The combination of technical expertise, commercial enterprise and that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing to innovate and gain competitively in world markets.
Split 1
The combination of technical expertise, commercial enterprise and that the government backs them judiciously this part of the sentence must be parallel I.e. in same parts of speech. Highlighted portions are incorrect
Split 2
Future tense must be used to tell the fate of plans / prediction.
(A)
that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms
continuing (B) the government backing
them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of
being about to continue (C) judicious government backing should ensure that Italian firms will continue
correct. All parallel. Correct tense
(D) the
government’s judicious backing should ensure Italian firms
that they will continue
not parallel with the other two factors wrong for 3 reasons. Changes the meaning, use of possessive noun and use of they (E) the government to back
them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of
continuing use of them is incorrect . Wrong tense
Answer is C