Scenario B. Suppose that after reviewing the history of many successful entrepreneurial ventures, a few of them stand out in your mind as interesting. They are:
1. Minute Clinic's health care kiosks in Target and Albertson's Food stores.
2. Visionics biometric software that can assist in identifying runaways, shoplifters or terrorists.
3. Nanostring's molecular bar coding enterprise.
4. The tourism industry at Mt. St. Helens, a volcano in the U.S. that recently erupted.

-The tourism industry at Mt.St.Helens is an example of business that was created as a result of
A)a technological discovery.
B)demographic changes.
C)an economic dislocation.
D)a calamity.
E)government initiatives and rule changes.

Question

Scenario B. Suppose that after reviewing the history of many successful entrepreneurial ventures, a few of them stand out in your mind as interesting. They are:
1. Minute Clinic's health care kiosks in Target and Albertson's Food stores.
2. Visionics biometric software that can assist in identifying runaways, shoplifters or terrorists.
3. Nanostring's molecular bar coding enterprise.
4. The tourism industry at Mt. St. Helens, a volcano in the U.S. that recently erupted.

-The tourism industry at Mt.St.Helens is an example of business that was created as a result of
A)a technological discovery.
B)demographic changes.
C)an economic dislocation.
D)a calamity.
E)government initiatives and rule changes.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The tourism industry at Mt. St. Helens was created as a result of a calamity, specifically the eruption of the volcano in 1980. The area was transformed by the eruption and became a popular tourist destination due to its unique geological features.