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Lum, Betty Wong. "Business Strategies for Small Business Survival." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4531.

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Small business owners play a leading role in the United States economy by creating jobs and driving innovation. However, half of all new small business owners close their doors before their 5th anniversary. Following the entrepreneurship theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore what strategies 5 small business owners in the food and beverage industry in the San Francisco Bay area used to survive beyond 5 years of operation. Data sources included semistructured interviews and company documents. Data analysis included descriptive and process coding of the data and use of NV
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Kadur, Mohita. "Small business ticketing system." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2007. http://165.236.235.140/lib/MKadur2007.pdf.

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Fillingim, Wayne A. "Small Business Sustainability Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5702.

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Small businesses provide 48% of private-sector jobs in the United States and play a vital role in the country's economic growth and development. Only half of U.S. small businesses survive for longer than 5 years. The purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore sustainability strategies managers of small oilfield service companies used to sustain their business for longer than 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 10 managers--one manager from each of 10 different oilfield service companies located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States a
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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
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Yaru, Usman Isa. "Strategies for Small Business Enterprise Success in Ireland: A Case of Three Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3854.

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In 2012, only 50% of Irish small firms survived in business for more than 5 years. The purpose of this qualitative, explorative case study was to explore strategies some Irish small firm owners use to succeed in business beyond 5 years. The case population consisted of 3 small business owners operating in Lucan, County Dublin, Ireland who had been managing a profitable small business venture beyond 5 years from beginning operations. The conceptual framework was the competitive theory of entrepreneurial orientation. Data collection included semistructured interviews with the 3 participants, whi
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Black, Lamont K. "Essays on small business lending." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3264326.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Economics and Dept. of Finance, 2007.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-05, Section: A, page: 2094. Advisers: Eric L. Leeper; Gregory F. Udell. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 24, 2008)."
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Al-Kharusi, Abdulaziz. "Financing small business in Oman." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2003. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7597.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now recognised as being of major importance to the strategic agendas of many countries around the world since they can lower unemployment and increase economic growth. This is particularly significant for a small country like Oman which is seeking to diversify its production base. However, it is well known that lending institutions are often reluctant to offer loans to small firms because of the nature and size of such businesses. This research study, therefore, is the first to carry out a detailed investigation of the financing of small and medium
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Clink, Stuart. "Risk management in small business." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364744.

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Sabovčik, František. "Data Mining in Small Business." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-385997.

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Tato práce si klade za cíl vyhodnotit techniky získávání znalostí pro využití v prostředí malého podnikání. Po prozkoumání dat a konzultace s doménovymi experty byly vybrány dvě úlohy: analyza nákupního košíku a predikce prodejů. Pro analyzu nákupního košíku byl využit algoritmus Relim pro vyhledávání častych itemsetů a metriky určující zajímavost asociačních pravidel. Pro úlohu predikce prodejů byl implementován dekompoziční model, SARIMA, MARS a neuronové sítě s časovym oknem. Modely byly vyhodnoceny. Pomocí optimalizace hyper-parametrů bylo dosaženo přijatelnych vysledků. Oproti předpokladů
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Lenaburg, Allen Gregg. "Intranet concept for small business." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2710.

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The purpose of this project is to build a working intranet containing core applications that create the framework for a small business intranet. Small businesses may benefit from an intranet because of its ability to effectively streamline the processes for retrieving and distributing information. Intranets are internal networks using TCP/IP protocols, Web server software, and browser client software to share information created in HTML within an organization, and to access company databases.
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Adoukonou, Victor K. "Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6501.

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Small businesses represent more than 99% of all employers in the United States, but more than 50% of small businesses have failed before 5 years. Climate change, digitization, and social media contribute to a paradigm shift in consumers' habits, as more consumers have become environmentally and social justice conscious. Business leaders who are unable to follow the consumers' trends and changes of habit may not succeed in sustaining their businesses. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies owners of small businesses in the District of Columbia use to sustain their bus
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Wilson, Dovie. "Small Business Crisis Management Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2706.

