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Journal articles on the topic "Small-business success"

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Houghton, Martin G. "Small business success." European Management Journal 7, no. 2 (June 1989): 221–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0263-2373(89)90066-2.

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Beaver, Graham. "Small business: success and failure." Strategic Change 12, no. 3 (2003): 115–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.624.

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E.N., Makarenko, Chernysheva Yu.G., Polyakova I.A., and Makarenko T.V. "The Success Factors of Small Business." International Journal of Economics and Business Administration VII, Special Issue 2 (January 1, 2019): 280–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.35808/ijeba/392.

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KILKENNY, MAUREEN, LAURA NALBARTE, and TERRY BESSER. "Reciprocated community support and small town - small business success." Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 11, no. 3 (July 1999): 231–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/089856299283182.

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Omri, Anis, Maha Ayadi Frikha, and Mohamed Amine Bouraoui. "An empirical investigation of factors affecting small business success." Journal of Management Development 34, no. 9 (September 14, 2015): 1073–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-07-2013-0088.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a mediational model of small businesses success. In this paper, the authors investigate how the human, social, and financial capital of entrepreneurs influences the capacity of small business to succeed. The objective through this model is to demonstrate that it is through the process of innovation these capitals are converted into success. Design/methodology/approach – The paper suggests an original, conceptual framework for how small businesses can succeed. Findings – To validate this mediational model, the authors used the conditions/steps proposed by Baron and Kenny (1986). Research limitations/implications – The results of this study have implications for both research and practice. This study provides a new contribution to the existing literature by introducing the innovation in the explanation of the links between these capitals and small business success, i.e. business with greater access to human and financial resources are more likely to undertake an innovation, which, in turn, ensures small business success and access to more financial capital facilitates the pursuit of resource-intensive success strategies because, it is argued, that slack resources can be used for experimentation with new strategies and practices, allowing the business to pursue new opportunities of success. Practical implications – The proposition is consistent that managers with considerable human capital, social, and finacial capital know where to look for opportunities, can more accurately assess the value of potential opportunities, and have the ability to exploit these opportunities, which encourages innovation. It is this innovation that then facilitates small business success. These resources are important to achieve small business success, but primarily because they encourage innovation, and it is the innovation that drives the small business success. Originality/value – In this paper, the authors extend the entrepreneurial literature by developing a mediation model of small business success. To the authors’ knowledge, it is the first study that examined the indirect effect of human, social, and financial capital of entrepreneurs on small business success through the mediation of innovation. This model has the indirect effect of human, social, and financial capital on success through their impact on innovation, i.e., through the innovation process such capital is converted into success.
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Farrington, Shelley. "Does personality matter for small business success?" South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 15, no. 4 (November 20, 2012): 382–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v15i4.243.

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Personality traits influence occupational choice and are valid predictors of managerial success. The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between possessing certain personality traits and small business success. The personality dimensions of the five-factor model of personality, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience, Agreeableness and Neuroticism were the focus of this study. Convenience sampling was employed and 383 usable questionnaires were returned. The validity and reliability of the measuring instrument was assessed. Multiple regression analysis was undertaken to establish relationships between the independent variable (the five dimensions of personality) and the dependent variable, Business success. The findings of this study show that individuals who have high levels of the personality traits Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness to experience are more likely to have successful small businesses. Openness to experience is of specific importance as it demonstrates the strongest influence, and is the only trait that has a positive influence on both the financial and growth performance of the business. As such, insights are provided into the personality profile most suited to successful small-business ownership.
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Ibrahim, A. B., and J. R. Goodwin. "Perceived Causes of Success in Small Business." American Journal of Small Business 11, no. 2 (October 1986): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104225878601100204.

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This empirical research is a pilot study which endeavours to identify a set of variables associated with successful small businesses. Seventy-four (74) small firms operating in Montreal responded to a lengthy questionnaire and an intensive interview. From this data three variables were initially identified. A replication study of seventy small firms located in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, was carried out in order to observe whether the identified variables were duplicated beyond a certain geographical location. Using factor analysis on the data, the authors were able to delineate entrepreneurial behavior and managerial skills as key success factors in small business management. This finding underscores the role of entrepreneurship education in developing both the behavioral and the managerial skills in the owner/manager.
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Ness, Karen. "Small Business Success Factors in Regional Queensland." Small Enterprise Research 12, no. 2 (January 2004): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/ser.12.2.1.

