For which of the following reasons might a firm choose to trade technology?
A) to facilitate first-mover advantages
B) to avoid development costs
C) to build barriers to entry
D) to partner with competitors
E) to create diseconomies of scope
B) to avoid development costs
Technology trading is becoming increasingly common because of the high cost of developing advanced technologies independently.
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