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[单项选择]It is only through innovation that large companies will be able to survive, according to Ron Mitsch, vice-chairman of UK-owned industrial giant 3M. However, says Mitsch, it remains difficult to run a truly innovative company. Innovation involves speculation, unproven technologies and unpredictable costs. It takes a lot of managing, because managers really have to be on top of what’s happening. In addition, innovation does not fit easily into the orderly kind of organization that company accountants like. Despite this, Mitsch claims it is an essential policy to pursue.
The 3M group’s record of growth aiding profitability indicates that it manages the orderly part of the business pretty well. The statistics are big. operations in more than 60 countries, sales in more than 200, around 60,000 products and 70,000 employees. But what makes 3M different is its innovative approach to innovation itself. Although it is a massive multinational with a turnover of $15 billion, the whole comp
A. giving more power to the accountants
B. employing a lot of managers
C. being orderly and organized
D. being prepared to take risks
[填空题]Almost every new innovation goes through there phases. When initially
introducing into the market, the process of adoption is slow. The early 79. ______
models are expensive and hard to use, and perhaps even unsafe. The
economic impact is relatively great. 80. ______
The other phase is the explosive one, where the innovation is rapidly 81. ______
adopted by a large number of people. It gets cheaper and easier to use and
becomes something familiar. And then in the third stage, diffusion (传播，扩
散) of the innovation slows down again, as if it permeates out across the 82. ______
economy.
During the third phase, the whole new industries spring up to produce 83. ______
the new product or innovation, and to service it. For example, during the
1920s, there is a dramatic acceleration in auto production, from 1.9 million
[单项选择]Companies with large scale need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, with a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums require from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, persuading people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. Thus they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. Only by doing so can they put into circulation the savings of individuals both at home and abroad.
When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other savers who is earnest to invest hi
A. depend on their own financial resources
B. invite the banks to provide long-term finance
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know
D. rely on the population as a whole for finance
[单项选择] Companies with large scale need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums required from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, persuading people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. Thus they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals both at home and abroad.
When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other savers who is earnest to invest his money.
A. to borrow as much money as they wish
B. to make certain everybody save money
C. to raise money to support new developments
D. to make certain everybody lend money to them
