Musccanic Inc

question 60

Multiple Choice

Musccanic Inc., a company that manufactures microprocessors, updates the technology used in its microprocessors once every four years. A study conducted by the R&D team of the company revealed that the microprocessors' growth rate is initially slow, then becomes rapid, and eventually becomes slow again toward the end of the four-year cycle. In the context of technology cycles, this scenario best illustrates _____.

• A) a compression approach to innovation
• B) resistance to change
• C) technological lockout
• D) the S-curve pattern of innovation

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