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20 Tips To Save Time & Money In Your Small Business And At Home
Sep 2009
These are difficult times and every small business (and large ones) needs to find ways to save money and time without delivering less value to their customers. Service to customers must be...
Provided by American Express
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Small Business Stimulus Plan Lands With A Loud Thud
Mar 2009
Until you start looking at the small business size standards set by the government and discover that in some industries a business that has as many as 1500 employees is considered small. The small...
Provided by American Express
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Is President Obama's New Small Business Plan Relevant?
Mar 2009
On Monday, March 16, 2009, President Obama announced a new plan to help small businesses. The plan is mainly centered around easing SBA loans. The plan calls for the government to buy up SBA loan...
Provided by American Express
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Recession Can Be An Opportunity For Small Business
Nov 2008
They say "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." The same philosophy should be applied creatively by small business owners to take advantage of the financial conditions and possible slow down...
Provided by American Express
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Are Loans Available, Or Do Small Businesses Just Not Want Them?
Feb 2009
Thanks in part to the collapse of the housing market and, in greater part, to the collapse of the financial services market, underwriting standards of all kinds have tightened, making it more...
Provided by American Express
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Don't Call Me "Small"
May 2009
Small business jump-started the modern economy, from the farmer working his small plot of land, to the proprietor of the local corner-store. And entrepreneurs have been at the very crux of many...
Provided by American Express
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101 Tips From 50 Small Business Bloggers
Aug 2009
It's quite easy for small business owners to become distracted by their day-to-day responsibilities. But in this competitive economy you can't afford to miss out on the newest business...
Provided by American Express
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Just How Financially Healthy Is Your Small Business Anyway?
Jun 2009
Monitoring and managing your business's financial health involves more than simply maintaining a cushion in your bank balance. It's more than just keeping accurate books. It is more than staying...
Provided by American Express
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Small Businesses, Big Opportunities: How Economic Uncertainty Has Set The Stage For New Growth
Jul 2009
The credit markets are tight, that's true, but the employment base is excellent. There are many highly skilled, hard-working people who can help you start or build a business. Commercial rents are...
Provided by American Express
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The 10 Natural Marketing Advantages Of Small Business
Dec 2008
Are you leveraging your natural advantages? Large organizations are beginning to wrestle with the reality that their markets want something more personal, more honest and real, from the companies...
Provided by American Express
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New Energy For Small Business
Oct 2008
States that perform poorly have policies that discourage homeowners and businesses from investing in renewable energy systems, for example, by requiring well-established, proven technologies to...
Provided by American Express
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For Microbusinesses, 4 Priorities On The Tax Wish
May 2009
A small business taxpayer will spend nearly 60 hours to complete a Federal business tax return that includes a Form 1040 with corresponding Schedule C. Sixty hours! That's a week and a half of...
Provided by American Express
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Small Businesses Starting To See Impact Of The Stimulus Package
Aug 2009
The controversy continues around whether or not the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is more commonly referred to as the stimulus package, helps small businesses. While the political...
Provided by American Express
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Four Common Mistakes To Avoid In Running Your Small Business
May 2009
You are the master of your domain. And as a small business owner, your domain is nothing to sneeze at. This paper explains about four of the most common mistakes made by small business owners. You...
Provided by American Express
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10 Fatal Mistakes Most Small Business Owners Make
Apr 2009
Many of us who become small business owners - either intentionally or quite by accident due to a lay off or downsizing - don't have any formal marketing training. But to have a successful...
Provided by American Express
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Putting Social Media In Real Life Context For SMBs
Oct 2009
It's hard not to be skeptical about the social media craze, especially if you're a small business that's struggling to find a way to bring business context to platforms like Facebook and Twitter....
Provided by American Express
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New York Wants To Lay A Tax Burden On Out-Of-State Small Businesses
Feb 2008
New York's tax system - and some in other states as well-is particularly cumbersome for small businesses because of the requirement to collect and remit taxes at the rate in effect in the taxing...
Provided by American Express
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Creating A Customer Loyalty Strategy Will Benefit Your Future Bottom Line
Jul 2009
Over 90% of small business owners are letting money walk out the door of their business each day. Small businesses work hard to acquire new customers, yet many are missing an untapped source of...
Provided by American Express
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Search Engine Door Slowly Closing On Small Business
Feb 2009
It's difficult not to be bombarded these days with the glowing internet trends and statistics...the bottom line is that people (read: potential customers) have and continue to flock to the...
Provided by American Express
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The Answer To Less Stress? More Structure
Sep 2009
As small business owners, we all know the feeling of being 5 hours into the day and not having accomplished anything on our to-do list. Or looking up at the clock and realizing that you've just...
