Select the most appropriate word(s) to fill in the gap(s). Competition often breeds ___ because copying what a competitor is doing and benefitting from doing so often reduces the ______ of adopting a particular strategy or technology.
A. initiation ... uncertainty
B. emulation ... certainty
C. formulation ... uncertainty
D. imitation ... uncertainty
Explanation: A, C, E can be ruled out on the basis of the first word. B can be ruled out because Certainty cannot be used here. D makes sense.
