Although There Is a High Rate of Failure for Starting

question 428

Multiple Choice

Although there is a high rate of failure for starting new businesses, people still readily open new businesses every year. These decisions probably would not occur if people did not

• A)ignore the base rate.
• B)use the representative heuristic.
• C)frame this event very broadly.
• D)use a random search strategy for making decisions.

Appreciate the cultural value of social action and its impact on business practices.

Understand the concept of value consciousness among consumers.

Recognize how external economic forces like inflation and recession affect the overall economy and individual financial decisions.

Identify changes in consumer income levels and their impact on spending habits.

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