Quiz 2: Entrepreneurial Intentions and Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Robert Mondavi Winery was the first Californian to produce and market premium wines that were expected to compete with European wines.
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Entrepreneurial endeavors consist of new business venturing,innovativeness,self-renewal,and reactiveness.
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Corporate entrepreneurship is most strongly reflected in entrepreneurial activities as well as in top management orientations in organizations.
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Self-renewal includes the re-definition of the business concept,reorganization,and the introduction of systemwide changes to increase innovation.
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Corporate venturing consists of creating something new of value either by redefining the company's current products or services,developing new markets,or forming more formally autonomous or semiautonomous units or firms.
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Entrepreneurially run firms are driven by controlled resources whereas traditionally managed firms are driven by perception of opportunity.
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Entrepreneurs focus on how to minimize resources needed whereas traditional firms focus on accumulating resources.
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The typical corporate culture has a climate and a reward system that favors activist decision making.
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In encouraging a culture for corporate entrepreneurship,using older,proven,technology is recommended in order to increase stability in the organization.
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Most managers in a corporation are capable of being successful corporate entrepreneurs with the correct training.
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In an encouraging climate for corporate entrepreneurship,rewards should be based on the attainment of established performance goals.
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It is important for an entrepreneur to understand all aspects of the environment.Part of this ability is reflected in the individual's level of creativity,which generally increases with age and education in most individuals.
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The corporate entrepreneur to have the ability to encourage teamwork and use a multidisciplined approach,which violates organizational practices and structures taught in most business schools.
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For an organization with a traditional environment,it is best to facilitate an external process to establish an entrepreneurial environment.
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An organization that wants to become more entrepreneurial must learn to be more productive with fewer resources.
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Entrepreneurial activities tend to immediately affect the bottom line,and hence are seldom overlooked and receive extensive funding and support.
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Corporate ventures are totally independent units,hence the equity portion of the compensation is particularly difficult to handle.
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One study found that new ventures started within a corporation performed better than those started independently by entrepreneurs.
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Generally,independent,venture-capital-based start-ups by entrepreneurs tend to outperform corporate start-ups significantly.
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Firms that are more entrepreneurial are likely to have fewer failures than those firms that are more traditionally managed.
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An entrepreneur with loss-orientation would talk about the business-failure with a close friend or relative.
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Q 28Q 28
Robert Mondavi came up with all of the following process innovations except:
A)steel fermentation tanks
B)vacuum corking of bottles
C)labels that indicated when the wine was cold
D)aging wines in new French oak barrels
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Q 29Q 29
In 1994 Robert Mondavi came up with:
A)a capsule-free,flange-top bottle design.
B)a new flavor of wine cooler that revolutionized the industry.
C)a new brand of liquor with a unique marketing campaign.
D)a way to vacuum cork bottles.
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Q 30Q 30
Corporate entrepreneurship is best described as:
A)the hiring of former Entrepreneurs.
B)entrepreneurial action within an organization.
C)the process of buying acquiring entrepreneurial firms.
D)the process of hiring consultants to teach a firm how to be more creative.
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Q 31Q 31
_____ includes initiative and risk taking,as well as competitive aggressiveness and boldness.
A)New business venturing
B)Self-renewal
C)Innovativeness
D)Proactiveness
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Q 32Q 32
New product development falls under which of the four major components of corporate entrepreneurship?
A)New business venturing
B)Self-renewal
C)Innovativeness
D)Proactiveness
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Q 33Q 33
In regards to the differences between the entrepreneurial and administrative focuses which of the following is correct?
A)Entrepreneurs focus on slow steady growth and managers focus on rapid growth
B)Entrepreneurs rent or sporadically use resources;managers like to own resources
C)Entrepreneurs are driven by controlled resources;managers by opportunity
D)Entrepreneurs tend to use a hierarchical management structure;managers use a more fluid,flat approach
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Q 34Q 34
Having an entrepreneurial orientation towards the control of resources means:
A)that one focuses on accessing others' resources.
B)that one focuses on purchasing resources.
C)that one has a belief that resources are unlimited and therefore easy to obtain.
D)that one focuses on using a hierarchy management structure in allocating resources.
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Q 35Q 35
Entrepreneurial culture and growth orientation consists of all of the following except:
A)encouraging employees to generate ideas.
B)focusing on opportunities.
C)the desire to grow at a slow and controlled pace.
D)being creative.
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Q 36Q 36
All these are characteristics of an entrepreneurial environment except:
A)there are short term horizons.
B)new ideas are encouraged.
C)the organization operates on frontiers of technology.
D)it uses a multidiscipline teamwork approach.
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Q 37Q 37
Which of the following is true about corporate entrepreneurship?
A)Equity in a new venture should not be used as a reward due to its uncertain value
B)A company must be willing to invest money without a guarantee of a return in the short term
C)Teams should be segmented by department
D)Top management should not be involved in the process
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Q 38Q 38
Which is NOT a leadership characteristic of a corporate entrepreneur according to the text?
