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Which statement is not true of entrepreneurs?

1.

They are agents of adjustment.


Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

They generally stick to the processes


already in use.

Your answer is included in the list of page 205.

Which words fit which definitions?

2.

2.1

2.2

2.3

3.

The following statements use the EU classification and refer to the


United Kingdom. Which is false?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

Employment is roughly equally


divided among micro, small and
medium, and large firms.
Micro firms are owned and run by
the same people.

Your answer is given in Table 7.1, page 207.

4.

Which of the following is presented as evidence of social factors


influencing whether someone becomes an owner-manager?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

Self-employment is more common


among single people than among the
married.
Self-employment is more common
among some ethnic groups.

You selected a statement that runs counter to the evidence.

5.

Which of the following is not one of the environmental factors that


may influence the potential of a small business?

Your Answer:

Clusters of technically advanced


small firms

An industry with economies of scale


Correct Answer:

You have chosen a point from the list on page 212.

6.

The diagram matches entrepreneurship to operating environment


characteristics.
What are they?

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

7.

Which of the following, if any, is not among the conditions favouring


small firm development?

Regulations that favour small firms


Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

8.

According to our discussion, what is the best way a government


can support SMEs?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

9.

They are all conditions favouring


development.

Provide advice and information at


'one-stop shops'.

Provide a stable macroeconomic


environment.

Pichot suggested three roles for the intrapreneur in promoting


innovation.
What are they?

Inventor, innovator and sponsor


Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

Inventor, product champion and


sponsor

10.

How did Art Fry persuade potential customers to buy Post-it


Notes?

By linking with a leading distributor.


Your Answer:

None of the above.


Correct Answer:

3M flooded the Boise city market with free samples.

11.

Which of the following is not an example of 'technical


entrepreneur', according to Jones-Evans?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

User - familiar with marketing or


end-use applications

Consolidator - skills in linking


technical and business aspects

Your answer is in the Jones-Evans list.

12.

Which of the following statements about SMEs in international


business is untrue?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer:

About a quarter of UK SMEs sell


outside the country.

About 40 per cent of small hightechnology firms in South-East


England export.

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