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[Reading Comprehension]
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文章：
| Line | In an effort to explain why business acquisitions |
| often fail, scholars have begun to focus on the role | |
| of top executives of acquired companies. Acquired | |
| companies that retain their top executives tend to | |
| (5) | have more successful outcomes than those that do |
| not. Furthermore, existing research suggests that | |
| retaining the highest-level top executives, such as the | |
| CEO (chief executive officer) and COO (chief operating | |
| officer), is related more positively to postacquisition | |
| (10) | success than retaining lower-ranked top executives. |
| However, this explanation, while insightful, suffers from | |
| two limitations. First, the focus on positional rank does | |
| not recognize the variation in length of service that | |
| may exist in top executive posts across companies, | |
| (15) | nor does it address which particular top executives |
| (with respect to length of service) should be retained | |
| to achieve a successful acquisition outcome. Second, | |
| the relationship between retained top executives and | |
| acquisition outcomes offered by existing research | |
| (20) | is subject to opposing theoretical explanations |
| related to length of service. The resource-based view | |
| (RBV) suggests that keeping acquired company top | |
| executives with longer organizational tenure would lead | |
| to more successful outcomes, as those executives | |
| (25) | have idiosyncratic and nontransferable knowledge |
| of the acquired company that would be valuable for | |
| the effective implementation of the acquisition. The | |
| opposing position, offered by the upper echelons | |
| perspective (UEP), suggests that retaining top | |
| (30) | executives having short organizational tenure would |
| lead to more successful outcomes, as they would have | |
| the adaptability to manage most effectively during the | |
| uncertainty of the acquisition process. | |
| Responding to these limitations, Bergh conducted | |
| (35) | a study of executive retention and acquisition |
| outcome that focused on the organizational tenure of | |
| retained company top executives in 104 acquisitions, | |
| followed over 5 years. Bergh considered the | |
| acquisition successful if the acquired company was | |
| (40) | retained and unsuccessful if it was divested. Bergh’s |
| findings support the RBV position. Apparently, the | |
| benefits of long organizational tenure lead to more | |
| successful outcomes than the benefits of short | |
| organizational tenure. While longer tenured top | |
| (45) | executives may have trouble adapting to change, it |
| appears that their perspectives and knowledge bases | |
| offer unique value after the acquisition. Although | |
| from the UEP position it seems sensible to retain | |
| less tenured executives and allow more tenured | |
| (50) | ones to leave, such a strategy appears to lower the |
| probability of acquisition success. |
题目：
According to the passage, the research mentioned in line 6 suggests which of the following about lower-ranked top executives and postacquisition success?
选项:
A、Given that these executives are unlikely to contribute to postacquisition success, little effort should be spent trying to retain them.
B、The shorter their length of service, the less likely it is that these executives will play a significant role in postacquisition success.
C、These executives are less important to postacquisition success than are more highly ranked top executives.
D、If they have long tenures, these executives may prove to be as important to postacquisition success as are more highly ranked top executives.
E、Postacquisition success is unlikely if these executives are retained.
答案:
C
提问：
OG2020,486题，我在A和C选项中徘徊，最后选了A。回头看，C确实比A的范围大，OG解析里面说没有提到retention efforts的事儿，但是原文那句话的意思里面确实说了retain top高管low高管对收购成功更有效。为什么A错？
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提问：
OG2020,486题，我在A和C选项中徘徊，最后选了A。回头看，C确实比A的范围大，OG解析里面说没有提到retention efforts的事儿，但是原文那句话的意思里面确实说了retain top高管low高管对收购成功更有效。为什么A错？
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我想问张慧雯老师，观点不是强逻辑吗，为什么你的og18精讲中说，rbv 和uep的观点可以先跳读呢？ 还有og18 415题那篇文章，第一段第二句话some critic blame 可以跳呢？这不应该是观点（强逻辑）那吗
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