[简答题]
Lange, multinational corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs
seize headlines, (1)But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize,
the economy’s vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants,
neighborhood services and factories. Small businesses, defined as those with
fewer than 100 workers, now employ 60 percent of the workforce and expected to
generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.2 million
small forms have opened their doors over the past 6 years of economic growth,
and 1989 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own.
Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealists will
overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition.
Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success
requires. (2)Midcareer executives, forced by a takeover or a restructuring to
quit the corporation a
[单项选择]Large, multinational corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economy’s vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services arid factories. Small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 100 workers, now employ nearly 60 percent of the work force and are expected to generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 1989 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own.
Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealists will overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition. Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer executives, forced by a takeover or a restructuring to quit the corporation and find another way to su
A. the prosperity and decline of the transnational corporations
B. the rise and fall of the markets and products as well as capital
C. the fate of the small businesses such as small plants and restaurants
D. the economic increase and decrease of the large companies