Which of the Following Correctly Describes the Events That Occur

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes the events that occur as an industry experiences a technological paradigm shift?

• A) R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, inflection point, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies
• B) Inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies
• C) Technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies. inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows
• D) R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, inflection point, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies, technology starts to approach its natural limit
• E) Technology starts to approach its natural limit, inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies

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