Patents Stimulate Investment:​

question 103

Multiple Choice

Patents stimulate investment:​

• A)by giving inventors an incentive to incur up-front costs of developing new products.
• B)by giving tax breaks to inventors and researchers.
• C)by guaranteeing an economic profit to a firm from the sale of a new product.
• D)by lowering interest rates on loans taken for developing a new product.
• E)by covering the total cost of research and development incurred by a start-up firm.

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Financial Position

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Minority Shareholder

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Dissent Procedure

A legal process that allows a corporation's minority shareholders to object to certain corporate actions they disagree with.

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