OG(VR) Q5

[kaori110]

[size=18]38. Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Established companies concentrate on defending what they already have. Consequently, they tend not to be innovative themselves and tend to underestimate the effects of the innovations of others. The clearest example of this defensive strategy is the fact that___.
A. ballpoint pens and soft-tip markers have eliminated the traditional market for fountain pens, clearing the way for the marketing of fountain pens as luxury or prestige items
B. a highly successful automobile was introduced by the same company that had earlier introduced a model that had been a dismal failure
C. a once-successful manufacturer of slide rules reacted to the introduction of electronic calculators by trying to make better slide rules
D. one of the first models of modern accounting machines, designed for use in the banking industry, was purchased by a public library as well as by banks
E. the inventor of a commonly used anesthetic did not intend the product to be used by dentists, who currently account for almost the entire market for that drug.[/size]

想請問一下選項分析
保護政策-->不創新,低估創新的效果-->[color=green]舊產品好[/color]
但是選項我選不出來
請大大們賜教
謝謝

[eiswein]

38. Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Established companies concentrate on defending what they already have. Consequently, they tend not to be innovative themselves and tend to underestimate the effects of the innovations of others. The clearest example of this defensive strategy is the fact that___.
A. ballpoint pens and soft-tip markers have eliminated the traditional market for fountain pens, clearing the way for the marketing of fountain pens as luxury or prestige items
B. a highly successful automobile was introduced by the same company that had earlier introduced a model that had been a dismal failure
C. a once-successful manufacturer of slide rules reacted to the introduction of electronic calculators by trying to make better slide rules
D. one of the first models of modern accounting machines, designed for use in the banking industry, was purchased by a public library as well as by banks
E. the inventor of a commonly used anesthetic did not intend the product to be used by dentists, who currently account for almost the entire market for that drug.

想請問一下選項分析
保護政策-->不創新,低估創新的效果-->舊產品好
但是選項我選不出來
請大大們賜教
謝謝

這題白話一點說就是有的公司只會固守原本所持有的優勢或產品，
結果在面對新產品時會低估創新產品所帶來的影響且不去進行創新改變。
題目要你選出最好的例子。

(C)正確答案，因為在替代性產品出現時(eletronic calculator)，原本生產slide rules的公司只是推出更棒的slide rules，但是slide rules已經是要被淘汰的東西，沒有顧客會去買的。

你參考一下囉，這是我自己的見解，有錯還請多指教～