Provided by American Express
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How Will The Financial Crisis Impact The Wider Economy
Oct 2008
The basic problem is the fear that the credit markets will simply dry up. If no one will lend money (or it simply becomes ridiculously expensive to borrow money), then some very basic economic...
Provided by American Express
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Some Quick Tips For Small Businesses In This Financial Crisis
Oct 2008
Make sure you to take the right professional advice for each type of issue you are tackling. Your accountant can be your best friend, so consider allowing him electronic access to your books and...
Provided by American Express
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Finding What's Cheap
Nov 2008
However, in tough economic times, when the money dries up, some people get worried and assume that if money is scarce, so are most other business opportunities. Nothing could be further from the...
Provided by American Express
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Hey, Where Is The Silver Lining On My Economic Storm Cloud?
Mar 2009
This paper provides few reasons you should be optimistic about your small business future, and use that optimism to seize the new opportunities that great challenges always bring. The sun always...
Provided by American Express
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Small Businesses In The U.S.: Show Them The Money
Mar 2009
Will banks that received TARP bailout funds be forced to lend money to small, struggling businesses? Will the Small Business Administration ride to the rescue and help out small companies with...
Provided by American Express
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How Badly (Or Not) Are Banks Really Doing?
Apr 2009
Many banks, including small ones, that did elect to take TARP money now want to return it so that they do not have to comply with the conditions - especially feared future limits on foreclosures...
Provided by American Express
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Small Business And Community Lending Initiative
Apr 2009
"Few aspects of our current financial crisis have created more justifiable resentment than the specter of hard-working entrepreneurs and small business owners seeing their companies hurt and even...
Provided by American Express
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How The Government Can Lend Directly To Small Businesses
Apr 2009
Unemployment is skyrocketing. Credit seems more scarce than gold (whose price, by the way - an historical indicator of investor pessimism - is currently near its all-time highpoint). Bankruptcies...
Provided by American Express
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Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 3
Apr 2009
It's never too late for small business owners to start developing good tax habits. In fact, one of the best times to revise the way you plan for taxes is tax season, when opportunities for...
Provided by American Express
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Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 2
Apr 2009
Updates to the tax code are a way of life. This year, with so much economic turmoil, the changes are even more important to small business owners. If a business has experienced losses, what tax...
Provided by American Express
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Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 1
Apr 2009
While tax day comes once a year, successful business owners know that tax planning is a year-round activity. To minimize taxes, you must plan your financial transactions carefully, and create and...
Provided by American Express
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Stimulus For Small Business
Apr 2009
It's easy to get lost in acronyms and Washington-speak as American small businesses continue being used by pundits on both sides of the aisle as symbols of the financial crisis' impact on Main...
Provided by American Express
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How Your Small Business Can Survive The Recession
May 2009
By most accounts, this is going to be a long recession, and we're still on the downward slope. As a small business owner, you will be forced to make drastic moves to survive. Don't count on a...
Provided by American Express
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Dreading The Cost Of Software For Your Business?
May 2009
Several years ago, one of the biggest costs for small businesses was software. Accounting software? Expensive; Word processing and spreadsheets? Expensive; Contact management software? Expensive;...
Provided by American Express
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When Did Hiring Independent Contractors Become Illegal?
May 2009
This paper defines underground economy quite specifically: 'There is a bustling and shadowy world where jobs, services, and business transactions are conducted by word of mouth and paid for in...
Provided by American Express
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Focus On Strong Credit For Greater Resilience
May 2009
As a small business owner, going through the motions is never an option. Keeping any small business healthy requires a truly proactive approach to recognizing and adapting to change. It's easy to...
Provided by American Express
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Cash Management: Five Tips To Help Small Companies
May 2009
In today's economy, many small and mid-size companies lack sufficient cash reserves to ride out the storm. Finding new customers is tougher than usual. And, as you know, raising prices isn't...
Provided by American Express
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A Quick Note On Stimulus And Small Business
Jun 2009
Small businesses and the small business blogosphere have tended to view the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package from the perspective of how it is likely to throw extra federal...
Provided by American Express
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How To Talk About Cash Flow Issues With Vendors
Jun 2009
When the going gets tough, even the tough stick their heads in the sand sometimes. For example, when a small business grapples with its cash flow and can't pay vendors on time, the boss might be...
Provided by American Express
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Intro To Data Mining For Small Businesses
Jun 2009
Generally, data mining is a process of identifying and extracting hidden patterns from within data. Identifying unusual patterns or behavioral anomalies is the key goal of this process. By...
Provided by American Express
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Does Liability Affect Small Business?
