Electronics Firms May Be Able to Get Patents on Their

question 12

Multiple Choice

Electronics firms may be able to get patents on their ideas.Doing so makes their ideas

• A)private goods rather than public goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in research.
• B)private goods rather than public goods.This gives people less incentive to engage in research.
• C)public goods rather than private goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in research.
• D)public goods rather than private goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in private research.

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The process by which a person or group from one culture comes to adopt the practices and values of another culture while still maintaining their own cultural identity.

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The process by which individuals or groups adopt the customs and attitudes of another culture, often losing aspects of their original culture in the process.