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The absence of adequate crisis management strategies in small firms could result in a premature small business closure. A qualitative multiple-case study was used to explore the crisis management strategies that 3 small business owners have used to survive an unexpected operational interruption. The small business owners in this study were from different industries in the southeast region of the United States and each owner owned a business for more than 5 years and had survived at least a single crisis. The theory of crisis management and crisis intervention theory were the conceptual framewo
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Adomako, Samuel, and K. F. Mole. "Small business growth and performance." Sage, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17327.

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Yes<br>Research on business growth has blossomed, yet scholars often complain face the difficulty of distililing a clearer pitcure of the business growth phenomenon. This paper attempts to overcome this limitation by reviewing and synthesizing extant research on business growth. First, we begin by examining Penrose’s view of firm growth. Second, we highlight how business growth is measured; these are absolute or relative change and growth as a process. Third, we explore theories of business growth; integrated models-theories that explain the factors that drive business growth and (2) stage mod
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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 busine
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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
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Obeng, Bernard Acquah. "Business development services and small business growth in Ghana." Thesis, Durham University, 2007. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1962/.

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Foley, P. "Marketing management policies and small businesses : An investigation of the factors contributing to small business success." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379432.

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Guy, Tywon. "Strategies to Improve Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7386.

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Small businesses are considered the backbone of the U.S. economy with significant contributions in the areas of job creation and economic development. However, 79% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. This multiple case study aimed to explore strategies and knowledge of resources that owners of small businesses used to sustain business operations for longer than the first 5 years. The population included 5 minority owners of small businesses in Texas. Chaos theory formed the conceptual framework. The data collection process included semistructured interviews, member checks, field
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Matthiesen, Stewart John. "The small business of climate change: small business owners' perceptions of climate change and carbon neutrality /." Click here to view full text, 2007.

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Kruger, Roy Otis. "The Small Business Development Center Program: From a Small Business Growth Stage and Adult Learning Perspective." PDXScholar, 1991. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1356.

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The study of the Clackamas Small Business Development Center's Small Business Management Programs (SBM) had three research objectives: to ascertain what information should be transferred to small business owners and how best to transfer that information; to ascertain what information is presently being transferred to clients and what methods are used in transferring the information; and to survey clients in order to develop a current demographic profile, measure their level of satisfaction with the assistance received, and ascertain what they perceived were the benefits of the program to their
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Bryant-Minter, Andrietta. "Millennial Business Owners' Strategies To Survive in Business." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7276.

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Individuals in the millennial generation, born from 1980 to 1996, have many entrepreneurial opportunities; however, many people in the millennial generation lack the skills, motivation, and business strategies to survive in business. Because of the influx of competition, lack of experience, and lack of business-world strategies, entrepreneurs can miss opportunities and fail within the first few years of business operations. Grounded in the systems theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that business owners in the millennial generation used to survive in b
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Sovick, Mere. "Strategies Female Small Business Owners Use to Succeed in Business." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4331.

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Small businesses owned by women cease operations 11% more often than businesses owned by men. Women, who own over 37% of all businesses in the United States, contribute significantly to the 50% small business failure rate. The purpose of this multiple-case study was to explore strategies 5 women who own small businesses use to succeed in business beyond 5 years on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The theory of constraints was the conceptual framework. Data were collected through semistructured face-to-face interviews, websites, company documents, and archival records. Transcript review of interv
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Basch, Richard J. "Capitalization Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10684791.

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<p> Over the past 15 years, privately held small businesses generated nearly two-thirds of the net job growth in the United States, yet much of what scholars know regarding the capitalization challenges faced by small businesses is limited to data from large corporations. In 2013 alone, business bankruptcies numbered 33,212, and each year approximately 10% to 12% of U.S. small businesses close. Ineffective capitalization strategies coupled with a limited understanding of funding options frequently results in unsustainable business practices. In this multiple case study, the capital budgeting t
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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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<p> 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&rsquo;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
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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
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Higdon, Lora Elizabeth. "Change management for small business leaders." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10182301.

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<p> Small business owners face challenges associated with leading change, and many times lack the necessary resources to manage it properly. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to determine what challenges leaders of small businesses face in managing change, what strategies and practices those leaders employ, and how the leaders of small businesses measure success in managing change. This study also determined what advice leaders of small businesses would suggest for managing change. Four research questions were created to assist with this process, and 13 semi-structured inte
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Schaeffer, Jeff R. "Southwestern Ohio Services: Small Business Consulting." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115130315.

