Business Development
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Course Introduction
Business Development is a course designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to drive strategic growth within organizations. The curriculum covers core principles such as identifying new business opportunities, creating value propositions, market and customer analysis, partnership development, negotiation tactics, and sales strategies. Students will explore both theoretical frameworks and real-world case studies to understand how businesses expand, innovate, and sustain competitive advantages in changing markets. Practical assignments and collaborative projects enhance problem-solving skills, enabling learners to develop effective business models and execute growth initiatives.
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Entrepreneurship Theory Process and Practice 10th Editionby Donald F. Kuratko
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Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship: Evolutionary
Development-Revolutionary Impact
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Q1) The macro view of entrepreneurship includes external processes that are sometimes beyond the control of the entrepreneur.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The macro view of entrepreneurship presents factors exhibiting a strong
A)internal locus of control
B)external locus of control
C)environmental locus of control
D)contemporary locus of control
Answer: B
Q3) Entrepreneurs always start their business at a young age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) During the past ten years,new business incorporations averaged nearly 600,000 per year.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Individuals:
Cognition and Ethics
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Q1) Ethics represents a set of principles prescribing a behavioral code that does not include moral duty and obligations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The decision to behave entrepreneurially is the result of the interaction of:
A)the individual's personal entrepreneurial mind-set and an opportunity
B)the existence of a viable business idea
C)the relevant business environment
D)a new market
Answer: A
Q3) A loss orientation toward grief recovery in dealing with failure can sometimes lessen negative emotional reactions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) There is a certain psychic risk involved with entrepreneurship.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Organizations: Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Q1) Clever bootlegging of ideas refers to secretly working on new ideas on company time as well as on personal time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) All of the following are reasons for the growth of corporate entrepreneurship except
A)a desire to dramatically increase profitability.
B)a rapidly growing number of new and sophisticated competitors.
C)a sense of distrust in the traditional methods of corporate management.
D)an exodus of some of the best people out of corporations.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is an obstacle to corporate entrepreneurship?
A)orientation to the market
B)a system of feedback and positive reinforcement
C)traditional management techniques
D)rewards based upon results
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Social Entrepreneurship and the Global
Environment for Entrepreneurship
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Q1) Examples of social enterprise obligations to the environment include all of the following except
A)pollution control
B)restoration of the environment
C)recycling efforts
D)support for minority-own businesses
Q2) Purpose,accountability,and transparency are characteristics associated with socially sustainable enterprises.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ecopreneurship is a combination of ecologically and economically sustainable development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Successful global start-ups,or entrepreneurial businesses that are "born global," surprisingly often lack internationally experienced management.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why is global thinking important to today's entrepreneurs?
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Chapter 5: Innovation: the Creative Pursuit of Ideas
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A)The right brain is more important in the creative process than the left brain.
B)The left brain is more important in the creative process than the right brain.
C)Both sides of the brain are important to the creative process.
D)Motivation, not the brain is the key to the creative process.
Q2) Describe the innovation process.
Q3) Creativity,in the entrepreneurial context,is the generation of ideas that result in the improved efficiency or effectiveness of a system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following mental habits inhibit creativity and innovation?
A)either/or thinking, stereotyping
B)functional perspective, mind-sets
C)security hunting, risks
D)stereotyping, incubation
Q5) What are the four types of innovation?
A)invention, extension, synthesis, duplication
B)extension, retention, analysis, duplication
C)synthesis, extension, retention, analysis
D)analysis, synthesis, duplication, retention
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Chapter 6: Assessment of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
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Q1) What are three critical factors in a new venture assessment?
Q2) The type of venture that is expected to attract venture capital would most likely be a A)corporate venture.
B)high-growth venture.
C)lifestyle venture.
D)smaller venture.
Q3) Name the pitfall described by the statement,"Engineers and technically trained people are particularly prone to falling in love with an idea for a product or service."
A)inadequate understanding of technical requirements
B)lack of venture uniqueness
C)no real insight into the market
D)lack of objective evaluation
Q4) Obtaining external financing is considered one of the major types of problems for a new venture during its first year.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and describe three pitfalls in selecting a new venture.
Q6) Explain three major reasons why new ventures fail.
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Chapter 7: Pathways to Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Q1) The inventory should be examined for which of the following?
A)salability
B)correspondence between the physical count and the book count
C)up-to-datedness
D)All of the above.
Q2) An advantage to buying an on-going business is
A)reduced concern over future operations.
B)time and effort are reduced
C)it may be purchased at a bargain price.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Perhaps the greatest advantage of buying a franchise,as compared to starting a new business or buying an existing one,is that the franchisor will usually provide both training and guidance to the franchisee.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The elimination of time and effort associated with starting a company is an advantage of acquiring an ongoing venture.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Sources of Capital for Entrepreneurs
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Q1) Informal risk capitalists are those who have already made their money and now seek to help new ventures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Equity financing is money invested in the venture with legal obligations to repay the principal amount of interest or interest rate on it.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An informal risk capitalist is referred to as:
A)your neighbor.
B)a business angel.
C)a retiree.