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Yap, Cs, Cpp Soh, and Ks Raman. "Information systems success factors in small business." Omega 20, no. 5-6 (September 1992): 597–609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-0483(92)90005-r.

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Comeig, Irene, Esther B. Del Brio, and Matilde O. Fernandez-Blanco. "Financing successful small business projects." Management Decision 52, no. 2 (March 11, 2014): 365–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-01-2012-0051.

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Purpose – The current credit rationing strongly influences the viability of SMEs innovation projects. In this context, the practice of screening borrowers by project success probability has become a paramount consideration for both lenders and firms. The aim of this paper is to test the screening role of loan contracts that consider collateral-interest margins simultaneously. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents an empirical analysis that uses a unique data set composed of 323 bank loans granted by 28 banks to SMEs backed by a Spanish Mutual Guarantee Institution. Findings – The results show that appropriate combinations of collateral and interest rates can distinguish between borrowers with different project success probability: low success probability borrowers finance its projects without collateral and with high interest rates, whereas high success probability borrowers accept loans with real estate collateral and low interest rates. Practical implications – This screening mechanism reduces credit rationing, thus increasing good projects' access to credit. Originality/value – This study provides the first empirical evidence on the effectiveness of collateral-interest pairs as a self-selection mechanism.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small-business success"

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Jakes, Lyndabelle Virgil. "Success Strategies of Small Business Owners." Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10751428.

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In the United States, 20% of newly established small businesses, including small businesses in the life insurance industry, fail within 2 years, and over 50% of them fail during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify and explore the strategies that life insurance brokerage owners use to sustain business operations beyond 5 years. Porter’s 5 forces model served as the conceptual framework for exploring this subject matter. Owners of 3 separate small life insurance brokerage firms in Texas, who sustained their businesses beyond 5 years, participated in semistructured interviews. A secondary source of data was relevant company documents. Methodological triangulation and member checking assured the reliability and validity of the interpretations. Through thematic analysis and supporting software, 5 themes emerged: exceptional customer service, relationship-building, efficient promotional strategies, regular training of salespersons, and hiring the right employees. The application of the findings of the study could contribute to positive social change by reducing unemployment and thereby catalyzing an economic environment supporting employees, families, and communities.

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Turner, Susan Janet. "Success Factors of Small Business Owners." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1721.

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Small business owners represent 99.7% of all U.S. employer firms, employ half of the private sector employees, and provide 43% of the total U.S. private payroll. However, 50% of new small business startups fail within the first 5 years of operation. The purpose for this multiple case study was to explore what skills, knowledge, and strategies small business coffee shop owners use to succeed in business beyond 5 years. Systems theory, chaos theory, and complexity theory provided the conceptual framework for exploring the research question of this multiple case study. To identify and explore the factors for maintaining small business' operations, the population for this study was 3 small business owners of 3 coffee shops in Duval County, Florida who sustained their businesses for a minimum of 5 years. The data sources were semistructured interviews, the business' websites, social media information, and site visit observations. Based on methodological triangulation of the data sources, analytical coding, and analyzing the data using mind mapping and software, 3 themes emerged: owner networking and the business as a customer to customer networking venue, business plans' initial challenges and addressing subsequent changes, and a need for marketing differentiation. Potential implications for effecting positive social change include increasing the rate of small business success, and increasing the financial security for owners, employeees, employees' families, and their communities.
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Onyenego, Ovuefelomaloye. "Small Business Owners' Strategies for Success." Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10975877.

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Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employers in the United States and account for 63% of new jobs; however, 50% of small businesses fail within 5 years of operation. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that some small restaurant owners used to succeed in business for longer than 5 years. The sample population for the study was the owners of 3 small restaurants in the northeastern region of the United States who have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in operating a successful business. Chaos theory provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data collection methods were semistructured interviews and review of company documents and archival records. Member checking of interview transcripts was used to strengthen the credibility, reliability, and trustworthiness of the findings. Based on the methodological triangulation of the data sources and using the van Kaam process, themes emerged. The principal themes that emerged were networking, customer satisfaction, and leadership. The findings from this study may contribute to positive social change by providing strategies that small business owners need to be successful and possibly improve the prosperity of the community and local economy.

