Deck 16: Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Question 1

The process by which companies and organizations adhering to old ways decline and disappear, while new companies and industries grow to replace them, is called:

A) entrepreneurship.
B) social destruction.
C) creative destruction.
D) innovation.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The changes during the later decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st were often disruptive and provided new opportunities for business and social entrepreneurship across the globe. This can also be referred to as:

A) global borders.
B) social business.
C) creative destruction.
D) perturbation.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Those embracing the school believe that social entrepreneurship is virtually synonymous with the creation of earned-income ventures by nonprofits. They believe that an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business and, in the case of a social entrepreneur, a business with a social purpose.

A) corporate world
B) social enterprise
C) social innovation
D) nonprofit sector

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The nonprofit organization Year Up provides young people:

A) housing.
B) medical care.
C) drug rehabilitation treatment.
D) job experience.

Question 5

Paul Light criticizes social entrepreneurships:

A) as a fantasy.
B) as a tool for inventors.
C) for encouraging collaborations.
D) as stewardship.

Question 6

The "scientific charity" movement emerged during the:

A) 17^th century.
B) 18^th century.
C) 19^th century.
D) 20^th century

Question 7

Seelos and Mair suggest that managers of nonprofit organizations implement change:

A) by applying chaos theory.
B) by applying Lewin's rapid waters metaphor.
C) by applying incrementalism.
D) by applying resource dependency theory.

Question 8

may occur when the right person is in the right place at the right time with the right skills.

A) Perfection
B) A social value proposition
C) Change
D) Social nirvana

Question 9

Some companies and nonprofits include individuals whose job is to drive creativity and innovation within the organization. They are called:

A) intrapreneurs.
B) entrepreneurs.
C) social entrepreneurs.
D) creative directors.

Question 10

Those who embrace the school believe that social entrepreneurs play a role in society similar to that of the business entrepreneur in the economy. In their view, the social entrepreneur is an innovator; a change agent; someone who identifies an opportunity, undertakes direct action to pursue it, and produces change that improves the condition of people and society.

A) corporate world
B) social enterprise
C) social innovation
D) nonprofit sector

Question 11

in developing nations are too often slow and bureaucratic, prone to corruption, and controlled by vested interests that resist change.

A) NGOs
B) Banks
C) Public schools
D) Governments

Question 12

Seelos and Mair developed a model of _______ that leaders may use to improve organizational capacity.

A) research and development
B) environmental analysis
C) continuous improvement
D) human resource management

Question 13

According to Dees and colleagues, where others see problems, entrepreneurs see:

A) puzzles.
B) opportunities.
C) money.
D) a quick fix.

Question 14

Social entrepreneurs who focus on creating wide-scale change embrace the social _______ school.

A) change
B) enterprise
C) innovation
D) improvement

Question 15

In Crutchfield and Grant's list of exemplary organizations, all have created committed on their behalf.

A) lobbyists
B) economists
C) entrepreneurs
D) advocates

Question 16

A social business is not:

A) cause-driven.
B) headed by often poor owners.
C) a charity.
D) a social entrepreneurship.

Question 17

Professionalized philanthropy emerged in the United States during the:

A) 17^th century.
B) 18^th century.
C) 19^th century.
D) 20^th century.

Question 18

Yunus considers the voluntary giving that supports NGOs to be a form of ; in other words, nonprofits receive only the economic surplus that affluent people voluntarily give and do not have a sustainable revenue model of their own.

A) trickle-down economics
B) social value proposition
C) microfinance
D) entrepreneurship

Question 19

Which social entrepreneur helped improve the transport of farmers' goods to markets in Ghana?

A) Bill Gates
B) Richard Seshie
C) Gerald Chertavian
D) Diana Propper de Callejon

Question 20

A(an) is someone who creates value by improving efficiency and effectiveness in the use of society's limited resources. This can also be described as someone who identifies an opportunity; creates a venture to pursue it; and ultimately upsets the status quo and makes previous products, services, and approaches obsolete.