D)someone with extra money to invest but who is not interested becoming an entrepreneur.
Q4) How does a public offering differ from a private placement?
Q5) Informal risk capitalists are often referred to as "business angels."
A)True
B)False
Q6) Are formal firms the only source of venture capital?
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Chapter 9: Legal Challenges of Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Q1) Chapter 7,Chapter 9,and Chapter 11 are the most common forms of bankruptcy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It often is possible to obtain more capital and a better range of skills in a sole proprietorship than in a partnership.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The owner of a copyright may do all of the following except A)reproduce the work.
B)deduct the intrinsic value of the rights from one's taxes
C)perform the work publicly.
D)display the work publicly.
Q4) When considering bankruptcy,entrepreneurs as sole proprietors normally prefer
A)Chapter 5.
B)Chapter 7.
C)Chapter 11.
D)Chapter 13.
Q5) Identify the three major sections of the Bankruptcy Act.
Q6) What are the uses of trademarks and how can they be invalidated?
Q7) Define a patent and describe its limitations.
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Chapter 10: Marketing Challenges for Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Q1) Social media marketing is the application of online collaborative media for marketing purposes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is penetration pricing?
A)setting price to maximize profit
B)setting price to maximize market share
C)setting price to switch customers to new product lines
D)setting price to match the competition
Q3) What is meant by pricing for the life cycle?
A)that pricing needs to be adjusted at each stage in a product's life cycle
B)that pricing needs to be increased at each stage in a product's life cycle
C)that pricing of new products needs to start out low and end high
D)that pricing of new products needs to start out high and end low
Q4) Marketing research involves the gathering of information about a particular market,followed by analysis of the information.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) What three important aspects of social media marketing should entrepreneurs be aware of?
Chapter 11: Financial Preparation for Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Q1) List the elements of a capital budget and define its main objective.
Q2) Contribution margin is the difference between the selling price and the fixed cost per unit.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A budget that is a statement of estimated income and expenses over a specified period of time is referred to as an
A)anticipated budget.
B)operating budget.
C)entrepreneurial budget.
D)expected results budget.
Q4) The cash flow budget describes
A)cash inflows/cash outflows.
B)cash outflows/accounts receivables.
C)interest income/interest expense.
D)profits/costs.
Q5) Explain what a cash flow budget tells a manager/owner.
Q6) What is included in an operating budget and how is this helpful?
Q7) Explain pro forma statements.
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Chapter 12: Developing an Effective Business Plan
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Q1) The business plan is the entrepreneur's road map for a successful enterprise.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a critical factor to be considered in the management segment?
A)suppliers
B)location of the plant
C)organizational structure
D)product design
Q3) What are some of the errors made in the preparation of a business plan that minimize an entrepreneur's chance for success?
Q4) The financial segment includes
A)the pro forma balance sheet.
B)the profit statement.
C)the cost statement.
D)the R & D statement.
Q5) How does a business plan benefit the entrepreneur?
Q6) What is the basic structure of a business plan?
Q7) Should an entrepreneur attempt to make a business plan sound too good for an investor to turn down?
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Chapter 13: Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth
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Q1) Which of the following is not a reason for the lack of planning in new ventures?
A)time scarcity
B)lack of trust
C)lack of dominance
D)lack of knowledge
Q2) Analysis of a firm's external and internal environments provides the firm with the information to develop
A)a degree of uncertainty
B)administrative experience
C)competitive strengths
D)strategic intent and strategic mission
Q3) Which of the following factors would not be considered a key dimension that shapes the strategic management activities of a growing firm?
A)speed of decision making
B)internal political problems
C)environmental uncertainty
D)lack of knowledge
Q4) Describe what typically takes place during the new-venture development life-cycle stage.
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Chapter 14: Valuation of Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Q1) If cash flow is deemed the most important consideration in buying a business,which valuation method is likely to be used?
A)adjusted tangible book value
B)price/earnings ratio
C)high equity/low debt
D)discounted earnings
Q2) Adjusted tangible book value is a popular method of valuation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Traditional valuation methods includes all of the following except:
A)adjusted tangible book value
B)price/earnings ratio
C)high equity/low debt
D)discounted earnings
Q4) What is a rollup?
A)the acquisition and merging of small companies in the same market
B)of a dissolution of a partnership
C)a product-line acquisition
D)the amount of risk involved in an acquisition
Q5) Explain the purpose of a letter of intent.
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Chapter 15: Harvesting the Entrepreneurial Venture
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Q1) Once the decision is made to harvest the business,the way forward is easy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Succession pressure inside the firm exists
A)when the founder wants to give up authority.
B)when family members want to keep and manage the business.
C)nonfamily employees don't want the business.
D)competition-is hurting the business.
Q3) Which is an influencing factor in succession?
A)family and business cultural issues
B)government regulation
C)current economic conditions
D)the competition
Q4) Which of the following is not an example of pressures or interests from within a firm that affect succession issues?
A)rivalry among various branches of the family
B)pressure from a family member to start his/her own business
C)employee wanting a percentage of the business in the owner's will
D)pressure on the owner/manager to designate an heir
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