Mark White Is the Founder of a Firm That Builds

question 74

Multiple Choice

Mark White is the founder of a firm that builds iPhone apps. Mark is very technically savvy, which allows him to build apps quickly and with minimal bugs or problems. In the terminology of the Barringer/Ireland Business Model Template, Mark's technical savvy is a(n) ________ of his firm.

• A) primary capability
• B) core competency
• C) essential asset
• D) staple proficiency
• E) key aptitude

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Definitions:

Five-Factor Model

A theory that identifies five key dimensions of personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Conscientiousness

A personality trait characterized by thoroughness, responsibility, and organization.

Repressed Sexual Desires

Unconscious exclusion of sexual wishes or fantasies from the conscious mind, a concept often discussed in psychoanalytic theory.

Neurotic Behavior

Patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are distressing to the individual but are less severe than psychotic disorders.