A) founder
B) capitalist
C) industrialist
D) entrepreneur

Question 21

Habitat for Humanity is an example of a high-impact nonprofit.

Question 22

The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, signed by President Obama in 2009, created:

A) the Corporation for National and Community Service.
B) the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.
C) a government grant to Ashoka.
D) the Social Innovation Fund.

Question 23

A social entrepreneur often exhibits a heightened sense of accountability to the constituencies served and for the outcomes created.

Question 24

Michael Worth writes that a result of the global recession of 2007-2009:

A) is the continued decrease of government social programs.
B) is the continue increase in government social programs.
C) is an increase in the creation of global foundations.
D) a growing increase in charitable gifts.

Question 25

Dees and Anderson recommend that the social enterprise school and the social innovation school be blended into a school referred to as:

A) enterprising social innovation.
B) impact socialization.
C) creative and innovative enterprises.
D) economic and social entrepreneurship.

Question 26

The French verb "entreprendre" means:

A) to work.
B) to run.
C) to walk.
D) to undertake.

Question 27

Michael Worth writes that social entrepreneurs are:

A) positive forces.
B) disruptive forces.
C) encouraging forces.
D) discouraging forces.

Question 28

Social entrepreneurs have a high risk-aversion and a low tolerance for ambiguity.

Question 29

One of the common characteristics of a social entrepreneur is that they have never experienced trauma.

Question 30

Global governments are likely to see social entrepreneurships as:

A) dominant form of business in the global marketplace.
B) a complement to the traditional approaches of philanthropy and charity.
C) a tool for developing free market economies.
D) a tool for developing socialistic economies.

Question 31

Paul Light argues that the term "social entrepreneurship" should be replaced with the term:

A) public service.
B) social service.
C) civic service.
D) nonprofit service.

Question 32

Social entrepreneurship is a subject of worldwide interest to philanthropists and nonprofit leaders.

Question 33

Social entrepreneurship gained popularity in the 1990s due to the examples of:

A) IBM and the Gates Foundation.
B) Xerox and the Rockefeller Foundation.
C) Ashoka and Echoing Green.
D) Duke and Harvard Universities.

Question 34

Social entrepreneurship strategies are not disruptive forces.

Question 35

Who could be considered as the father of economic entrepreneurship?

A) Jean-Baptiste Say
B) Michael Worth
C) Henry Ford
D) Bill Gates

Question 36

Bill Drayton was the founder of the Grameen Bank.

Question 37

Social entrepreneurship is:

A) a strategy for developing free market economies.
B) a strategy to help the poor by increasing taxes for wealthy people.
C) a strategy to develop socialistic markets.
D) a strategy to solve social problems.

Question 38

Who describes social entrepreneurs as "restless people seeking to deal with problems …"?

A) Steve Case
B) Henry Ford
C) Peter Goldmark
D) Joseph Schumpeter

Question 39

The theories of social entrepreneurship are fairly analogous to the theories of leadership.

Question 40

Ashoka was founded to identify the most promising social entrepreneurs in the world and to raise funds to support their efforts.

Question 41

Yunus characterizes social businesses as those that have owners that are not poor.

Question 42

Explain how Ashoka Fellows are selected.

Question 43

Identify the psychological characteristics entrepreneurs commonly exhibit.

Question 44

Identify what happens in the "perfect storm" for entrepreneurship, as identified by Brooks.

Question 45

Explain Wei-Skillern, Augstin, Leonard, and Stevenson's model of entrepreneurship.

Question 46

Examine Ashoka's six categories of Fellows and provide an example of each.

Question 47

Explain the types of demographic characteristics common among entrepreneurs.

Question 48

Explain the work of the Awaaz Foundation.

Question 49

Explore the human rights movement within Costa Rica as it relates to social entrepreneurship.

Question 50

Explain Mohammad Alhabsyi's contribution to social entrepreneurship.

Question 51

Identify behaviors, according to Dees and colleagues, that entrepreneurs engage in?