In the United States, small business is a big business. Up to 99.7% of all US companies—28 million in all—can be classified as small businesses.While the breadth of firms that fall under the definition of “small business” is expansive, it is by no means a default classification. Sma...
Today's business environment is turbulent and requires firms, small or large, to be proactive and innovative rather than reactive and receptive if they are to survive and grow in it. Strategic awareness is a mental process of continually evaluating organisational and environmental problems and ...
The federal government established theNorth American Industry Classification System (NAICS)in 1997. Its purpose, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, was to create a standard that federal statistical agencies could use in “classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, ...
If you own something that you can sell, it’s an asset. Every small business has them: they’re a glass manufacturer with specialized equipment or an individual that participates in buying and selling rare trading cards. “What are your assets?” is a common question, especially during the ...
we looked for the FinTech service/business model under consideration to identify the FinTech sub-category. Classification of evidence types (empirical/non-empirical) wasundertaken to determine the nature of the research [30]. We looked into each empirical article’s methodology section to identify ...
Within the “small business” classification there is scope for considerable variation. There are hundreds if not thousands of types of small businesses. Just taking the NAICS (the North American Industry Classification System) or the SIC codes (the UK Standard Industrial Classification), there are ...
The total list of customers for a business, as well as the total number of potential customers with specific classification or buying characteristics. Customer Profile A precise description of the characteristics of buyers for a specific product or service. ...
Small business lending and the changing structure of the banking industry1 Small business lending and the changing structure of the banking industryBank mergersSmall business lendingJEL classification codes] G21... PE Strahan,JP Weston - 《Journal of Banking & Finance》 被引量: 1389发表: 1998年 ...
Classification levels are 1 = low (mostly sitting), 2 = moderate (regular normal activities), and 3 = high (heavier activities/active movement) [22]. The WE was measured using the Japanese version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). The UWES is a nine-item self–administered ...
Small businesses vary widely in structure and size. A home-based entrepreneur might run a profitable small or micro-business alone, while another business with similar profits might employ several people across multiple locations. What are the biggest challenges that small businesses face?