Which of the Following Factors Is Least Important for a Firm

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors is least important for a firm to consider when engaged in a patent race and determining whether to increase its investment?

• A)The cost of other R&D projects the firm is conducting
• B)How much the investment will increase R&D productivity and thereby increase chances of winning the patent race
• C)Whether other firms will increase their R&D expenditures in response, thereby decreasing the chance of winning the patent race
• D)The number of competitors
• E)The fact that antitrust laws may be more forgiving toward independent firms that agree to join forces in R&D before bringing the product to market than if the firms combine after each has made its own invention

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Understand the concept of electronic democracy and its implications for political participation.

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