In the Bass Model for Forecasting the Adoption of a New

question 29

Multiple Choice

In the Bass model for forecasting the adoption of a new product,the objective function

• A)minimizes the sum of forecast errors.
• B)minimizes the sum of squared forecast errors.
• C)maximizes the number of adoptions.
• D)maximizes the number of adoptions and imitations.

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