OG 11th 100..我看到歇菜..~

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) Companies 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 practice that take advantage of the special circumstances of their products or markets. 

OG的解释我也看不太明白...

请教CD上各位牛人了..

 那问题是什么意思..题目的含义我能明白一些..但是问题就..

beachmarking against noncompetitors... 我很不明白什么意思..