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Transnational cooperations

by poonamchiK Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:43 pm

Transnational cooperation among corporations is experiencing a modest renaissance among United States firms, even though projects undertaken by two or more corporations under a collaborative agreement are less profitable than projects undertaken by a single corporation. The advantage of transnational cooperation is that such joint international projects may allow United States firms to win foreign contracts that they would not otherwise be able to win.

Which of the following is information provided by the passage?

(A) Transnational cooperation involves projects too big for a single corporation to handle.
(B) Transnational cooperation results in a pooling of resources leading to high-quality performance.
(C) Transnational cooperation has in the past been both more common and less common than it is now among United States firms.
(D) Joint projects between United States and foreign corporations are not profitable enough to be worth undertaking.
(E) Joint projects between United States and foreign corporations benefit only those who commission the projects.

This question went totally above my head.
Pls explain. And i chose B. Was between A and B.

OA : C.
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by singh.181 Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:53 am

Question Type: Inference.
In Inference question, we cannt bring any outside information. Correct answer is the one which we can deduce from the passage above.

So,
(A) Transnational cooperation involves projects too big for a single corporation to handle. (The passage does not talk about what type of projects involved in the Transnational cooperation or who can handle those projects.) INCORRECT

(B) Transnational cooperation results in a pooling of resources leading to high-quality performance. (We know that it is a collaborative agreement without any further details on the agreement) INCORRECT
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by poonamchiK Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:11 am

singh.181 Wrote:Question Type: Inference.
In Inference question, we cannt bring any outside information. Correct answer is the one which we can deduce from the passage above.

So,
(A) Transnational cooperation involves projects too big for a single corporation to handle. (The passage does not talk about what type of projects involved in the Transnational cooperation or who can handle those projects.) INCORRECT

(B) Transnational cooperation results in a pooling of resources leading to high-quality performance. (We know that it is a collaborative agreement without any further details on the agreement) INCORRECT



Then what is the correct ans in your opinion? And how is it correct?
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by singh.181 Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:21 am

According to me, Correct answer is C.

Transnational cooperation has in the past been both more common and less common than it is now among United States firms.

Please notice "experiencing a modest renaissance among United States firms" in the passage.
Also, if you apply process of elimination, then all the other answer choices not mentioned in the passage but C.
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by RonPurewal Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:36 pm

is this problem really from gmat prep?
i ask because the question prompt is extremely unusual; in effect, the question prompt is basically asking you to regurgitate one of the premises of the argument.

in any case, whether this question is official or not, it's a decent question. here is the evidence for the given answer choice:

first, the word "renaissance" (rebirth) implies that transnational cooperation is now on the rise, after previously having a lower level. so that takes care of the "lower in the past" part of the correct answer.

second, the renaissance is described as "modest". the only way this description would be reasonable is if transnational cooperation has not re-achieved its previous levels; there's the "higher in the past" part.
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by saintjingjing Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:47 am

but, Transnational cooperation has in the past been both more common and less common than it is now among United States firms
what is the meaning about both common and less common? I realzie that in the past the level may be higher than now( modest) , but how to understand both common and less common?
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by RonPurewal Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:13 am

saintjingjing Wrote:but, Transnational cooperation has in the past been both more common and less common than it is now among United States firms
what is the meaning about both common and less common? I realzie that in the past the level may be higher than now( modest) , but how to understand both common and less common?


these 2 things were true at different times.
"renaissance" implies that the level has gone up; "modest" implies that it hasn't gone all the way back up to previous levels.
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by vivs.gupta Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:02 am

if someone doesn't know meaning on 'renaissance' then it will be difficult to attempt this question. I have not seen many GMAT problems that are so particular about a single world
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by jlucero Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:01 pm

As Ron said, this is an unusual question. After a quick Google search, it looks like this is from a pre-2005 version of GMAT Prep. I've never seen another question phrased like this. Use it. Learn from it. But recognize that few questions you'll see (if any) will be like this one.
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by archit_anand143 Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:50 am

Hello

I have gone through all the posts by various member including MGMAT staffs.
I am facing difficulty in finding the assumption. I am solving this as a part of assumption to strengthen my predicting instinct for questions.

The structure says that "Joint venture are not profitable but in the case of transnational ventures its profitable, as the U S companies may not be able to get business alone on their own strength in other parts of world."

Am i write when I state that a probable correct assumption on GMAT were to say "The companies are able to win contract without any joint venture in U S"
The assumption stated by me is easily predictable. Hence, I do not think it will be one of the answer choice.

I require your help......I am trying to learn assumption prediction by using the technique for all question i come across.

Please help me with the possible assumption of the question......

Regards
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by jnelson0612 Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:19 pm

archit_anand143 Wrote:Hello

I have gone through all the posts by various member including MGMAT staffs.
I am facing difficulty in finding the assumption. I am solving this as a part of assumption to strengthen my predicting instinct for questions.

The structure says that "Joint venture are not profitable but in the case of transnational ventures its profitable, as the U S companies may not be able to get business alone on their own strength in other parts of world."

Am i write when I state that a probable correct assumption on GMAT were to say "The companies are able to win contract without any joint venture in U S"
The assumption stated by me is easily predictable. Hence, I do not think it will be one of the answer choice.

I require your help......I am trying to learn assumption prediction by using the technique for all question i come across.

Please help me with the possible assumption of the question......

Regards
Archit Anand


Hi Archit,
This is an incredibly weird question. I have taught GMAT for many years and this is one of a kind.

I am glad that you are focusing in on assumptions. Assumptions are unstated aspects of arguments that link premises to conclusions.

I really don't see a conclusion in this argument. It just provides me with two pieces of information. I am not using the first piece of information to logically conclude the second piece of information. Thus, I wouldn't worry about finding the assumption in this argument. :-)
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by archit_anand143 Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:31 am

Hi Nelson

Thanks for helping me out.
I was stuck with this question.....
You guys really present the solution in such a way that they were so easy.

Regards

Archit
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Re: Transnational cooperations

by tim Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:16 pm

glad to hear it!
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