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Larimer, Lori. "Small business leaders and social responsibility." Thesis, Baker College (Michigan), 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10257793.

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<p> The central question addressed was what motivates small business leaders to incorporate social responsibility in their companies' mission, vision, and culture. In particular, there is a knowledge gap about what motivates small business leaders to take both financial and non-financial actions to support their employees, their local economies, and their communities. Interviews with three small business owners in Michigan were coded to identify key emergent themes explaining why small business leaders contributed to their local communities. Theoretical or conceptual support for the study incl
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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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<p> 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&rsquo; experience in operating a successful business. Chaos theory provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data
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Koyagialo, Koyandome Freddy. "Small Business Survivability Beyond Five Years." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2554.

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The United States has a high failure rate of small businesses, with 30% of small business failing within the first 2 years. The objective of this case study was to explore strategies successful small business owners use to achieve profitability beyond 5 years. The purposive sample for this study included 4 owners of successful small businesses in Atlanta, Georgia, who have been in business for at least 5 years. The conceptual framework was built upon disruptive innovation and susceptibility theory. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and company documents. The analysis reveal
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Basch, Richard. "Capitalization Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4500.

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Over the past 15 years, privately held small businesses generated nearly two-thirds of the net job growth in the United States, yet much of what scholars know regarding the capitalization challenges faced by small businesses is limited to data from large corporations. In 2013 alone, business bankruptcies numbered 33,212, and each year approximately 10% to 12% of U.S. small businesses close. Ineffective capitalization strategies coupled with a limited understanding of funding options frequently results in unsustainable business practices. In this multiple case study, the capital budgeting theor
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King, Stetson Samel Jacque's. "Marketing Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6052.

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The restaurant industry is the second largest employer in the United States; however, only 33% of restaurant owners sustain profits longer than the first 5 years from inception. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore marketing strategies that owners of small business restaurants use to sustain profitability for longer than the initial 5 years. Aaker's brand equity model was the conceptual framework used to ground this study. Purposeful criterion sampling was used for the study. Participants included 3 owners of small restaurants operating in the southern United States. Data ana
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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 collectio
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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 semistr
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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,
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Robertson, Jacqueline Renee. "Leadership Strategies to Sustain Small Fitness Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7331.

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The development and sustainability of small businesses impact the U.S. economy. Owners of small businesses created 65.9% of new jobs between 2000 and 2017. Over 99.9% of known U.S. firms were small businesses. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the leadership strategies small fitness business owners implemented to sustain their businesses for longer than 5 years. The conceptual framework for this study was the servant leadership theory. The population for the study included 5 owners of small fitness businesses in the southeastern region of the U.S. who used leadership strat
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Atanga, John W. "Sustainable Business Growth: An Exploration of Ghanaian Small Business Survival." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7590.

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Small businesses are significant contributors to a nation’s job creation and employment. These enterprises face many challenges that often lead to failure within 5 years. Some small business owners fail because they lack the necessary strategies for maintaining a sustainable business operation. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was to analyze how to overcome the high failure rate of small businesses in Accra, Ghana. The conceptual framework for this study was institutional and planned behavior theories. The research questions sought participant’s experiences wi
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Van, Niekerk Daniel. "A framework for determining a business strategy of a small business." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50674.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a growing need for a framework that explains the important steps in creating and managing a small business in a very simplistic, flexible and holistic way. The aim of this research report is to design a framework which will guide the entrepreneur and small business owner in the set-up and management of a small business. The research report explores the logic of constructing the framework. It starts with the core business transactions which justify the existence of the business. For a better understanding of the in
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Kotzé, Irma. "An analysis of business–related factors on small businesses / Irma Kotzé." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4502.

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The study was based on the evaluation of specific business–related factors concerning small businesses in the formal sector. The purpose of this study was to gain a clear understanding of the current education level of employees in the small business industry. Income and business related costs applicable to small businesses and formal business support was also evaluated in terms of its availability to small businesses. By means of investigation it was possible to conclude to what extent small businesses contribute towards economic growth in South Africa. The South African government is definit
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Wilson, Steven L. "Antecedents to business succession planning in small relationship-dependent service businesses." Thesis, Oklahoma State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142120.

