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Cloud computing technology: improving small business performance using the Internet
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2018Cloud computing technology (CCT) is a revolutionary new way of leveraging the power of the Internet to provide software and infrastructure solutions to businesses around the world.
M. Attaran, J. Woods
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The State of the Art in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
, 2018Introduction: the importance of small business research in recent years what does "small business" mean? quantitative topologist, multicriteria or qualitative topologist, towards a complex overall typology, conclusion the analysis framework the plan of ...
P. Julien
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UNDERSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS SCAMS
Journal of Enterprising Culture, 2012This paper provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about small business scams. A scam is a form of dishonest action, based upon an invitation to participate in an activity. Victims are encouraged, mislead or induced to voluntarily interact with the perpetrator, and ultimately to willingly surrender over money, information or other ...
Schaper, Michael T. (R17904) +1 more
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Total Quality Management in Small Business Small Business Saviour?
Small Enterprise Research, 1996‘Quality management has become recognised internationally as one of the key strategies for business. Quality is not just the domain of big business or government. On a national scale it requires that all organisations take up the challenge to do things better.
Despina Whitefield, TD Wilmshurst
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Small business is big business
Journal of Marketing Management, 1986The number of small business start‐ups in the UK continues to increase. This article discusses the stages of business and marketing development that a small business can expect to encounter. Success in business depends upon a number of factors, these are described and discussed under the headings of individual qualities and key components.
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The Image and Reality of Small Business and Small Business Policies
1996The Japanese phrase chusho kigyo (small- and medium-sized enterprises or small business, hereafter small business) rings heavy and serious for Japanese, especially for social science scholars. At any given time, however, the images brought to mind by the phrase have varied widely, and the dominant image among them has also varied greatly over time.
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Microcomputers and the Small Business
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 1983The mushrooming microcomputer industry is producing a vast array of ever cheaper, more sophisticated offerings. If correctly chosen the micro is an indispensable tool which can certainly help the small firm to prosper.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF SMALL-BUSINESS RESEARCH TO SMALL-BUSINESS POLICY DECISIONS
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1989ABSTRACT While considering the contribution of Small-Business Research on Small-Business Policy, the author concentrates on competition, economic growth and employment. Smaller firms have to face a strategic competitive disadvantage for the reasons of economies of scale, economies of scope and market dominance vis-a-vis the large firms.
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British Food Journal, 1999 This case is about a local food chain in India, Nirula’s. As McDonald’s penetrates New Delhi, Nirula’s is faced with unprecedented competition from abroad. The small enterprise must be globally competitive in order to sustain competition from global players who are forcing it into a formerly protected market.
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Electronic Business Research in Small Businesses
2006This chapter calls for further e-commerce (EC) research in small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to address this phenomenon at a more global level. The chapter endorses this notion using recent EC research in SMEs. Earlier research pointed to the laggardness of the SMEs in adopting and using EC strategically.
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