Final answer:
The largest customer segment that researches the product, waits until new-product kinks are resolved, and purchases from well-established companies is the Early Majority. The correct option is (B).
Step-by-step explanation:
The largest customer segment that includes customers who research the product, wait until new-product kinks have been resolved, and purchase from well-established companies is the Early Majority.
The Early Majority is a category in the Technology Adoption Lifecycle, a model developed by sociologist Everett Rogers in 1962. This model describes how different groups of people adopt a new technology.
The Early Majority consists of the larger portion of the population who are willing to adopt a new technology after a period of time once it has been well-established and proven reliable by the Early Adopters and Technology Enthusiasts.