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Onyenego, Ovuefelomaloye London. "Small Business Owners' Strategies for Success." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5925.

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Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employers in the United States and account for 63% of new jobs; however, 50% of small businesses fail within 5 years of operation. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that some small restaurant owners used to succeed in business for longer than 5 years. The sample population for the study was the owners of 3 small restaurants in the northeastern region of the United States who have a minimum of 5 years' experience in operating a successful business. Chaos theory provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data collection methods were semistructured interviews and review of company documents and archival records. Member checking of interview transcripts was used to strengthen the credibility, reliability, and trustworthiness of the findings. Based on the methodological triangulation of the data sources and using the van Kaam process, themes emerged. The principal themes that emerged were networking, customer satisfaction, and leadership. The findings from this study may contribute to positive social change by providing strategies that small business owners need to be successful and possibly improve the prosperity of the community and local economy.
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Jakes, Lyndabelle. "Success Strategies of Small Business Owners." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4967.

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In the United States, 20% of newly established small businesses, including small businesses in the life insurance industry, fail within 2 years, and over 50% of them fail during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify and explore the strategies that life insurance brokerage owners use to sustain business operations beyond 5 years. Porter's 5 forces model served as the conceptual framework for exploring this subject matter. Owners of 3 separate small life insurance brokerage firms in Texas, who sustained their businesses beyond 5 years, participated in semistructured interviews. A secondary source of data was relevant company documents. Methodological triangulation and member checking assured the reliability and validity of the interpretations. Through thematic analysis and supporting software, 5 themes emerged: exceptional customer service, relationship-building, efficient promotional strategies, regular training of salespersons, and hiring the right employees. The application of the findings of the study could contribute to positive social change by reducing unemployment and thereby catalyzing an economic environment supporting employees, families, and communities.
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Walker, Elizabeth A. "Small business owners' measures of success." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1039.

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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 Industry Gross Product. All of these numerical indicators highlight the financial importance of small business, which is also how small business success has traditionally been measured. These traditional success measures have been by increases in financial performance criteria, such as return on investment, turnover or profit, or by increases in number of staff.
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Hiers, Christina. "Small Aviation Business Success Strategies for Profitability." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2828.

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Ninety-five percent of all aviation businesses are small businesses; from 2009-2012, small aviation business operations decreased by 10.2% and resulted in a loss of $4.4 billion in revenue. The purpose for this multiunit case study was to explore what strategies small aviation businesses leaders used to reduce or control operating expenses for profitability. The sample comprised 3 small aviation businesses located in Middle Tennessee. The conceptual framework for this study built upon systems theory and sustainability theory. The data were collected through semistructured interviews and company documents. Member checking was completed to strengthen creditability and trustworthiness. Based on the methodological triangulation of the data sources collected, 5 emergent themes were identified after completing the 5 stages of data analysis: buying or purchasing power, being customer focused, having the right employees, having the right equipment, and leadership. When small aviation business owners incorporate these themes into their business model, they may increase the prosperity of their companies, the employees, their families, the surrounding communities, and the local economy. The findings from the study may contribute to social change by providing insights and strategies for small aviation business leaders in reducing operating costs for profitability. The data from this study may contribute to the prosperity of the small aviation business leaders, their employees, their families, the surrounding community, the local airport, and the local economy. By reducing operating expenses, small aviation business leaders will have more money to invest in the local community and the economy.
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Barnes, Tawny. "Success Factors for Minority Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6398.

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Minority small business owners significantly contribute to national and local economies. Only 50% of small firm owners sustain their businesses longer than 5 years. The purpose of the multiple case study was to explore the management strategies that minority small business owners used to sustain their businesses for longer than 5 years. The study's population consisted of 4 minority small business owners in the midwestern region of the United States to explore management strategies necessary for maintaining minority small firm operations. The conceptual framework for the study was general system theory. Data sources included semistructured interviews, social media information, company documentation, and company website information. Based on the methodological triangulation of the data sources, analytical coding, and analyzing the data using a qualitative data analysis software, 3 themes emerged: networking with other small business owners, strategic planning, and building strong customer and employee relationships. The study findings might contribute to positive social change by providing knowledge about effective management strategies to minority small firm owners, thereby creating jobs, augmenting local and national economies, and increasing profitability.
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Ratcliff, Diana. "Success Strategies for Small Service Business Owners." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5406.

