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Journal articles on the topic "Small businesses"

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Cole, Graham. "Big business for small businesses." Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal 28, no. 4 (June 2, 2014): 24–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlo-04-2014-0029.

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Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Learning is fundamental to success in any walk of life. Business is no different. Any organization lacking the motivation or capacity to acquire new knowledge will invariably get left behind. The merits of formal learning mechanisms have long been recognized. However, more informal approaches to learning are increasingly playing a major part in the workplace. The flexibility it offers is perhaps a major reason why it now allegedly accounts for up to 90 per cent of learning that takes place. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to digest format.
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M. T., Zholamanova, and Zhamiyeva A. "Financial support for small businesses." ECONOMIC Series of the Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov ENU 130, no. 1 (2020): 130–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.32523/2079-620x-2020-1-130-138.

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N.I, Xamidov. "Loan Mechanisms For Small Businesses." American Journal of Interdisciplinary Innovations and Research 03, no. 05 (May 7, 2021): 185–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajiir/volume03issue05-30.

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The article examines the development of scientific and practical proposals for the mechanism of lending to small businesses by commercial banks, thereby increasing the financial stability of banks, creating opportunities for long-term lending to customers, lending to small businesses by banks and increasing entrepreneurship. The authors have developed their own approach to this problem on the basis of the literary sources of foreign and domestic scholars. In addition, the article presents relevant proposals and recommendations.
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Urubkov, M. "Small businesses." Metallurgist 35, no. 2 (February 1991): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00750235.

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Mandal, Pratap Chandra. "Small Businesses." International Journal of Business Strategy and Automation 1, no. 3 (July 2020): 24–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbsa.2020070102.

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Positioning and branding in the minds of the target market are imperative for any company. Small businesses find it challenging because of limited resources and budgets. Small businesses adopt a number of innovative ideas and initiatives to develop and build their brands. They focus on finding a compelling product and improving its performance, establishing brands with limited associations, and providing product and service trials for customers. They use the internet optimally to do digital communication and depend on word of mouth and buzz marketing to do cost-effective communications. They develop an integrated set of brand elements and leverage secondary brand associations. They utilize their scarce resources optimally, conduct cost-effective marketing research to analyze their customers, and focus on concentrated marketing. All these strategies and initiatives help small businesses to position and establish their brands in the minds of the target market.
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Retsinas, Joan. "Small Businesses:." Journal of Health & Social Policy 6, no. 3 (May 11, 1995): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j045v06n03_01.

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Dimitriadou, Eleni, Thomas Bournaris, Theodoros Stavrinoudis, and Olga Iakovidou. "The Efficiency Score of Small Accommodation Businesses in Non-Coastal Rural Areas in Greece." Sustainability 13, no. 19 (October 4, 2021): 11005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131911005.

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Small accommodation businesses dominate the rural hospitality industry, producing simple or complex tourist products and services in order to be sustainable and competitive. In this paper, a two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model was applied in a representative sample of 151 small accommodation businesses in non-coastal areas in the region of Central Macedonia in Greece. In the first stage, DEA-bootstrapping is applied to estimate point and interval efficiency ratios of accommodation businesses and identify the benchmark accommodations. The double bootstrapping truncated procedure of Simar and Wilson is implemented in the second stage to investigate the role of five business factors in terms of efficiency. The findings suggest that small accommodation businesses, although they are based in areas where tourist resources abound, are inefficient. Moreover, the results of the truncated regression method showed that the business’s size, the operating days, and the variety of activities (simple/complex) affect business’s inefficiency. On the contrary, the business’s age and their engagement in agriculture or not do not affect business’s efficiency. The results are important for rural entrepreneurs and policy makers, and they will also be useful for the adaptation of businesses to increase their efficiency.
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Kramer, Bonita. "Trust, but verify: fraud in small businesses." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22, no. 1 (February 16, 2015): 4–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-08-2012-0097.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness about internal fraud in small businesses among small business owners, managers, and consultants. Design/methodology/approach – Recent statistics from international fraud surveys are presented, and the theory of why people commit fraud is described. The most common internal fraud schemes as identified in the international fraud surveys are explained, as well as some of the related red flags and preventative measures. Examples of actual internal frauds perpetrated in small businesses are discussed. Findings – This paper summarizes pertinent facts that repeatedly show small businesses are most vulnerable to fraud and suffer a disproportionate median loss when compared to larger businesses. External audits by Certified Public Accountants cannot be relied upon to detect fraud. Owners, managers, and advisors are strongly encouraged to have knowledge of how fraud can affect their organizations in order to prevent or detect fraud and avoid the devastating effect it can have on the small business’s viability. Practical implications – Fraud knowledge can help owners, managers, and advisors prevent small businesses from falling victim to fraud. Originality/value – This paper addresses a critical issue to small businesses, but has so far been largely neglected in the literature. While large financial statement frauds receive widespread publicity, they are relatively uncommon compared to asset misappropriation fraud schemes suffered by small businesses.
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Crick, Dave, and Shiv Chaudhry. "Small businesses’ motives." Journal of Marketing Practice: Applied Marketing Science 3, no. 3 (September 1997): 156–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000004340.

