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Chapter 13 Flashcards

1
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Google promotes creativity

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org. culture

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2
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Google has recently launched Google Labs

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created to facilitate transition

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3
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In its early life, innovation may be valuable and rare

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engage in strategic relationships

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4
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PCCC

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Taking advantage of a need in the mkt place

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5
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Minerva Corp

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outside directors with equity

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6
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Isidore

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Established firm

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7
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When an existing firm creates new venture

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Corporate entrep.

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8
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Entrep. is the process by which individuals

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opportunities and resources

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9
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_______ exists when there is a need in the mkt

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Entrep. opportunities

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Entrep. Opportunities

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are conditions in which new goods or services can satisfy a need in the market

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11
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Since it replaces existing products and methods

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creative destruction

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12
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GreenBox

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React positively to introduction

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13
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Innovation creates

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commercial product

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14
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Primary goal of entrep

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create wealth

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15
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3 types of innovative activity EXCEPT

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implementation

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16
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products developed through _______

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imitation, innovation

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17
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Innovation by imitation damages

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rarity

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18
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Commercialization of ideas is more difficult

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80, 50

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19
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_______ are individuals, acting independently

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Entrep.

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20
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A person with an entrap. mind-set EXCEPT

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is objective about his/her projects

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21
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Roland

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passion

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22
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Firm’s current employees are well-trained

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high absorptive capacity to learn

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23
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Knowledge must be transferred to others

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the receiving party

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24
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the risks of international entrap. include EXCEPT

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strong “buy-domestic” programs

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25
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Research shows that internationally diversified firms tend to be

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more innovative

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26
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Level of entrap activity in a nation is______ the nation’s level of economic dependent

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positively related to

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27
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_______ is one of the reasons for the differences in rates of entrap.

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Culture

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28
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Research shows that, in general, entep. declines

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collectivism is emphasized

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29
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AgroPhrarm

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have international experience

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30
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Which is true? For firms to be entrap. they require a culture with

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a balance of individualism and collectivism

31
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Successfully creating innovations through interal means requires

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Significant spending in R&D

32
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Panera Bread has innovated

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Incremental innovation

33
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Panera Bread develops

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pursuing innovation through internal and cooperative strategies

34
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The # of patents held by an org. is a rough guide to the

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level of innovation

35
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QuadroVax

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long wait for an uncertain payoff

36
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A successful ______ innovation will be less risky

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incremental, radical

37
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Innovations that involve significant

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involve substantial uncertainty and risk

38
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Razr Cell phones best illustrates _____ innovation

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radical, incremental

39
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_______ involves internally developed incremental and radical innovations

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Internal corp. venturing

40
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Internal corp. venturing does NOT involve

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strategic alliance

41
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WayWard Products

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internal corporate venturing

42
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One of the distinguishing differences between two sources of…

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is encourages through bottom-up

43
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Autonomous strategic behavior is

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bottom-up

44
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“No business idea takes root purely on its own”

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product champions

45
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negative effect of acquiring other firms for purpose of innovation is

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the effect it can have on own firm’s ability to innovate

46
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Charles (Leonhard) is a customer service rep

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uses autonomous strategic behavior

47
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To be successful, an autonomous process relies on

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diffusion of tacit knowledge

48
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Induced strategic behavior is a process that

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are aligned closely with current strategy

49
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Induced strategy behavior as a form of internal innovation is a

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top-down

50
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Netflix continues to develop VOD tech

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induced strategic behavior

51
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Informal (often visible) processes are best supported through

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horizontal

52
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Through the work of cross-functional teams….

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parallel or overlapping

53
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A major barrier to use cross-functional team is

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independent frames of reference

54
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A product-development team has been examining a proposed new product for 6 months

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recommend this project to be put aside

55
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When used effectively, cross-functional teams bring

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faster product development processes

56
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one of the barriers to effectiveness when using cross-functional teams

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organizational politicis

57
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Cross-functional teams are useful in developing

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independent frames of reference

58
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A cross-functional work team is having difficulties operating smoothly and friction has developed

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formality of structure

59
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The dimensions on which functional departments can vary include EXCEPT

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technologial

60
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Competition for resources among different operational functions leads to

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organizational politics

61
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The firm’s culture promotes

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shared values

62
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PracticalSolutions

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Social

63
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Value Creation through internal innovation originates with

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an entrep. mind-set

64
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Blixin Concrete can offer

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Investment capital

65
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Regarding partnering in cooperative alliances,…

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investment capital needs new technological knowledge

66
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The main risk in a strategic alliance

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one partner will use the other’s knowledge…

67
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Pfizer and Novartis are acquiring firms

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to grow larger and gain access to info

68
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Whole Foods. BEST interpretation of this

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seeking innovation through internal and acquisition

69
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New entrap. firms excel in

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seeking opportunities

70
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_________ are critical in order for a firm to gain access to complementary resources

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Social capital

71
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City in the Midwest.. Example of

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Institutional entrep.

72
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The fastest growing group of entrap are

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women

73
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Which can engage in entrap. activities

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All above

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