Briefly Discuss Why So Many More Firms Are Created Than

question 6

Essay

Briefly discuss why so many more firms are created than an industry can support.

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Definitions:

Creative Behavior

Involves doing things at work that are innovative and that provide some value for the organization.

Expectancy Theory

A motivational theory suggesting that individuals are motivated to act in certain ways based on their expectations of outcomes and the attractiveness of those outcomes.

Interval Schedules

Are partial reinforcement schedules in which behavior is reinforced as a function of the passage of time—for example, rewarding someone every 10 minutes as long as they were exhibiting desired behavior.

Ratio Schedules

In the context of behavioral psychology, it's a reinforcement strategy where a response is reinforced after a specific number of responses.