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Pinho, Jose Carlos M., Lurdes Martins, and Ana Maria Soares. "Small businesses’ internationalization." Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 10, no. 1 (April 3, 2018): 50–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjba-05-2017-0043.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small businesses"

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Stewart, K. Shelette. "Formal business planning and small businesses: a survey of small businesses with an international focus in Atlanta." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1995. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1694.

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This study examined the extent to which small businesses, with an international focus, are employing formaI business planning techniques and the extent to which such techniques contribute to the success of these businesses. The study was based on the hypothesis that small business success is associated with formal business planning. Indicators of both formal business planning, the independent variable, and small business success, the dependent variable, were developed. Survey research was conducted to generate and analyze data gathered from one hundred business owners/operators of small businesses, with an international focus, located within the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). A five-page questionnaire was developed and a survey analysis grid was designed. The researcher found that those businesses practicing formal business planning techniques were more successful than those not employing them. The conclusions drawn from these findings suggest that formal business planning contributes to the success of small businesses with an international focus.
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Dolva, Gun M. "Ecocentrism and small businesses." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2023. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2631.

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This thesis explores human and nature relationships in small businesses from a nature-first, ecocentric perspective, and uses the findings to construct a collaborative framework to enhance these relationships. Accordingly, this study fills several gaps identified in emerging literature discussing the importance of understanding human and nature relationships, ecocentrism and the management of pro-environmental practices in small businesses. By framing this thesis within a nature-first perspective, this study responds to the UN conviction that the concept of Harmony with Nature needs to be adopted and non-anthropocentric relationships with nature are necessary to achieve this. To create a suitable conceptual framework for this study, the researcher therefore drew on ecocentric philosophies and a nature-first research approach that aimed to enhance the protection of nature by understanding and improving human and nature relationships. The methodology used involved in-depth interviews with participants from café and construction businesses, followed by thematic analysis of the transcripts. The results were finally triangulated with collaborative learning theories and used to develop a collaborative learning framework that could be used to enhance human and nature relationships in small businesses. The findings demonstrated that while participants were anthropocentric in their perspectives, attitudes, and behaviours about and towards nature, they were also concerned about its destruction, and motivated to do more personally and at work to reduce this destruction. While they were able to act on ideas to reduce their impact on nature in their personal lives, they were however, only able to do so at their workplaces if they had permission. These findings are notable for identifying that lack of action is not necessarily related to knowledge or motivation to act, but rather to having opportunities to act. Participants identified that the main enablers improving their knowledge, motivation, and ability to act included the use of media, individual and group learning, and opportunities to share with and support each other. Findings also revealed that without external support and stakeholder collaboration, small businesses cannot effectively increase their pro-environmental practices. Additionally, an unexpected finding was the identification of eco-grief in the participant cohort, particularly of those in the construction industry. This was associated with individuals witnessing destruction of nature and feeling unable to prevent it occurring. This finding suggests that improving the ability of individuals to act to reduce their harm to nature can also improve mental health at workplaces. Understanding and being able to measure the level of this human and nature emotional relationship is an important area requiring further research, not only academically or to reduce human damage to nature, but also as it offers an innovative tool for the management of organisational cultures. This thesis makes several contributions. First, by focusing on small privately owned businesses, this thesis also contributes to gaps in the understanding and management of ecocentric mindsets and behaviours in such businesses. Second, the evidence based framework, such as that developed in this thesis, has important implications for emerging environmental sustainability debates. Third, this work contributes to emerging academic and practical actions intended to address gaps in this field, including those concerning how to enhance Harmony with Nature perspectives and behaviours. This includes the research methodology of this thesis which shows how ecocentric theory can be coupled with a nature-based approach to identify and classify ecocentric perspectives, attitudes, and behaviours, and what influences these factors.
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Parkhurst, Michael. "Founder succession in small businesses." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3556877.

