As It Relates to R&D, a Firm's Expected-Rate-Of-Return-Curve, R

question 231

Multiple Choice

As it relates to R&D, a firm's expected-rate-of-return-curve, r,

• A) slopes downward because the firm arrays, highest to lowest, the rates of return on R&D activities.
• B) slopes upward because of the law of diminishing returns.
• C) is a horizontal line.
• D) depends on whether it borrows from the bank or uses retained earnings in financing R&D.

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Definitions:

Straight-Line Method

A depreciation method that allocates an equal amount of the cost of an asset to each year of its useful life.

Scrap Value

The projected amount an asset is expected to generate when it is sold after reaching the end of its lifespan.

Double-Declining-Balance

A method of accelerated depreciation which doubles the rate of straight line depreciation, expensing more of the asset's value in the early years of its life.

Scrap Value

The anticipated market value of an asset at the end of its operational lifetime.