On companion website Read the case study, State Farm: Dangerous Intersections. A

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On companion website Read the case study, State Farm: Dangerous Intersections. Answer questions 1 through 5. (This case can be downloaded from the text book web site, http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html) 1. Identify the various constructs and concepts involved in the study. 2. What hypothesis might drive the research of one of the cities on the top 10 dangerous intersection list? 3. Evaluate the methodology for State Farm s research. 4. If you were State Farm, how would you address the concerns of transportation engineers? 5. If you were State Farm, would you use traffic volume counts as part of the 2003 study? What concerns, other than those expressed by Nepomuceno, do you have

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What government policies and initiatives are most likely to generate high levels of entrepreneurial activity? Which are positively correlated with the economic well-being of a country as measured by growth in GDP and job formation? Project directors of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), who define entrepreneurship as “any attempt at new business or new venture creation, such as self-employment, a new business organization, or the expansion of an existing business, by an individual, a team of individuals, or an established business,” suggest the following: • Promoting entrepreneurship, especially outside the most active age group (25– 44), with specific programs that support entrepreneurial activity. • Facilitating the availability of resources to women to participate in the entrepreneurial process. • Committing to long-term, substantial postsecondary education, including training programs designed to develop skills required to start a business. • Emphasis on developing an individual’s capacity to recognize and pursue new opportunities. • Developing the capacity of a society to accommodate the higher levels of income disparity associated with entrepreneurial activity. • Creating a culture that validates and promotes entrepreneurship throughout society. Researchers at the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (Babson College) and the London Business School revealed these propositions based on a study designed to prove a causal relationship between factors that affect entrepreneurial opportunities and potential, to business dynamics and national economic growth and well-being

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