Module - Special Topics in Strategy
1) Entrepreneurial ventures pursue opportunities, are characterized by innovative
practices, and have growth and profitability as their main goals.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
2) A small business is one that has fewer than 100 employees.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
3) Entrepreneurial ventures and small businesses are not the same.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
4) Small businesses represent more than 99 percent of all employers.
Answer: TRUE
,Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
5) Small businesses account for over 90 percent of the private sector output.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
6) Economists suggest that most small businesses are not particularly good at creating
jobs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
,7) Small businesses employ over half of all private workers.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
8) A small business is defined as one that is independently owned, operated, and
financed; has fewer than 100 employees; engages in innovation marketing practices; and
has relatively little impact on its industry.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
9) Both small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures play an important role in the global
economy.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 215
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
10) Innovation is the process of creating, changing, experimenting, transforming, and
revolutionizing.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 217
AACSB: Analytical Skills
, Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
11) Developing a sustainable competitive advantage is important for all organizations.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 217
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
12) In almost every study, strategy research has shown positive linkages between
planning and business performance.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 217
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
13) Some small businesses are ineffective in part due to the "boiled frog phenomenon."
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 218
AACSB: Analytical Skills
Objective: Describe how strategic management can be utilized by entrepreneurs and
applied to small businesses
14) Small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures can compete successfully in narrow
market niches by developing a low-cost, differentiation, or integrated competitive
advantage.