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Small business owners struggle to sustain their businesses over time. According to U.S. Census data in 2014, only half of all small businesses survived beyond the first 5 years of operation, and only a third survived longer than 10 years. Grounded with the strategic contingency theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small service business owners used to succeed beyond the first 5 years of operation. The target population consisted of 4 owners of small service and retail businesses in Arlington, VA, with fewer than 50 employees who have succeeded in business longer than 5 years. Through a process of methodological triangulation, data collected from financial documents, publicly available records, and external sources supplemented semistructured interview data. Using thematic analysis by coding narrative segments, 3 themes emerged including developing a unique marketing strategy, developing strategic leadership skills, and required business skills for sustainability. Successful unique marketing strategies emerged from understanding customer needs. The results from this study could benefit business owners by improving business success rates, which would have a positive economic effect on local community, including job creation, and sustainable economic stability. The implications for positive social change might include the reversal of small business failure trends through the application of successful business strategies.
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Giardino, Timothy John. "Industry Best Practices Contributing to Small Business Success." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2728.

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Small business owners generate jobs within the local community, but half of new business owners often fail to sustain operations for the first five years. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore strategies that small business owners in central Texas used to sustain their businesses beyond the first 5 years. Schumpeter's theory of economic development grounded the study. Data collection included semistructured face-to-face interviews with a purposeful sample of 20 small business owners due to their success in creating strategies resulting in sustaining their businesses beyond 5 years in a postrecession business environment. All interpretations from the interview data included member checking to validate the credibility of the findings. Using the van Kamm method for thematic analysis, four themes emerged that included conducting business near federal and state organizations, having a business mentor, improving competitive positioning by focusing on improving both the quality of goods and services as well as innovating the customer experience, and adapting to rapidly changing economic conditions and destabilizing events with optimism and perseverance. Of these, the two most successful strategies entrepreneurs employed to improve survivability was conducting business near federal and state organizations with concentrated levels of workforce employees for sustained levels of returning business, as well as having one or more business mentors as an external source of entrepreneurial mentorship or information. Social change implications for small business owners include the potential to provide new strategies for small business sustainability, reductions in local unemployment rates, and improved community-based networks.
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Books on the topic "Small-business success"

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Dubin, Stan. The small business success manual. Clearwater, FL: Workable Solutions, 1998.

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Secrets of small business success. Old Noarlunga, S. Australia: Stirling Press, 1995.

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Gill, James O. Financial basics for small business success. Menlo Park, Calif: Crisp Publications, 1994.

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Kyambalesa, Henry. Success in managing a small business. Aldershot, Hants, England: Avebury, 1994.

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Carland, Jim. Small business management: Tools for success. Boston: PWS-KENT Pub. Co., 1990.

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Malcolm, Newell, ed. More secrets of small business success. Old Noarlunga, S. Australia: Stirling Press, 1995.

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Jane Applegate's strategies for small business success. New York: Plume, 1995.

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Tway, Patricia. Success, common sense, and the small business. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1993.

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Success with online retailing: For small business. Lincoln, Neb: IUniverse, 2003.

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Rieva, Lesonsky, ed. Small business hacks: 100 shortcuts to success. Melbourne, FL: Motivational Press, Incorporated, 2017.

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Book chapters on the topic "Small-business success"

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Burns, Paul. "Exit: failure and success." In Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 385–406. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-20848-3_15.

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Kobyshev, Alexander. "Major Factors of Success in Small Business Sphere." In Management Training in High-Tech and R&D, 17–21. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8810-2_2.

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Jutla, Dawn, and Terrance Weatherbee. "Supporting Clear: A Strategy for Small and Medium Size Enterprise Adoption of E-Business Practices in Atlantic Canada." In Seeking Success in E-Business, 169–86. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35692-1_10.

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"The Determinants of Small Business Success." In Race and Entrepreneurial Success. The MIT Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/7961.003.0004.

