Which of the Following Statements Is True About R&D

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about R&D?

A) Companies invest in R&D to gain a pipeline of new products.
B) Corporate R&D began in the United States with Luis Walter Alvarez.
C) Edison's patents had more to do with individual genius and less to do with management genius.
D) R&D refers to two independent processes of identifying new ideas and copying them for multiple companies.
E) Bringing management discipline to R&D restricts invention by limiting the creative genius of employees.