Which trend does the passage also describe?

Concept

Literal comprehension identifies information that a passage states directly.

Find the stated movement or change, match it to an option, and keep it distinct from historical background or unstated ideas.

Application

The capital paragraph says that capital now flows internationally at rapid speed and that global commerce no longer requires regional interaction among business players. These lines describe the international movement of finance, that is, global financial flow.

Contrast

• Global financial flow names the cross-border movement of capital described in the capital paragraph.

• Absence of competition in manufacturing is inconsistent with the passage, which discusses changing competitive advantage and new competitors.

• Regional concentrations of capitalists are presented as an earlier pattern that still persists, not as the present trend emphasized by the passage.

• Organizational incompatibility is not presented as a trend; the passage instead discusses combining and applying resources effectively.

Result

Therefore, the trend mentioned in the passage is global financial flow.