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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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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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A strategizing-as-practice perspective of the 'advice process' of small business owners.
… examines the processes of advice seeking by small business owners and employs a Strategy-as-Practice perspective. The analysis of the data from 33 small business owners identified eleven factors that influenced the processes. These included: cost; proximity; technical skills and knowledge; …
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A National Study of Deaf Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners: Implications for Career Counseling
… and demographics of Deaf entrepreneurs and small business owners. Descriptive research methodology was to obtain data from a clearly defined population comprising Deaf entrepreneurs and small business owners. The researcher designed a questionnaire to answer six research questions. Study …
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Sex, Entrepreneurship, and Benefits: The Role of Small Business Owners in Promoting Gender Equity in the Workplace through Benefits Offerings
… this study is to ascertain whether the sex of a business owner influences the benefits offered by a given business. Specifically, are female-owned businesses more likely than male-owned firms to have family-friendly employment benefits in place? My hypothesis is that there is a relationship …
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An analysis of the impact of a small business development center consulting program on the attitudes of small business owners toward computers in their firms
… and report on the impact and effectiveness of a Small Business Development Center consulting program. The consulting program consisted of two individualized, self-paced, interactive computer courseware sets which were designed to deliver information about business computer systems to small …
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An Investigation of the Perceptions and Expectations of Vocational Educators, Facilitators and Small Business Owners Regarding Entrepreneurship Education in Jamaica (Developing Countries, Program Design, Training)
… of vocational educators, facilitators and small business owners regarding entrepreneurship education in Jamaica. Entrepreneurship education was treated in this study as one medium through which self-employment concepts could be implemented in vocational education programs. Entrepreneurship …
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A study of small business public relations behavior to ascertain a need for a do-it-yourself public relations web site
… were to (a) study the behavior of New Jersey small business owners and (b) use this information as primary research to ascertain a need for a do-it-yourself public relations Web site. A survey questionnaire was mailed to 75 New Jersey small business owners who were randomly selected from the …
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An exploration into the personal and professional impact of the Bachelor of Applied Management on a small business owner
… focused on exploring the experience of our small business owner graduates who acquired a Bachelor of Applied Management through an independent learning pathway (ILP), which is a work-based learning qualification at Otago Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga. Graduates anecdotally report the process as …
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Ontleding van kleinsakemislukkings
About 75 percent of all small businesses started each year are predicted to fail within the first 5 years. It is important to identify and recognise the major reasons and pitfalls that often lead to small business failure to assure the survival of the small business. The small business owner will …
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Ethnic Intimacy: Race, Law, and Citizenship in Korean America
… Korean ethnics such as legal professionals, small business owners, and manual laborers navigate the diverse meanings of law, race, and citizenship in New York City. Particularly, I focus on the relationship between Korean legal professionals and their coethnic clients comprised of mostly …
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A Theater for Gallaudet University at Florida Avenue Market
… Florida Avenue Market, in Washington DC. Through small scale iterative design solutions and creative use of public space the residents, street vendors, and small business owners in the area have reinvented their urban condition. Using extremely limited resources, they have created a unique vibrant …
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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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Resilience and risk in the informal economy: a study in the regulation of flooding
Small scale business owners living and operating businesses in flood prone informal settlement areas are amongst the most vulnerable groups of society to climate change and associated risks. The state is unable to provide key goods and services in many of these areas of limited statehood. How these …
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Wherein lies the difference in the estimate of the size of the South African small business sector?
… investigates the difference of over 4 million business owners found in the estimates produced by the QLFS 2010:2 and the Finscope (2010) South Africa Small Business Survey. The paper discusses a number of possible reasons for the discrepancy and finds that the QLFS 2010:2 understates the number …
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Exploring the role of township economy on youth empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship
… of these problems. For these youth, micro and small entrepreneurial ventures in the informal or township economy seem to be the only viable solution out of these problems. The objective of this study was to explore the extent to which the township economy fosters entrepreneurship among the …
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The Officeminium : alternative tenure choice in the Office Business Center market
The Office Business Center (OBC) is a shared office facility, which is fully equipped, staffed and furnished. Many small business and sole proprietors choose OBC space over traditional leased office space because it alleviates the upfront cost and time required to maintain and manage an effective …
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Makin' a way where there is no way : fostering small business connections in Camden, New Jersey
… include additional support and development of small businesses primarily located on the city's historic neighborhood commercial corridors. Camden small business owners have extensive local knowledge and experience in the city, view being located in Camden as a business opportunity, fill local …
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Assessment of Important Aspects of Human Resource Practices in Small Business Enterprises
… important aspects of human resource practices in small business enterprises. The data was analysed using both content analysis and Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings show that small business recruitment has been a problem for many years especially in identifying hard …
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