1. Why do people buy insurance? 2. How does Hurricane Katrina illustrate the problem with
insurance?
3. How did the first insurance fund develop?
4. Which country used a form of the welfare state before
countries like the United States?
5. What was the economic relationship between Chicago and
Chile?
6. What was the problem with Japan's welfare state?
7. What are the other options to insurance?
8. Do you think insurance is a good thing for people? Why or
why not?

Coca-cola was primarily known for its core competencies in marketing, bottling, and distributing aerated drinks. however, with the success of gatorade, coca-cola developed competencies in the development and marketing of its own sports drink, powerade. which of the following is true of coca-cola? a. it is leveraging existing core competencies to improve current market position. b. it is building new core competencies to protect and extend its current market position. c. it is redeploying and recombining existing core competencies to compete in markets of the future. d. it is targeting the chasm between the early adopter and early majority market segment.