Which One of the Following Would Be Considered a Sustaining

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following would be considered a sustaining innovation?

• A) Batteries for electric cars have a range of 500 miles on one charge.
• B) The steam engine makes travel by rail possible.
• C) Robots are trained as combat soldiers.
• D) Chips embedded into the brain provide access to entire libraries.

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Definitions:

Temporal Precedence

Refers to the sequence in which events occur, indicating that one event happens before another, allowing for the possibility of establishing a causal relationship.

Basic Research

aims at gaining fundamental knowledge and understanding of phenomena without immediate practical application or use in view, often driven by curiosity and exploratory motives.

Attribution Theory

Attribution theory is a psychological theory focused on how people interpret events and how this relates to their thinking and behavior, especially how they attribute causes to events.

Temporal Precedence

A principle in causal inference, suggesting that a cause must precede its effect in time for a causal relationship to be considered.