subsidiary conclusion (June 2007) Section 2, Question 7 Forum

[BillsFan9907]

As this is the freely distributed LSAT (June 2007), I will post the question here:

Economist: Every business strives to increase its
productivity, for this increases profits for the
owners and the likelihood that the business will
survive. But not all efforts to increase
productivity are beneficial to the business as a
whole. Often, attempts to increase productivity
decrease the number of employees, which clearly
harms the dismissed employees as well as the
sense of security of the retained employees.

Is the bolded a subsidiary conclusion?

[Clyde Frog]

Yeah.