In Terms of Innovation and Research,small Businesses

question 69

Multiple Choice

In terms of innovation and research,small businesses:

• A)create four times the innovations per research and development dollar than medium-sized firms and 24 times the innovations per research and development dollar than large companies.
• B)contribute 20 percent more innovations per employee than large companies.
• C)have created such important innovations as air conditioning,FM radio,the laser,the automatic transmission,and the personal computer.
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Stretch-Activated Channels

Ion channels that open in response to mechanical deformation of the cell membrane, playing a role in various physiological processes.

Motor Neurons

Motor neurons are nerve cells that originate in the spinal cord and brainstem and send signals to muscles, stimulating them to contract and produce movement.

Interneurons

Neurons that transmit impulses between other neurons, especially as part of reflex arcs or neural circuits, without directly innervating muscles or glands.

EPSPs

Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, which are temporary increases in postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell.