Which of the Following Statements Is True About R&D

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about R&D?

• A)Companies invest in R&D to gain a pipeline of new products.
• B)Corporate R&D began in the United States with Luis Walter Alvarez.
• C)Edison's patents had more to do with individual genius and less to do with management genius.
• D)R&D refers to two independent processes of identifying new ideas and copying them for multiple companies.
• E)Bringing management discipline to R&D restricts invention by limiting the creative genius of employees.

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