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<p> As the baby boom generation approaches and enters traditional retirement ages, the owners of small professional service firms are being inundated with advice concerning how to implement a business succession plan. While much of the advice may be valuable and sound, a significant portion of this advice appears to be derived from a one-size-fits-all approach that ignores, or fails to address, the needs, desires, and personal characteristics of the business owner. Small business succession planning advice often involves growing the business into a self-perpetuating organism. However, many sma
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Jamaluddin, Askiah Binti. "Decision-making for business growth: small family businesses in Selangor, Malaysia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/653.

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In Malaysia, approximately 90% of the businesses are categorized as small businesses. Although the majority of the small businesses are family owned, they make a significant contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product. Therefore, the prevalence of small family businesses has a potential economic and social impact that is realised in terms of reducing unemployment rates and growing the family income.The objective in this study was to explore and analyse decisions made about business growth in various types of Malay small family businesses in Selangor, Malaysia. The researcher investigat
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Rufasha, E. "Small business strategy and performance in a developing economy : an exploratory analysis of Zimbabwe's small business sector." Thesis, University of Salford, 2018. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/48282/.

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Considerably much has been written about the relationship between planning and performance in small firms and yet there is disjointedness and little agreement on the findings. Such a scenario calls for more research in the domain. This study explores the relationship between formal strategic planning and performance in the small business sector of a developing economy. Drawing on the contingency theory of management, the study, inter alia, identifies knowledge gaps within the traditional contingency theory as well as in prior literature, and in addressing such gaps, insightfully contributes to
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Hung, Pui-ling Elsa. "Government support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31967206.

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Chalera, Clement Stanley. "An impact analysis of South Africa's National Strategy for the development and promotion of SMMEs." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05022007-102936.

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Johansson, Monica. "Organizing policy : a policy analysis starting from SMEs in Tuscany and the county of Jönköping /." Jönköping : Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-6870.

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Fay-Spina, Diana. "Exploring Business Planning Strategies of Women-Owned Small Businesses in the Construction Trades." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3522.

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Many small businesses fail to survive past 5 years, listing the primary reason given for failure as inadequate business planning strategies. The construction industry provides the building and upkeep of physical infrastructure (buildings and roadways) in developed societies and is a major contributor to the gross domestic product for many nations. In the United States, the construction trades primarily consist of small businesses, with a smaller portion of the sector classified as women-owned. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the business planning strategies t
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NWABUEZE, SCHOLASTICA. "Strategies for Small Energy Consulting Business Survivability." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7173.

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Small businesses are critical to economic development. Small businesses create job opportunities and training and innovative products and services, but they encounter significant challenges and many fail in the first 7 years due to lack of sustainable strategies. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies owners used to sustain small energy consulting businesses for longer than 7 years. The population in this study consisted of 5 senior executives of a small energy consulting firm in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The conceptual framework for the study was the tran
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O'Neil, Meganne Ross. "Teaching modules for small business financial management." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02162010-020108/.

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Buowari, Preye Elizabeth. "Factors Required for Small Business Sustainability in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1775.

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In Nigeria, many small businesses fail before their 5th anniversary. Small businesses make up a major percentage of the businesses in Nigeria and provide jobs for 50% of the populace. The purpose of this qualitative multi-unit case study was to explore the factors required by small businesses in Nigeria to sustain operations beyond the first 5 years. The conceptual framework grounding this study was general systems theory. A review of the literature focused on small business failure and factors required to sustain a business longer than 5 years. Data collection occurred through semistructured
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Johnston, Jamaal. "Strategies for New Small Businesses to Be Successful Beyond 5 Years." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5355.

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In the United States, small businesses have a high failure rate, with approximately 50% going out of business during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States used to stay in business for more than 5 years. Entrepreneurship theory provided the conceptual framework for the study. A sample of 5 small business owners participated in semistructured face-to-face interviews, and additional data were collected from field notes, observations, and review of artifacts related to small busines
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