Chapter 4 assignment
Which of the following statements about social entrepreneurship is not true?
Social entrepreneurship is limited to the world of not-for-profit corporations.
Ecopreneurship is a combination of ecologically and economically sustainable development
True
Licensing agreements can involve patents, trademarks, and technical know-how
True
Purpose, accountability, and transparency are characteristics associated with socially sustainable enterprises
True
Social entrepreneurs and their ventures are driven by social goals and aim to increase social value in order to contribute to the welfare or well-being in a given community
True
The social entrepreneurship process begins with a perceived social opportunity translated into an enterprise concept
True
The three Ps of the triple bottom line are people, planet, and profits
True
Corporate social responsibility refers to
actions that further some social good beyond the interests of the firm
The first of five steps for entering the international marketplace is
conducting research
Key elements in plans to create a sustainable future are likely to include which of the following?
eliminating the concept of waste
Methods for going international include all of the following except
foreign reclamation
An L3C is a new legal form for social enterprises known as
low-profit, limited liability companies
Social entrepreneurs can also be referred to as all of the following except
social obligators
The social entrepreneur aims to increase which of the following?
social value
Examples of social enterprise obligations to the environment include all of the following except
support for minority-own businesses
Among the advantages for global entrepreneurs of diaspora networks are
the speed with which information flows across borders
Green entrepreneurship is concerned
turning ecologically sustainable development into economically sustainable development
Social entrepreneurs are known to combine resources to exploit opportunities to create social value
True
Bottom-line measures of economic performance include all of the following except
global competition
If we accept the argument that social entrepreneurship is a continuum, at one extreme would be social entrepreneurs driven exclusively by producing social benefits; at the other, would be
social entrepreneurs motivated by profitability with social benefits being the means
Which of the following four factors is not included in the social corporate entrepreneurship scale (SCES) developed by researchers?
social intention
An account framework that goes beyond the traditional measures of profit, return on investment, and shareholder value to include environmental and social dimensions is called
triple bottom line
The triple bottom line is an accounting framework that focuses on optimizing short-term financial performance
False
International alliances rarely required the exchange of proprietary knowledge
False
Successful global start-ups, or entrepreneurial businesses that are "born global", surprisingly often lack internationally experienced management
False
