The top management team at Ingenuity, Inc, has assigned a team of scientists to a multi-year project to investigate the viability of growing large amounts of fur from cloned cells of minks and foxes to produce no-kill fur products for coats and other clothing items. This idea would satisfy all the dimensions of the entrepreneurial orientation EXCEPT:
A) innovativeness.
B) risk taking.
C) proactiveness.
D) competitive autonomy.

Respuesta :

Answer:

D. Competitive autonomy

Explanation:

Competitive autonomy is a situation where a firm is free from competition. Their decision doesn't guarantee that they will be free from competitor.

The idea of top management team at ingenuity inc. assigning a team of scientists to a multi-year project to investigate the viability of growing large amount of fur from cloned cells of minks and foxes to produce no-kill fur product for coats and other clothing items satisfy Innovativeness, risk taking and proactiveness.

It satisfies Innovativeness such that they bring ideas or new ways of doing things to the industry.

It satisfies risk bearing in a way that the decision of top management team in ingenuity inc. could either yield a positive or negative result. In the either case, lot of resources have been put into it and may either be profitable or loss.

It satisfies proactiveness because they are taking actions in advance for an expected change or difficulty in the future.