High-Growth Ventures Differ from Small Businesses in That in High-Growth

question 62

Multiple Choice

High-growth ventures differ from small businesses in that in high-growth ventures:

• A) the focus is on efficiency rather than effectiveness.
• B) the preferred source of funding is the owner's own money rather than other people's money.
• C) the human resource system is personalized rather than professionalized.
• D) the limitation of growth is dictated by market response rather than the owner's loss of control.

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Definitions:

Osmoconformer

An animal in which the salt concentration of body fluids varies along with changes in the surrounding sea water so that it stays in osmotic equilibrium with its surroundings.

Osmoregulator

An organism that regulates its internal osmotic pressure, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance despite external conditions.

Antidiuretic Hormone

A hormone released by the pituitary gland that regulates water retention in the body by increasing the concentration of solutes in the blood.

Collecting Ducts

Tubules in the kidneys that receive urine from the nephrons and transport it into the renal pelvis and ureter.