In the Technology Adoption Life Cycle, the Gap Between Visionaries

question 19

Multiple Choice

In the technology adoption life cycle, the gap between visionaries and pragmatists where sales often drop significantly is called:

• A)the bowling alley.
• B)main street.
• C)the chasm.
• D)the end of life.
• E)the early market.

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Definitions:

Political Organization

The way in which a society creates and structures its political institutions, processes, and relationships to make collective decisions and govern behavior.

Chiefdoms

A form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and led by a chief.

Hereditary

Relating to characteristics, properties, or conditions that are passed from parents to their offspring through genes.

Natural Selection

The evolutionary process through which factors in the environment exert pressure, favoring some individuals over others to produce the next generation.