Broadly defined, technological advance:

A. can occur in the short run, long run, or very long run.
B. comprises new and improved goods and services and/or new and improved ways of
producing or distributing them.
C. includes invention but not innovation or diffusion.
D. includes product innovation but not process innovation.


Answer: B

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