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The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to replicate and expand on previous studies by Rubenson and Gupta (1992, 1996) who introduced a contingency model for the initial succession of an organization. The second purpose is to verify that their model is applicable to organizations that are substantially smaller than the original 54 Fortune 1000 companies that were studied. The researcher used a qualitative research methodology to answer the following research questions. 1. Is the Contingency Model of the Initial Succession proposed by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) transferable to organizations of smaller size and lower revenues? 2. Were the founders of small sized organizations planning for their eventual succession? 3. What other factors came into play beyond those outlined by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) during the succession process?

The qualitative research methodology employed was a grounded theory research design utilizing personal interviews with the first successors of an organization. The researcher used a combination of structured and unstructured questions during the interviews of 15 successor CEOs about the process of succession from the founder to them as the next organizational leader. Participants in this study were chosen by a combination of purposeful sampling and chain referencing methods. All the participants and organizations in this study met the following criteria: (a) the interviewed successor must be the first leader after the founder, (b) the organizations must have been between $5 and $200 million dollars in annual revenue at the time of succession, (c) the organizations must have had 200 employees or less at the time of succession, and (d) the succession must either be in process or have happened within the last 5 years.

The results of this study suggest that founders who maintain a controlling equity position in their organizations are able to set the date and method of their succession with impunity. Only 6 of the 12 sub-factors in the model for the initial succession were confirmed in the sample population of this study. It is the authors conclusion that the proposed model by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) as it is currently constructed had minimal explanatory power in the target population of this study. Additionally, 6 themes were discovered during the interview process: founders are thinking in terms of how to cash out of the business rather than their legacy; founders are not planning for succession until it is thrust upon them by illness, old age, or by their family; founders did whatever they wanted because they were the majority shareholder; successors are not inclined to confront the founder; founders have a high level of self identification with the organization; and founders hung onto the organization because it was their hobby.

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Lammin, Susan. "Safety management in small businesses." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2000. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/34434.

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The crux of this thesis was the investigation of how safety was managed in small businesses. The research considered how management differed from the approaches championed by large employers. The concern was that, that which was good practice for some businesses may not necessarily have transposed to others, which differ in terms of number of employees, managerial complexity and access to information and advice. The research was strongly based on recently propounded and popular models and theories of business management. The McKinsey 7-S Framework® was used as a skeleton to facilitate the ordering and collection of data.
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Kpalou, Jean-Yves Gaba. "Difficulties experienced by small business managers in marketing their businesses." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018635.

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The small business sector in today‘s world is considered seriously by researchers, scholars, policy-makers and governments as an important answer in addressing problems of unemployment, poverty alleviation, and redistribution of wealth. Promoting and encouraging the development of the small business sector is without any doubt a key factor for economic growth. However, this sector faced a high rate of businesses failure due to the many challenges among them, for example, the lack of marketing strategy and implementation in the conduct of the business. Several researches show the important role of marketing in a business but unfortunately it is still not a strong component in many organisations especially within the small business sector.For this reason the aim of this study was to investigate the difficulties experienced by small business managers in marketing their businesses. Taking the aim of this study into consideration, the primary objectives were to firstly look at the practice of marketing in small businesses and secondly to identify the difficulties of marketing experienced by small business managers.The literature study provided a brief overview of the small business sector, followed by a presentation of the practice of marketing in an organisation especially within small business enterprises. Moreover a discussion of the difficulties experienced by small business managers in marketing their businesses was also addressed through the literature review. The literature classified those difficulties into two types; (a)internal factors (lack of marketing planning and strategy, cost of marketing, lack of marketing expertise, perception of marketing) and (b) external factors (lack of knowledge of the market environment).The empirical study was conducted to evaluate the practice of marketing in small businesses and to see what marketing difficulties were experienced by small business owners and/or managers. Data were collected by means of a survey, using a questionnaire. Respondents were identified using the snowball sampling technique through the database of the Nelson Mandela Bay Chamber of Commerce. The data gathered from 67 usable questionnaires were analysed and interpreted. The results of the empirical study revealed that the biggest problems experienced by small business managers in the sample were the heavy cost of marketing followed by the lack of marketing expertise and finally the lack of marketing segmentation strategy. This study contributes to the enhancement of the literature on small business marketing with a focus on the difficulties experienced by owners and/or managers in implementing marketing. As a result this study presents recommendations and suggestions to assist managers in marketing their businesses.
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Hussin, Husnayati. "Alignment of business strategy and IT strategy in small businesses." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1998. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6979.