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Hunter, M. Gordon. "Entrepreneurs' Contributions to Small Business." In Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities, 168–98. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6551-4.ch008.

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This chapter compares success factors and failure factors of small businesses. In an attempt to determine the relative importance of these factors, the two sets are compared. Thus, each failure factor is related to a corresponding success factor. A discussion of the aspects related to small business success and failure sets the context for the comparison. The relatively more important success factor involves aspects related to administration. Unfortunately, this is the one aspect that most small business owners/managers either lack the skills to perform or the time to allocate to this function. Within the administration, function leadership emerged as a relatively important skill contributing to small business success.
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Burgess, Stephen, Carmine Carmine Sellitto, and Stan Karanasios. "Evaluating Web Presence Success." In Effective Web Presence Solutions for Small Businesses, 253–73. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-224-4.ch010.

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This chapter examines the notion of how the success of a small business Web presence can be assessed. In doing so, there is initially a discussion of how a small business could classify its ICT expenses and attempt to match these outlays with any expected revenue streams. The latter part of the chapter, discusses the different approaches a small business operator can use to investigate and evaluate the success of its Web presence.
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Wentworth, Deanne, and Ian Glover. "Small business success: the sectoral and the dialectical." In Educating Entrepreneurs for Wealth Creation, 112–37. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429458156-8.

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G. Mills, Karen, and Annie V. Dang. "Building small business utopia: how artificial intelligence and Big Data can increase small business success." In Big Data in Small Business, 11–26. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781839100161.00009.

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Chen, Lei-da, Steve Haney, Alex Pandzik, John Spigarelli, and Chris Jesseman. "A Qualitative Study of Small Business Internet Commerce." In Advances in Information Resources Management, 117–46. IGI Global, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-253-4.ch005.

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While more small to medium size enterprises begin to conduct business over the Internet, the degrees of success in these endeavors vary. There is an urgent need for an understanding of the issues that uniquely contribute to the successes and failures of small business Internet commerce. This chapter takes a qualitative approach to study the case of a small traditional retailer, Getz’s Incorporated, transforming itself to take advantage of Internet commerce. The study examines the company’s e-commerce strategies, experiences and transformation from a 100-year-old traditional retailer to a successful brick-and-click store. The overall goal was to provide a meaningful contribution to an area of research sorely lacking in relevant cases — small business Internet commerce. Founded in 1898, Getz’s is a Michigan-based retailer that made its first attempt in Internet commerce in 1997. The company specializes in marketing rugged outdoor clothing to local customers. The success of Getz’s Internet commerce effort was remarkable. By studying the company, the authors of this chapter have developed a list of six critical success factors attributing to the positive impact that Internet commerce has upon the company. Despite its success, the company and other small business e-commerce firms everywhere, face many challenges. The conclusions gathered from this chapter will be applicable to the broad universe of small businesses that seek to use the Internet to expand their target market, serve their customers, reduce costs and increase revenue.
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Samujh, Ruth Helen, and Siham El-Kafaf. "Adult Education and its Implications for Small Business Success." In The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development., 295–303. WASD, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.47556/b.outlook2009.7.31.

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Conference papers on the topic "Small-business success"

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Muller, Jonas, Gunther Schuh, Dustin Meichsner, and Gerhard Gudergan. "Success factors for implementing Business Analytics in small and medium enterprises in the food industry." In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Technology Management, Operations and Decisions (ICTMOD). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ictmod49425.2020.9380609.

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Zanze, Josip. "The Impact of Radical and Incremental Innovation on Business the Success of Small Composite Shipbuilding in Croatia." In Organizations at Innovation and Digital Transformation Roundabout. University of Maribor Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-388-3.75.

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The aim of this paper was to determine how radical and incremental innovations affect the business success of composite small shipbuilding in the Republic of Croatia. Composite small shipbuilding, with its innovation in the transition period immediately after the Patriotic War, experienced its pronounced boom, both through the number of new organizations and through the number of new models on the market. The boom of the composite small shipbuilding industry was marred by the economic crisis of 2008/9. by the loss of approximately 70% of the organizations active then. At the same time, the recovery process was underway with the announcement of new organizations, so today it can be said that next year will be the year of the resurgence of the composite small shipbuilding industry in Croatia.
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Soini, Jari, Harri Keto, and Timo Makinen. "An Approach to Monitoring the Success Factors in Software Business in Small and Medium Size Software Companies." In 2006 Technology Management for the Global Future - PICMET 2006 Conference. IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/picmet.2006.296873.

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Sousa, Gleycianne Cavalcante Mariano de, Gabriela Rodrigues da Costa, and Luis Felipe Cândido. "Critérios de sucesso na percepção de gestores de MPE de construção do semi árido nordestino." In XI SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE GESTÃO E ECONOMIA DA CONSTRUÇÃO. Antac, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46421/sibragec.v11i00.3.

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Despite of the importance of small business for Brazilian economy, a lack of studies in construction management literature about of this sized companies is observed. Thus, this paper aimed to analyze the perception about the success criteria of managers from Small Business of construction sector. To do so, was performed a study with managers of three construction companies from a semiarid region at northeast of Brazil. Through a qualitative and exploratory approach, 14 criteria to evaluate the organizational success were analyzed in depth comparing importance with use. It was observed that the perception of importance to each success criterion was higher than its uses. It was evidenced difficulties regarding the designers and the low importance attributed to environmental sustainability. Some similarities with medium and large business were also identified. We can conclude that the business are strictly focused on financial performance, while elementary aspects as health and safety are not achieve and reinforcing the connotation of social irresponsibility of the construction sector.
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Onojaefe, Darlington, and Marcus Leaning. "The Importance of Partnerships: The Relationship between Small Businesses ICT and Local Communities." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3169.

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The deployment of new technologies such as the Internet is often understood to positively change the way that business works. However it is important to realise that success is not automatic and a number of other factors must also be considered. In this paper it is argued that a wider range of skills is needed than just technical skills, and a wider vision is needed than just the vision of one business. Small businesses, widely considered a suitable vehicle for sustainable development, must be seen in the context of their communities, for their relationship with public sector agencies and other supporting and regulatory bodies, and as partners to much larger businesses. This paper is based on small-scale qualitative fieldwork conducted with small businesses that make extensive use of ICT located in Cape Town, South Africa and Swansea in South Wales, a deprived region of the UK. It was found that for businesses to succeed a range of competencies are by business managers needed that facilitate relationships and partnerships, these are in addition to the skills needed for simple internal operational issues. Moreover as the nature of partnerships change the mix of required competencies vary from one circumstance to another. A model is presented that shows some of the critical relationships between the Internet (on the one hand) and the stakeholders of a business and the relationships with them (on the other).
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Fuhrmann, Thomas, and Michael Niemetz. "Transdisciplinary Bachelor Course Connecting Business and Electrical Engineering." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8056.

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The OTH Regensburg has a broad variety of study programs in technical, business, social and health sciences. Up to now there is no integral connection in the bachelor curricula between business and technical faculties except for some small subjects. The scope of this project is to develop a new course specialization which connects engineering and business thinking. Electrical engineering students should learn basics of business science and how managers think. Business students should vice versa learn fundamentals of engineering and how engineers solve problems. Students from both faculties work together in projects where they act like start-up companies developing a new product and bringing it into the market. It is seen a transdisciplinary effect: These projects gain innovative results between the disciplines compared to student projects of one isolated discipline. Evaluation results from the first two cohorts indicate high student satisfaction, high learning success as well as directions for further improvement.
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Popescu, Florentin, and Rob Warmenhoven. "Motivations, Success Factors and Challenges of Open Innovation for Start-ups." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002300.

