Managers at Xerox Displayed Very Little Interest in a New

question 29

Multiple Choice

Managers at Xerox displayed very little interest in a new Internet technology that internal scientists at Xerox's PARC division had developed.However,several years later,when an external company developed a similar technology,Xerox,which was considering acquiring the company,responded favorably to the technology idea.This situation is an example of managers prioritizing a(n) :

• A)not-invented-here syndrome.
• B)insider knowledge valuation.
• C)outsider knowledge valuation.
• D)cognitive stimulation.

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