The Conjecture That R&D Expenditures as a Percentage of Firms

question 276

Multiple Choice

The conjecture that R&D expenditures as a percentage of firms' sales first rise, reach a peak, and then fall as industry concentration rises is known as the

• A)inverted-U theory of R&D.
• B)average product of R&D theory.
• C)bell-shaped-curve theory of product innovation.
• D)theory of increasing and diminishing returns.

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