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Strategic use of IT among SMEs has gained much attention recently as both reseachers and practitioners view this as one of the avenues for smaller firms to compete successfully. However, very little empirical work has been done to understand the issue. This study helps to fill this gap in the important research area by exploring the alignment of business strategy and IT strategy among UK man facturing firms with less than 150 employees. A mail survey of Chief Executive Officers generated 256 responses to an eight page questionnaire. Factor analysis of the nine business strategy and the nine IT strategy variables yielded three business strategy factors and three IT strategy factors which could be sensibly identified with strategy areas and which clearly showed a fit between the two sets. Based on these two set offactors, the measurement of IS alignment was explored using two methods: (1) the 'moderation' or interaction approach, and (2) the 'matching' or difference approach. The finding of this study provides support for past observation that the `moderation' approach of measuring fit' is more meaningful when the performance criterion is included in the research model. By using a multistep cluster analysis, two distinct groups of SMEs are identified based on the alignment between quality-oriented, product-oriented, and market-oriented business strategy and IT strategy which support these strategies. The group of SiviEs which has a high degree of alignment for the three strategy areas are found to achieve better organisational performance than the group of SÄLIEs with a low degree of IS alignment. Interestingly, the findings of this study also indicate that the degree of alignment between business strategy and IT strategy is related to the level of IT sophistication and the level of CEO's commitment to IT. In summary, this study has extended our understanding of IS alignment and has provided useful insights for CEOs of small and medium-sized companies in planning their IT utilisation.
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Hajjar, Bandar M. H. "Financing small businesses in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1989. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7118.

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The overwhelming dependence of Saudi Arabia on oil exports as the only source of national income has exposed the Kingdom's economy to serious exogenous shocks. In order to reduce the impact of this external disruption, the Government, through successive five-year development plans, established the basic physical infrastructure necessary for developing the real and financial sectors. At the same time, it encouraged the private sector through various incentives to participate in the development process. As government spending started to decline after 1982, the Government urged the private sector to take a more prominent role in the future development process. So as to sustain economic growth. Small businesses, as a large segment of the private sector, can play a significant role in this. This study aims to provide guidelines to assist planners, decision makers and bankers in Saudi Arabia to design a programme which will ensure effective participation of small businesses in the development process. To achieve this goal, the study concentrates on identifying the main obstacles encountered by small businesses in their efforts to finance their projects internally, or to have access to external sources of finance. It also seeks to identify the main constraints that prevent the government credit institutions and commercial banks from providing adequate finance to small businesses. By linking the demand side for finance, represented by small businesses, with the supply side, represented by commercial banks and government credit funds, the gaps in the lending system as a result of the imbalance between these two sides are identified. Options for filling these gaps are then considered.
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Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Strategies for assisting small retail businesses." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70667.

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McKinnon-Russell, Tiffany Suzanne. "Transformational Leadership Principles within Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/891.

