Sample Test
CHAPTER 3: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND-SET IN ORGANIZATIONS: CORPORATE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
True/False:
1.One reason that corporate entrepreneurship has become popular is because it
allows corporations to tap the innovative talents of the personnel.
ANS: T
2.Clever bootlegging of ideas refers to secretly working on new ideas on company
time as well as on personal time.
ANS: T
3.Individuals may avoid corporate entrepreneurial behavior due to the impact of
traditional management techniques.
ANS: T
4.Skunk works are project groups that work within the traditional lines of authority.
ANS: F
5.Firms do not need to alter management techniques to encourage corporate
entrepreneurship since it tends to occur naturally.
ANS: F
6.The first step in planning a strategy of corporate entrepreneurship is sharing the
vision of innovation that executives wish to achieve.
ANS: T
7.Systematic evolution of a product or service into newer or larger markets is referred
to as radical innovation.
ANS: F
8.Researchers have identified specific factors that organizations can concentrate on
in helping individuals develop more entrepreneurial behavior.
ANS: T
9.The resources of the organization are irrelevant to the ability of the corporate
entrepreneur to implement an idea.
ANS: F
10.In the model of sustained corporate entrepreneurship discussed in the text, a
transformational trigger can be internal or external to the company.
ANS: T