It Is Sometimes Difficult to Transfer the Advanced Technologies of the Industrialized

question 30

Multiple Choice

It is sometimes difficult to transfer the advanced technologies of the industrialized nations to the DVCs because

• A) the technologies of the IACs are frequently based on relatively expensive labor and relatively cheap capital.
• B) the resource endowments of the IACs and the DVCs are highly similar.
• C) international patent laws prohibit such transfers.
• D) the technologies of the IACs are frequently based on relatively cheap labor and relatively expensive capital.

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