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Small businesses in the United States experience a high rate of failure. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify and explore consistent strategies small business owners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania used to lead successful companies. Transformational leadership theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. A mixed purposive sample of 20 small business owners participated in semistructured face- to-face and telephone interviews. Each of the participants possessed a minimum of 3 years of successful business operation and employed fewer than 500 individuals. Using Moustakas' modified van Kaam analyses, 6 main themes emerged: characteristics and experiences, leadership behaviors, managing operations, managing employees, employee behaviors, and achieving success. The study findings highlighted the need for small business owners to nurture the leader-follower relationship to inspire and motivate employees. Further, the results indicated the importance of utilizing integrated business practices to influence employee and business performance. The findings in this study promote positive social change by identifying strategies to empower nascent and existing entrepreneurs. Small business owners can apply these results to improve the leader- follower relationship within their organizations, and boost overall business success.
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Stovall, Barbara. "Sustainability Strategies for Successful Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5660.

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Small businesses struggle to survive for longer than 5 years because owners lack knowledge of strategies to sustain financial capital. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners used to maintain financial capital to ensure survivability for longer than 5 years. The sample included 3 successful service- related small business owners located in the southeastern United States. Systems theory and the theory of entrepreneurship provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data collection involved face-to-face, semistructured interviews and a review of company websites and organizational documents. Member checking enhanced the credibility of the findings. Themes included personal preparation, customer services, and sustaining strategies. Findings may contribute to entrepreneurs' and small business owners' knowledge of financial strategies to sustain their businesses for longer than 5 years, which may benefit the overall wealth of the community by increasing employment opportunities, economic growth, and financial stability. Implications for positive social change include providing operation survival practices for new small business owners, business preparation skills, developing and maintaining internal and external customer service relations, and sustaining accessible financial capital.
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Books on the topic "Small businesses"

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Manley, John. Growing small businesses. Ottawa, Ont: Industry Canada, 1994.

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Office, Illinois Attorney General's. Protecting small businesses. Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois Attorney General, 2006.

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Canada. Dept. of Finance. Industry Canada. Growing small businesses. [Ottawa: Dept. of Finance., 1994.

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Alberty, Steven C. Advising small businesses. Deerfield, Ill. (155 Pfingsten Rd., Deerfield 60015): Callaghan, 1989.

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M, Andress Stephen, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (1982- ), eds. Advising small businesses. Boston, MA (20 West St., Boston 02111): Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1992.

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L, Anderson Robert. Managing small businesses. Minneapolis/St. Paul: West Pub., 1993.

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Canada, Canada Industry. Growing small businesses. [Ottawa: Industry Canada], 1994.

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O, Stewart David, ed. Representing small businesses. New York: Wiley Law Publications, 1986.

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Lawrence, Chamberlain, and Ontario. Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology., eds. New small businesses. [Toronto]: Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology Ontario, 1986.

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1960-, Welford Richard, ed. Small businesses and small business development: A practical approach. Bradford: European Research Press, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Small businesses"

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Kovaleva, Natalia. "Small Businesses in Russia." In Small Firms and Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe, 123–38. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57460-3_6.

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Mills, Karen G. "What Small Businesses Want." In Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, 55–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03620-1_5.

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Mills, Karen G. "What Small Businesses Want." In Fintech, Small Business & The American Dream, 61–71. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55612-8_5.

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Watson, Robert, Kevin Keasey, and Mae Baker. "Small Firm Financial Contracting and Immigrant Entrepreneurship." In Immigrant Businesses, 70–89. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403905338_5.

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sohn, dehyun, Hee-Jung Jang, and Timothy Jung. "Slow Management and Small Businesses." In Go Slow and Curvy, 63–92. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14854-0_3.

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Hally, Luke. "FinTech Solutions for Small Businesses." In The FinTech Book, 123–24. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119218906.ch32.

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Temri, Leïla. "Small Businesses and Sustainable Development." In Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2108–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15347-6_235.

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Laperche, Blandine. "Knowledge Capital and Small Businesses." In Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1527–32. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15347-6_414.

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Pierson, Jo. "ICT Appropriation by Small Businesses." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 109–24. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35511-5_8.

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Burgess, Stephen, and Carmine Sellitto. "Knowledge Acquisition in Small Businesses." In Information and Communication Technologies and Real-Life Learning, 47–54. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25997-x_6.

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Conference papers on the topic "Small businesses"

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Samad A., Abdul, Syahnur Said, Mapparenta, Serlin Serang, and Muliyadi Hamid. "Green Marketing in Small Businesses." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Materials Engineering and Management - Management Section (ICMEMm 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icmemm-18.2019.37.

