Potential Reasons That Technologically Based Product Innovations Result in a Negative

question 13

Multiple Choice

Potential reasons that technologically based product innovations result in a negative net present value are:

• A)competitors' ability to mimic these products after long periods of time
• B)uncertainties over revenues and costs of these projects
• C)uncertainties over revenues and costs of these projects and competitors' ability to mimic these products after long periods of time
• D)certainty of cash flows and competitors' ability to mimic these products quickly

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