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One of the urgent challenges that small and medium enterprises face is the need to follow a continuous growth-path, particularly essential for Start-ups where global challenges force companies to look for even smarter ways to grow. If entrepreneurs agree with the idea that not all smart people work for their company, the embracement of the paradigm of ‘Open Innovation’ is a logical step. In other words, a company does not have to be the owner of an idea to benefit from an idea. Henceforth open innovation explores and exploits knowledge by sharing the innovation processes with third parties creating new opportunities for companies to profit from innovation. However, despite the growing literature on open innovation, so far, there has been little discussion on how start-ups can benefit from open innovation. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of open innovation and to develop insights on how Open Innovation can benefit entrepreneurs who are in the process of creating their own start-up company. Studies in this review employed, show that there is not a generally accepted definition of what open innovation is and how it can be applied to companies in general and start-ups in specific. Additionally, it was noted that most studies in the field have only focused on open innovation using the perspective of a larger company. Very little was found in the literature on the start-up perspective. Therefore this paper discusses the reasons and motives of why students start-ups are encouraged to adopt open innovation practices. Moreover, the success factors and challenges that start-up face that implements open innovation practices are vital for all entrepreneurs to study as via open innovation start-ups can overcome the initial barriers that most start-ups face. This paper focusses on different dimensions of open innovation for students - Open Innovation vs Closed Innovation; Inbound vs Outside-in Innovation; Antecedents of open innovation; models of Open innovation; Success factors and Challenges - and serves as a guiding tool for student entrepreneurs to self-assess their start-up, so they can adapt and change in their start-up before an open innovation practice can be successfully implemented. Taken together, the open innovation paradigm should be in the mind-set of every student entrepreneur right from the start of the development of the business idea and the implementation of the business model, so consequently, the chance of a profitable and sustainable business future will increase for the start-up company.
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Kráľová, Katarína, Jana Sochuľáková, and Dagmar Petrušová. "Macro-Environment Factors Determining SME Development in the Slovak Republic." In 7th International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eraz.2021.135.

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Business in the segment of small and medium enterprises has its specifics. Due to their size, these companies have several advantages over large companies, but also several disadvantages. An important factor for the development of the economy is the performance and success of small and medium-sized enterprises, which depend not only on their ability to ef­fectively use production factors or internal resources but also on the struc­ture and quality of the business environment. The presented paper aims to describe the development of the macroeconomic environment in the Slovak Republic and its impact on the development of SMEs through the analysis of selected specific national economic indicators, as well as to outline other possible directions. By analysing selected macro indicators, we want to cap­ture the development trends of the environment in which SMEs carry out their business activities, and which can significantly affect them.
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Chiou, J. Albert. "Pressure Sensors in Automotive Applications and Future Challenges." In ASME 1999 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0315.

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Abstract Silicon pressure sensors have been widely used in the automotive and health care industries since the last decade, especially in automotive applications. Initially, the sensors mounted in cars are used to reduce the emission pollution and improve the gas consumption. Today, sensors are commonly used in many automotive systems. High volume, low price, and small size are the major keys to the success of the automotive pressure sensor business. More mature micromachining operations, better understanding of material properties, improved mechanical packaging, better circuit and system design, higher volume production test, and application engineering to fit the end user system requirements are all important factors that contribute to the commercial success of pressure sensors.
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Karami, Azhdar. "An investigation on environmental scanning and growth strategy in high tech small and medium sized enterprises." In 16th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2008. University of Twente, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268580687.

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The idea that environmental scanning can be a key factor to sustained competitive advantage calls for the integration of business strategy and environment. Not surprisingly, environmental scanning is widely viewed as the first step in the process linking strategy and environment. The main debate in strategy and environment is nowadays concerned with the primary importance of environmental scanning to strategy formulation and implementation. More specially, effective scanning of the environment is seen as necessary to the successful alignment of competitive strategies with environmental requirements and the achievement of outstanding performance in SMEs. This paper explores the above relationship in the British electronic manufacturing industry. It is based on the empirical evidence and the findings of a survey of 132 Chief Executive Officers’ (CEO) views on environmental scanning and strategy in SMEs. It is concluded that, there is a significant relationship between increasing the environmental scanning of the firm, and the success of the firm’s performance in small and medium sized manufacturing firms in electronic industry. Accordingly, because of dynamic aspect of electronic industry, obtaining information on several aspects of environmental sectors facilitates alignment between business strategy and environment.
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Reports on the topic "Small-business success"

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Van Den Top, Tricia A. Small Business Programs: Benefits, Barriers, Bridges and Critical Success Factors. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, May 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada501282.

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Hurst, Jessica L., Jihyeong Son, Linda S. Niehm, Ann Marie Fiore, and Amrut Sadachar. The Impact of Entrepreneurial Management on Business Success of Small Retail Firms. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-878.

