozone layer above Antarctica would be advantageous to

The passage indicates that ozone in the stratosphere over Antarctica

11. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine one of the presented by the author of the passage?

As an alternative to the hypothesis that it favors, the passage considers a hypothesis that is suggested by the fact that

The primary purpose of the passage is to

It can be inferred from the passage that critics of the Japanese system believe that the rates of productivity within that system are

With which of the following statements about the relationship between a production system and its workers' bargaining power would the author of the passage be most likely to agree?