May 2008
Small-business owners and advocates have voiced concern that legal liability jeopardizes the economic viability of small businesses. At the same time, tort reformers have supported restrictions on...
Provided by RAND
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Who Creates Jobs? Small Vs. Large Vs. Young
Aug 2010
There's been a long, sometimes heated, debate on the role of firm size in employment growth. Despite skepticism in the academic community, the notion that growth is negatively related to firm size...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Mutual Guarantee Institutions And Small Business Finance
Oct 2009
A large body of literature has shown that small firms experience difficulties in accessing the credit market due to informational asymmetries. Banks can overcome these asymmetries through...
Provided by Bank for International Settlements
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Assessing Moving Targets: The Impact Of Transition Stages On Entrepreneurship Development
Jun 2010
An issue that has recently gained in importance in transitional literature is the need to develop a thriving small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector since it can contribute significantly to...
Provided by University of Amsterdam
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Assessment Of The Integration Of The Accounting Information System In Small And Medium Lithuanian Enterprises
Jan 2010
An accounting information system (AIS) plays a key role in providing the financial information for decision making within an organization. The degree of usability and value of the information...
Provided by Vilnius University
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Reinforcement Of Success Of Strategic Alliance Of Small And Medium Enterprises In The Czech Republic
Jun 2008
The paper analyses the question of co-operation between companies. This particular issue is topical especially having in mind the high level of competition in the economics, which can be described...
Provided by Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
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Possibility Of Evaluation And Development Of Competitiveness In The Internationalization Process Of SME's
Apr 2008
Topic of internationalization of SMEs is very important. There are a lot of viewpoints, which could be very interesting both for theory and practice. Main theme of this paper is competitiveness of...
Provided by Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
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One Of The Problems Of Small Enterprises In The Republic Of Belarus
Mar 2009
The paper considers the problem of small enterprise business planning. At present common regulations of implementation of business plans of investment projects for small, medium-sized and...
Provided by Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
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An Investigation Of Small And Medium Enterprises Perceptions Towards Services Offered By Commercial Banks In South Africa
Jun 2007
This paper reports on findings of a unique study which collected information from the demand side of finance to understand the perceptions of small scale businesses from rural and semi-urban areas...
Provided by University of Johannesburg
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Non Pecuniary Benefits Of Small Business Ownership
Jul 2010
The authors find non pecuniary benefits of business ownership to be an important consideration in explaining small business formation. Using a variety of data sources, the authors show that the...
Provided by University of Chicago
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The Perfect Exit Strategy For Owners Of Closely Held Businesses The $1.82 Story
Jan 2011
How many business owners will transition their business ownership in the next 10 years? Based on the tsunami of Baby Boomers - quite a few. Baby boomers have dramatically impacted markets as they...
Provided by Business Forum Institute
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Enhancing The Role Of SMEs In Global Value Chains
Jun 2007
The business challenges of the acceleration of globalization, aided by rapid developments in information and communication technologies, improved transport facilities, behind the border regulatory...
Provided by OECD
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Recession Of 2009: The Role Of Small Business In The Recovery
Nov 2010
The current economic downturn has continued to gain momentum and can be expected to reach double digit unemployment before it ends. But the figures reported by the government do not fully...
Provided by World Business Institute
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Motivations, Success Factors And Problems Encountered By Chinese Women Entrepreneurs: A Factor Analysis
Nov 2010
One hundred and eighty Chinese women entrepreneurs in Beijing, China were randomly selected for the study. Findings show that the main motivations for business ownership are to increase income, to...
Provided by World Business Institute
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Export Assistance Programs: Insights from Canadian SMEs
Nov 2010
This paper focuses on the usefulness of the export assistance programs available to Canadian exporting firms. This paper is one of a few studies that examine the usefulness of export assistance...
Provided by World Business Institute
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Technology Strategy By Growth Stage Of Technology-Based Venture Companies
Dec 2010
None of theoretical or empirical researches have succeeded in drawing an effective strategy. This study sheds light on the question of choice between make and buy by renewing the existing growth...
Provided by World Business Institute
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Quality Management In Small And Medium Enterprises: Experiences From A Developing Country
Dec 2010
The trend towards global market orientation and trade liberalization force SMEs moving to implementation of quality systems. This empirical study aims to explore current implementation of...
Provided by World Business Institute
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Financial Management Practices: An In-Depth Study Among The CEOs Of Small And Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Dec 2010
Many of the Small and Medium-scaled Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia are still plagued with management problems. These management problems include human resource management, marketing management,...
Provided by World Business Institute
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What Is Small? Small And Medium Enterprises Facing Patenting Activities
Nov 2010
The effect of a firm's size is analyzed in relation with the probability of applying for a patent. The authors worked on the identification of a firm's minimum size, a threshold needed to formally...