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Wiersch, AnnMarie, Scott Lieberman, and Barbara J. Lipman. Click, Submit 2.0: An Update on Online Lender Applicants from the Small Business Credit Survey. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, December 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.26509/frbc-cd-20191218.

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This study presents an analysis of data from the 2018 Small Business Credit Survey. The findings shed light on the types of small firms using online lenders, their application experiences, and credit outcomes. Among the main findings: Firms that apply at online lenders are more likely to be smaller, have lower credit scores, report more financial challenges, and be less profitable than firms that apply at only traditional lenders. In addition, black-owned and Hispanic-owned firms are more likely than white-owned and Asian-owned firms to report they applied at an online lender. Furthermore, online-lender applicants are more likely than traditional-lender applicants to apply for smaller amounts of financing and to seek funding to cover operating expenses. Finally, online-lender applicants reported greater success obtaining credit than traditional-lender-only applicants, despite having lower credit scores, and they are less satisfied with their lenders.
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Olsson, Olle. Industrial decarbonization done right: identifying success factors for well-functioning permitting processes. Stockholm Environment Institute, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51414/sei2021.034.

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1 Introduction 1.1 The urgency of industrial decarbonization The last few years have seen several of the world’s largest carbon dioxide-emitting countries and leading heavy industry companies committing to mid-century net-zero targets (Buckley 2021; Denyer and Kashiwagi 2020; McCurry 2020; Myers 2020). Consequently, the discussion on economy-wide transition to net-zero is accelerating, with focus shifting from “if” to “when” and “how”, even for heavy industry sectors like steel, cement and chemicals. This makes it increasingly urgent to analyse not just whether it is technologically feasible to decarbonize heavy industry, but also investigate issues more directly related to practical implementation. This includes site-specific planning, infrastructure availability, and consultation with local authorities and other stakeholders. Many of the latter considerations are formalized as part of the permitting processes that are an essential vehicle to ensure that industrial interests are balanced against interests of society at large. However, doing this balancing act can turn out to be very complicated and associated with uncertainties as to their outcome, as well as being demanding in resources and time. At the same time, to ensure broad buy-in and support from society, the investments needed must be implemented in a way that takes a broad spectrum of sustainability concerns into account, not just climate change mitigation. A key question is if and how permitting processes can run more smoothly and efficiently while still ensuring inclusive consultations, fair procedures and adherence to legal certainty. This policy brief discusses this question from the starting point of Swedish conditions, but many of the points raised will be relevant for a broader international discussion on taking industrial decarbonization to implementation. 1.2 Industrial transition and permitting processes in Sweden Decarbonization of the industrial sector in Sweden essentially entails a relatively small number of investment projects in the cement, steel, petrochemical and refinery sectors, where the vast majority of carbon emissions are concentrated (Karltorp et al. 2019; Nykvist et al. 2020). However, while few in number, the size of these investments means that their implementation will by necessity become relevant to many other parts of society. In connection with the increasing focus on how to implement industrial decarbonization in Sweden, discussions about permitting processes have been brought higher up on the agenda. While there has been an active discussion on permitting processes in Sweden for quite some time, it has primarily been focused on aspects related to mining and wind power (Larsen et al. 2017; Raitio et al. 2020). The last few years have, however, focused increasingly on industrial projects, in particular related to a proposed – though eventually cancelled – expansion of an oil refinery in the southwestern part of the country (Blad 2020). In terms of political discussions, both the governmental initiative Fossil-free Sweden (2020) and the Swedish Climate Policy Council (2020) emphasize that permitting processes need to become faster in order for Sweden’s industrial transition to be implemented in line with the time plan set by the 2017 Swedish Climate Act. Business representatives and organizations are also voicing concerns about the slow speed of permitting (Balanskommissionen 2019; Jacke 2018). At the same time, criticism has been raised that much of the environmental damage done in Sweden comes from activities conducted within limits set by environmental permits, which could be a flaw in the system (Malmaeus and Lindblom 2019). Finally, recent public inquiries have also discussed permitting processes.
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Peterson, Donna J., Ronald L. Straight, and Richard P. White. Successes in the Small Business Innovative Research Program. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, March 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada207298.

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