Consumer tastes and preferences are _____ forces that influence an organization’s product line.

A(n) _____ is a change in the appearance or performance of a product or service or of the physical processes through which a product or service is manufactured.

An independently owned and operated enterprise with relatively little influence over its environment is defined in the text as a(n) _____.

An alternative should be eliminated during evaluation if:

An example of a force for change in the task environment of an organization is _____.

​Decisions made by top managers involving strategy, such as signing mergers or making acquisitions, are examples of _____ decisions.

A disadvantage of  group decision making is that:

A _____ is a segment of a market that is not currently being exploited.

Discuss the concept of entrepreneurship.

​According to the classical decision model, managers: