Apharmaceutical company has created a new drug and has obtained a patent for it. the government allows the company to hold the patent on the drug for 20 years. how does this financially benefit the company? the company will be able to charge other manufacturers who want to produce the drug. the company financially benefits as the exclusive provider of the medicine. the company will get scientific recognition for its work in developing the medicine. the company will be able to use the patent to convince scientists to work in its lab.

Digitalhealth electronics inc. is a company that builds diagnostic devices. it was the first company to develop a compact mri scanner by reconfiguring the components of the mri technology. this smaller and user-friendly version of the huge mri scanner created demand from small hospitals, nursing homes, and private practice doctors who were earlier dependent on the scanning machines in large hospitals. which of the following types of innovations does this scenario best illustrate? a. disruptive innovation b. incremental innovation c. radical innovation d. architectural innovation