In Recent Decades Research and Development Activities in the United

question 42

Multiple Choice

In recent decades research and development activities in the United States have been

• A) funded primarily by universities and nonprofit institutions.
• B) carried out by independent inventors inside commercial research laboratories.
• C) noticeably declining in importance as a source of economic growth.
• D) generally directed toward making incremental improvements rather than major advances.
• E) directed primarily toward achieving civilian rather than military or political objectives.

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