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Davey, Todd, Thorsten Kliewe, Peter van der Sijde, and Matt McIntyre. "Continuous high technology bursiness incubation." In 16th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2008. University of Twente, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268488823.

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This paper addresses the question of how organisations can foster high technology businesses in an incubation-type environment. We compare the approaches taken by a large private firm with a successful University entrepreneurial program to outline successful elements in creating a successful high tech business incubation environment. By outlining similarities and differences of the two cases, this paper provides practical insights how to foster high technology businesses.
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Castro-Leon, Enrique, Jackson He, and Mark Chang. "Scaling Down SOA to Small Businesses." In IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA '07). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/soca.2007.37.

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Srivastava, Ashok. "AI for Small Businesses and Consumers." In KDD '19: The 25th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3292500.3340398.

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Mazankova, T. V., O. F. Belenko, and D. K. Bondarenko. "ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL BUSINESSES." In Problems and mechanisms of implementation of national priorities of socio-economic development of Russia. Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.38161/978-5-7823-0740-0-2020-060-065.

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Tougher competition in the consumer market necessitates maintaining the competitiveness of enterprises. In this regard, the work considers the methods of assessing competitiveness, defined the possibility of their use in the practice of small trading enterprises, made an assessment of the competitiveness of the trading enterprise PI Vasilyev A.Yu, made conclusions about ways to improve the competitiveness of the company and adjust the strategy
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Bakieva, G. K., and N. A. Iushchenko. "Taxation of small businesses in agriculture." In ТЕНДЕНЦИИ РАЗВИТИЯ НАУКИ И ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ. НИЦ «Л-Журнал», 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/lj-04-2018-51.

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Osintsev, Artyom Dmitrievich. "ANTI-CRISIS SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES." In Themed collection of papers from Foreign International Scientific Conference «Trends in the development of science and Global challenges» Ьу HNRI «National development» in cooperation with AFP. June 2022. Crossref, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37539/man3.2022.49.86.007.

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Singh, Rupesh, Manmath Paste, Nirmala Shinde, Harshkumar Patel, and Nitin Mishra. "Chatbot using TensorFlow for small Businesses." In 2018 Second International Conference on Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (ICICCT). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icicct.2018.8472998.

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Hutabarat, Zoel. "Empowering Small Businesses of Pearl Farming." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics, Management, Accounting and Business, ICEMAB 2018, 8-9 October 2018, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. EAI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.8-10-2018.2288693.

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Beckinsale, Martin J. J. "The Business-to-Business implications of low-tech Entrepreneurial Ethnic Minority Businesses in a virtual environment." In 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006. University of Twente, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268629317.

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Reports on the topic "Small businesses"

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Hurst, Erik, and Benjamin Wild Pugsley. What Do Small Businesses Do? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w17041.

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Judd, Kathleen S., and Ann M. Lesperance. Business Continuity Planning Resources for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/992011.

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Powers, Jennifer, and Barbara Magnoni. Pure Perseverance: A Study of Women's Small Businesses in Colombia: Understanding Success Factors of Women's and Men's Small Businesses in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009125.

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Supporting women's businesses has become a topic of growing interest to governments and mainstream development institutions in recent years. Declarations to address women's unequal access to economic opportunity at the G-20 Summit, the development of UN Women, and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative reflect that mainstream institutions are adopting a role in improving women's economic opportunities throughout the developed and developing world. This study aims to inform thinking around these initiatives, using a detailed case study in Colombia as a basis. We begin by posing the question, why support women's businesses as opposed to all small businesses in a developing country, arguing that there are multiple potential reasons including economic development, investment in families and promoting gender equality. We then discuss some of the success and failure factors that our case study identifies in women's and men's businesses and link these to potential interventions that can best serve women entrepreneurs. This understanding feeds into a parallel objective, to evaluate a business training and business strengthening program for women with small businesses in several cities in Colombia: Mujeres ECCO . Our study combines primary data analysis from the databases of the Chambers of Commerce of Bucaramanga and Cartagena with interviews with 120 small business owners as well as participants in the Mujeres ECCO program to gain further insight into the differences between men's and women's and successful and unsuccessful businesses and the factors influencing those differences, and to better understand how one program worked to specifically address women's business needs. These were complemented by a literature review and focus group discussions and interviews with business owners and stakeholders in Mujeres ECCO and other programs.
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Quak, Evert-jan, and Jodie Thorpe. Supporting Small Food Businesses to Build Resilience During Crises. Institute of Development Studies, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.049.

