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nancyan1985

A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substantial preparatory research and planning, only half used that work to produce a formal business plan.  Since, on average, the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans, these survey results indicate that, in general, formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. Companies started by entrepreneurs who had used formal business plans to attract investment were on the whole as profitable in their first year as were companies started by entrepreneurs who had not produced such plans.

2. In surveys of entrepreneurs who have attempted without success to raise sufficient capital, more than half of the respondents indicate that they have produced a formal business plan.

3. Among the entrepreneurs surveyed, those who did not produce formal business plans sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors with whom they had a long-standing business relationship.

4. The entrepreneurs surveyed who did not produce a formal business plan spent nearly as much time doing preparatory research and planning as the entrepreneurs who produced plans.

5. The entrepreneurs who produced business plans generally reported later that the process of writing the plan had increased their confidence that their company would succeed.

想问的就是这个 long-standing business relationship.有什么用啊？ C说的是什么意思呢？

谢谢大家

浅斟低唱

我的想法是

Since, on average, the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans, these survey results indicate that, in general, formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed.

看这个因果关系 他说 没有f plans的企业家secured the capital的时间是那些有plans的一半 于是他推论是这个plans对于secured the capital 没用

那削弱

C说 这些没有plans的人的投资大部分来自于长期的经济合作关系

这个意思就是说 时间短不是因为没有plans 而是因为他们寻找的投资人很可靠 你想啊 长期投资 很靠的住啊 于是这就是他因削弱了吧

就是说 如果你有plans但是你同样有长期合作人 那么你的时间照样短 也就是说这个secured the capital不取决于你有没有plans 而在于你有没有长期合作人

个人意见 仅供参考

nbtom88

就是因果关系中，其它因素导致结论成立，削弱