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Showing 1 to 20 of 463 for “"Small business"”.
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Small business owners' measures of success
Small business plays a significant part in the economy of all nations because of its revenue contribution and as a generator of employment. In the Australian context, small businesses account for 85% of all businesses, employ 40% of the total workforce and contribute $75 billion annually to …
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Small business growth in contrasting environments
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Small Business in the Political Process
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Small business strategy and performance in a developing economy : an exploratory analysis of Zimbabwe’s small business sector
… relationship between planning and performance in small firms and yet there is disjointedness and little agreement on the findings. Such a scenario calls for more research in the domain. This study explores the relationship between formal strategic planning and performance in the small business …
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Essays in Consumer and Small Business Finance
… consists of three essays in consumer and small business finance. The last US housing boom and the development of mortgage securitization are commonly believed to fuel the credit expansion before the financial crisis. The first two chapters contribute to these discussions by investigating …
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Controls and analysis for small business management
… there is a large segment of our medium and small sized businesses that is at least in part operating as in the horse and buggy days. The ideas presented here have been developed by actual practice and are based on information. obtained from sources listed in the bibliography. Because these …
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StreetSmart: Reinventing Retail Through Smarter Small Business
… exacerbated inequalities in minority-owned businesses, including ownership rates, revenue, and access to financing. The pandemic also led to the closure of street retail, increased demand for eCommerce and logistics space, and resulted in retail supply chain operational challenges and …
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Poverty alleviation: beyond the national small business strategy
'Small business' is commonly conceived of as a solution to structural unemployment and poverty al alleviation, whether from a capitalist perspective or as part of the preventative, developmental aspects of 'developmental social welfare services'. The White Paper on a National Strategy for the …
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Support for post start-up small business growth
The objective of this thesis is to determine how small firm support provision might be improved in order to help post start-up businesses in Devon and Cornwall to grow. Interest in this issue stems from (a) previous research carried out in the region highlighting a possible need for continued …
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The Evolution of Small Business Reform in Russia
<p>Small businesses are key drivers in the world’s leading economies. Russia on the whole is lagging behind the developed world in terms of small businesses per capita. Entrepreneurship gradually took shape after the collapse of the Soviet Union despite structural challenges. A discourse on small …
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Examination of Small Business Administration Minority Enterprise Development
Government policy with regard to small business development may be described as follows: "It is the declared policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive …
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Essays on Household Finance and Small Business Credit
… Chapter 2 explores the investment decisions of small business owners when their child goes to college using the linked financial accounts of small businesses and their owners. By comparing small business owner households with college-entering aged children to otherwise similar households with …
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Learning Style AND Entrepreneurial Operations:A Small Business Study
… ripe with opportunity for entrepreneurial small business venture (American Pet Products Association, 2013). Small businesses invite innovation, create and provide new jobs, foster entrepreneurial spirit and creativity, and create competition that drives future business endeavors (Hillary, …
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Retirement planning practices among black small business owners
… interviews were conducted with nine black small business owners in non-metropolitan central and southwestern Virginia. Analysis of the data revealed a common definition among the respondents. Retirement was viewed as a time when one could no longer work due to physical or mental …
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Strategic marketing and the tourism small business in Victoria
… with the survey and analysis of 163 tourism small businesses from both rural and city locations in Victoria which are a representative sample of the 5,000 to 9,000 tourism small businesses in the State. In investigating the extent to which such businesses use a strategic marketing approach …
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Social capital and engagement in Nigerian small business marketing.
… social capital and engagement in Nigerian small business marketing. It examines how Nigerian small business owner-managers develop and use social capital in the network of relationships to overcome marketing constraints. Social capital can be viewed as a marketing asset available in network …
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Collaborative development of a small business emergency planning model
Small businesses, which are defined by the US Small Business Administration as entities with less than 500 employees, suffer interruptions from diverse risks such as financial events, legal situations, or severe storms exemplified by Hurricane Sandy. Proper preparations can help lessen the length …
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