The conjecture that R&D expenditures as a percentage of firms' sales first rise, reach a peak, and then fall as industry concentration rises is known as the:

A. inverted-U theory of R&D.
B. average product of R&D theory.
C. bell-shaped-curve theory of product innovation.
D. theory of increasing and diminishing returns.

Answer: A

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