Intellectual property protection, nondisclosure agreements, assignments of inventions and, covenants not to compete and license agreements are most likely related to which support activity in the value chain: a. firm infrastructure
b. technology development
c. procurement
d. none of these are correct.

The correct answer is b. Technology development.

Explanation:

Technological development is defined as the systematic use of knowledge and research directed towards the production of materials, devices, systems or methods including the design, development, improvement of prototypes, processes, products, services or organizational models.

Starting from the fact that technological knowledge is essentially composed of technical information, know-how, inventions, guides, manuals, procedures, among other intangible elements, before which, intellectual property comes to play a decisive role in the protection and management of These elements of an intangible nature, and therefore, knowledge-generating institutions such as universities, increasingly resort to intellectual property to understand what kind of intangible intellectual property assets exist in their technology, how to manage them during the transfer process, and of course having the necessary control to be able to monetize them, that is, to obtain profit through their exploitation.