Companies with more of these on their corporate boards perform better.
What are women?
100
Shifting jobs to foreign country locations.
What is outsourcing?
100
Starting your small business can be considered like having a baby, which is why the first life-cycle stage of a business is called this.
What is birth stage?
100
Needing to communicate to over 100 Verizon sales people across the country, this method of communcation was often the most efficient for the Prof.
What is e-mail?
200
Body posture and facial expressions are examples of this type of communication.
What is nonverbal?
200
Dominant subculture in business for many years, now becoming less dominant.
What are white males?
200
If you're buying toys in US retail stores, they probably came from this country.
What is China?
200
Sometimes your business won't fly unless you can find this type of investor.
What is angel?
200
When the Prof ran his gift shop, several of the items in the store were manufactured in other countries, making them this type of product.
What are imports?
300
The opposite of passive listening, which may result in the listener asking questions to clarify or confirm the message.
What is active listening?
300
People are often zapped with this feeling of confusion and discomfort when dealing with an unfamiliar culture.
What is culture shock?
300
There's no waffling about this country which has the corporate headquarters for the makers of Bud beer.
What is Belgium?
300
Many people classify entrepreneurs as this, but I wouldn't bet on that being true.
What is gamblers?
300
The Prof had one employee in his gift shop. The Prof could have added this additional number of employees and still be considered a small business.
What is 499?
400
Some employees may think this is just plain old "snooping", looking at e-mails they may have sent or websites they may have visited.
What is electronic monitoring?
400
The country which scores the highest on individualism and the lowest on collectivism.
What is the USA?
400
When partners from two countries start a business together, the term describing what they are doing has nothing to do with "getting high".
What is a joint venture?
400
These two groups are starting business in growing numbers, often out of necessity in order to gain economic independence.
What are women and minorities?
400
The Prof sometimes heard himself referred to as "one of those marketing people". When Verizon employees used this term, they were exhibiting this type of subculture.
What is occupational?
500
Waving "hello" with an open palm in West Africa could be interpreted as telling a person they have five fathers. A low sensitivity to ___________ could be responsible for this cross-cultural blunder.
What is cultural etiquette?
500
A cultural approach that some minority members may adopt in order to "fit in".
What is biculturalism?
500
Rated the country with the lowest level of business corruption; better known as the filming location of "Lord of the Rings".
What is New Zealand?
500
A common window of opportunity for many entrepreneurs that spans this 23 year age grouping.
What is 22 to 45?
500
When the Prof's small business failed after 15 months, it became part of the 5 year failure rate. That rate falls between these 2 percentages.