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Small food businesses are vital to delivering affordable, nutritious food to low-income communities. Yet food systems are under threat from multiple stressors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, government support was directed at maintaining business activity, so understanding how this affected small food businesses offers insights for future policy design. Most policies aligned primarily with the short-term financial needs of larger businesses, leaving a gap for timely support for small enterprises. The recurrent nature of shocks means that such businesses also require longer-term agility to respond to shocks. Interventions to build this capacity can be integrated into nutrition programming.
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Lindberg, James. America Saves! Energizing Main Street's Small Businesses. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1344307.

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Wood, M. T., M. L. Radford, L. M. Saari, and J. Wright. Issues in contracting with small minority businesses. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5788288.

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Funderburk, Brianna, and Lucas J. Misera. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Small Businesses. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55350/sbcs-20221115.

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The 2021 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) found that 1 in 10 small employer businesses suffered losses from a natural disaster during the prior 12 months. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, the United States experienced 20 billion-dollar natural disasters in 2021, making it one of the costliest years in recent history. Major events included Hurricane Ida, the historic cold wave in Texas and other southern states, and the destructive wildfire season in the West. To more deeply explore the impact of these and other natural disasters on small businesses, the SBCS includes a module of natural disaster-related questions for affected firms. This fact sheet outlines some of the major findings from the 2021 SBCS for employer firms with respect to natural disaster impact.
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Kurmann, André, Étienne Lalé, and Lien Ta. Measuring Small Business Dynamics and Employment with Private-Sector Real-Time Data. CIRANO, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54932/xsph3669.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of research using private-sector datasets to measure business dynamics and employment in real-time. Yet questions remain about the representativeness of these datasets and how to distinguish business openings and closings from sample churn – i.e., sample entry of already operating businesses and sample exits of businesses that continue operating. This paper proposes new methods to address these issues and applies them to the case of Homebase, a real-time dataset of mostly small service-sector sector businesses that has been used extensively in the literature to study the effects of the pandemic. We match the Homebase establishment records with information on business activity from Safegraph, Google, and Facebook to assess the representativeness of the data and to estimate the probability of business closings and openings among sample exits and entries. We then exploit the high frequency / geographic detail of the data to study whether small service-sector businesses have been hit harder by the pandemic than larger firms, and the extent to which the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) helped small businesses keep their workforce employed. We find that our real-time estimates of small business dynamics and employment during the pandemic are remarkably representative and closely fit population counterparts from administrative data that have recently become available. Distinguishing business closings and openings from sample churn is critical for these results. We also find that while employment by small businesses contracted more severely in the beginning of the pandemic than employment of larger businesses, it also recovered more strongly thereafter. In turn, our estimates suggests that the rapid rollout of PPP loans significantly mitigated the negative employment effects of the pandemic. Business closings and openings are a key driver for both results, thus underlining the importance of properly correcting for sample churn.
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Herrero, Álvaro, and Keith Henderson. The Cost of Resolving Small-Business Conflicts: The Case of Peru. Inter-American Development Bank, August 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008890.

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This study analyzes the impact of judicial inefficiency on small businesses in Peru. It is based on the hypothesis that chronic problems in the region's judicial systems have negative consequences on the development of micro, small and medium-sized businesses. The analysis focuses, first, on the relationship between small businesses and the legal system. Secondly, it looks at decisions made by small businesses to mitigate the effects of poor performance by the courts. Lastly, it identifies several ways in which judicial inefficiency is transferred to the business sector. The analysis also attempts to quantify the economic impact of judicial inefficiency.
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Byun, Sang-Eun, Whitney Ginder, Hyejeong Kim, Siyuan Han, and Carol Centrallo. Small Retail Businesses' Varied Perceptions of Market Competition. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, November 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1511.

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