Which of the Following Correctly Describes the Events That Occur

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes the events that occur as an industry experiences a technological paradigm shift?

A) R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, inflection point, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies
B) Inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies
C) Technology starts to approach its natural limit, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies. inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows
D) R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, inflection point, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies, technology starts to approach its natural limit
E) Technology starts to approach its natural limit, inflection point, R&D investments in a new technology tend to yield rapid improvements and increasing returns, diminishing returns to cumulative R&D begin to set in and the rate of improvement in performance slows, research attention turns to possible alternative technologies