A)Flexibility and vision
B)Persistence
C)Encourages teamwork
D)Encourages colleagues to follow hierarchy
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Q 39Q 39
The first step in establishing corporate entrepreneurship in an organization is:
A)finding mid level managers to champion ideas
B)developing ways to get closer to customers
C)learn to be more productive with fewer resources
D)securing commitment from top management
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Q 40Q 40
A sufficient time for top management to be committed to corporate entrepreneurship is:
A)at least one year.
B)at least two years.
C)at least three years.
D)at least ten years.
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Q 41Q 41
Which of the following would NOT occur in the second stage of establishing corporate entrepreneurship in an organization?
A)Ideas that top management is interested in supporting are identified.
B)Identify an evaluation system for involved employees.
C)The amount of risk money available is specified.
D)Overall program expectations and target results of each corporate venture are establisheD.
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Q 42Q 42
When establishing corporate entrepreneurship in an organization rewards should:
A)be tied to the department in which the idea originated
B)be tied to the parent company's stock performance
C)be tied to the performance of the entrepreneurial unit created from the idea
D)not be changed from whatever current system is being used so that risk is encouraged
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Q 43Q 43
Which of the following is true?
A)Independent,venture-capital-based start-ups by entrepreneurs tend to outperform corporate start-ups significantly.
B)New ventures started within a corporation performed better than those started independently by entrepreneurs.
C)Independent entrepreneurs find difficulty in maintaining a long-term commitment.
D)Corporate ventures become profitable twice as fast as independent ventures.
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Q 44Q 44
When would an entrepreneur be pronounced to have recovered from the grief of a lost business?
A)On the availability of equally challenging entrepreneurial opportunities.
B)Upon a simultaneous engagement in an analysis of the failed business.
C)On having evaluated and absorbed the lessons learnt from the failed business.
D)Thoughts about the events surrounding,and leading up to the loss of the business,no longer generate a negative emotional response.
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Q 45Q 45
In the loss-orientation process of grief recovery,when are painful memories likely to dominate most?
A)In the early phase of grief.
B)In the medial stage of grief.
C)In the later stage of grief.
D)Each time a related negative thought comes to minD.
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Q 46Q 46
Why is loss-orientation physically and mentally exhausting?
A)Since it involves psychological counseling.
B)Since it involves confrontation.
C)Since it advocates change of lifestyle.
D)Since it takes a long time to recover from grief.
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Why does restoration-orientation have adverse effects on an individual's health?
A)Since it involves suppression by mental effort.
B)Since it prescribes physical diversions like a hobby.
C)Since it involves regular physical exertion via exercise.
D)Since it involves mental catharsis to bring out the grief.
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Q 48Q 48
Which of the following is most effective in grief-recovery?
A)Restoration-orientation
B)Loss-orientation
C)Dual process
D)Grief recovery process
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Q 49Q 49
Identify and briefly describe the 4 major parts of corporate entrepreneurship.
1.New business venturing: These entrepreneurial activities consist of creating something new of value either by redefining the company's current products or services,developing new markets,or forming more formally autonomous or semiautonomous units or firms.
2.Organizational innovativeness refers to product and service innovation.It includes new product development,product improvements,and new production methods and procedures.
3.Self-renewal is the transformation of an organization through the renewal of the key ideas on which it is built.Includes a redefinition of the business concept,reorganization,and the introduction of system wide changes to increase innovation.
4.Proactiveness includes initiative and risk taking,as well as competitive aggressiveness and boldness,which are particularly reflected in the orientations and activities of top management.A proactive organization tends to take risks by conducting experiments;it also takes initiative and is bold and aggressive in pursuing opportunities.Organizations with this proactive spirit attempt to lead rather than follow competitors in such key business areas as the introduction of new products or services,operating technologies,and administrative techniques.
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Q 51Q 51
Identify 5 of the 12 characteristics of an entrepreneurial environment.
Characteristics of an Entrepreneurial Environment
Organization operates on frontiers of technology
New ideas encouraged
Trial and error encouraged
Failures allowed
No opportunity parameters
Resources available and accessible
Multidiscipline teamwork approach
Long time horizon
Volunteer program
Appropriate reward system
Sponsors and champions available
Support of top management
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Q 52Q 52
Identify the seven leadership characteristics of a corporate entrepreneur.
Leadership Characteristics of a Corporate Entrepreneur
Understands the environment
Is visionary and flexible
Creates management options
Encourages teamwork
Encourages open discussion
Builds a coalition of supporters
Persists
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Q 53Q 53
Explain the dual process model of coping with negative emotions.
Student should define process as shifting between a loss orientation and a restoration orientation.The student should also explain the two types of loss:
An approach to negative emotions that involves working through,and processing,some aspect of the loss experience and,as a result of this process,breaking emotional bonds to the object lost.
An approach to negative emotions based on both avoidance and a proactiveness toward secondary sources of stress arising from a major loss.
The entrepreneur can benefit from both orientations while minimizing the costs of maintaining either for too long.
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Q 54Q 54
Explain the benefits,or practical implications,of using the dual process model of coping with negative emotions.
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