Basic Research and Development Describes

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Multiple Choice

Basic research and development describes

• A) focusing specifically on how a technological innovation can be put to use in the making of a product or service that can be sold in the marketplace.
• B) those activities that do not create value for the firm.
• C) the process involved in getting a new technology out of the lab and into the marketplace.
• D) improving knowledge in an area without a primary focus on whether any discoveries that might occur are immediately marketable.
• E) those activities that increase a company's revenues.

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