Provided by European Union
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Advertising Among SMEs
May 2010
In this paper the authors draw together 35 years' experience as business to business market researchers and the findings of a recently commissioned study of over 245 small and medium enterprises...
Provided by B2B International
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Can You Afford Not to Manage Mobile? How to Generate Immediate Savings from Mobile Spend
Jan 2011
According to predictions made by BoxTone in a 2010 press release, "Device and mobile delivery platform diversity will continue to expand, with most organizations moving from one mobile platform...
Provided by ProfitLine
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International Small-And Mid-Cap Equities
Aug 2010
Investors looking for new ways to diversify a portfolio should consider international small companies. While many U.S. investors include U.S. small and mid caps and international large caps in...
Provided by Putnam Investments
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SecurElement White Paper: Chasing The Clouds - Distributed Computing And Small Business
Oct 2010
The acceleration of the Internet and its adoption allowed for a logical next step into "cloud" computing. It is thought that the phrase comes from the long-used symbol in flow charts and diagrams...
Provided by SecurElement
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It's The Evidence, Stupid: Doing And Legitimizing Policy-Funded Research
Nov 2008
This paper explores the policy and methodological implications of research commissioned by the Enterprise Directorate of BERR, which sought to explain the impact of government regulation on small...
Provided by Aston University
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Top Five: Tasks To Delegate
Sep 2010
Many entrepreneurs try to do it all, but there are some jobs that should be left to others. Here are five tasks every small business owner should delegate courtesy of.
Provided by American Express
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Global And Domestic Imbalances: Why Rural China Is The Key
Jun 2009
China owes its astonishing economic expansion not to far-sighted government policy but to hundreds of millions of entrepreneurial peasants. Yasheng Huang's research reveals not only how...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Private Versus Public Company Tradeoffs: Building Credibility
Jan 2011
Dominic Orr, CEO of Aruba Networks, describes the tradeoffs for an entrepreneurial company between being private or public. Orr argues that being public offers a significant benefit for an...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
Speeding Up File Transfers in Windows 7
Jan 2011
File transfers in Windows involve many factors, any one of which can present problems. In a typical Windows network with a mix of clients and servers, file transfer performance can vary wildly....
Provided by Global Knowledge
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DirectAccess: The New VPN
Jan 2010
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have a new built-in architecture designed to create a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. This new technology is known as DirectAccess (DA) and is...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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American Business: Promoting Me, Promoting You
Sep 2010
It's one thing to develop a rapport with some of your competitors, but could you imagine promoting them or even taking orders for them? One small business owner does all that and more. She...
Provided by American Express
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Small Business Rules: The Shobha Rule
Sep 2010
It's not about the fast nickel - it's about the slow dime. This episode of Small Business Rules explores Shobha Tummala's chain of hair removal salons, which combine eastern techniques she learned...
Provided by American Express
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Driving Sales Performance By Effectively Managing Incentive Compensation
Mar 2008
This White Paper examines the key factors contributing to the rising deployment of automated sales incentive compensation management solutions, discussing the many factors that are driving their...
Provided by IDC
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Connecting Small Businesses With The Substantial Search Engine Consumer Audience
Aug 2007
The modern small business marketer has an enormous challenge to produce advertising that is where consumers are looking at the time they are looking for it. There is an endless variety of...
Provided by WebVisible
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A Comparison Of Alternative Approaches To Equity Valuation Of Privately Held Entrepreneurial Firms
Aug 2008
Valuation of small entrepreneurial businesses requires identifying features that are not generally considered in the valuation model of large public firms. The challenge is to translate financial...
Provided by Jacksonville University
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Strategic Export Orientation And Internationalization Barriers: Evidence From SMEs In A Developing Economy
Mar 2010
This paper examines strategic process and export entry choice of small and medium manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The data was collected from a survey of 72 small and medium-sized manufacturers in...
Provided by Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Corporate Governance As A Strategic Management Factor: Investigating Financial Institutionalization In Çorum SMEs
Jan 2010
Globalization affects every single economic unit substantially. Turkish business has also been under this effect. In the context of globalization, institutionalization is very important and it is...
Provided by Hitit University
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Non-Pecuniary Benefits Of Small Business Ownership
Mar 2010
In this paper, the authors explore the importance of non-pecuniary benefits in explaining small business formation. First, using new data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, the...
Provided by University of Chicago
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Entrepreneurial Attitudes Among Entrepreneurs In Small And Medium Enterprises
Oct 2010
Entrepreneurship is one of our deep rooted values. Indians have proved that intellectual competence, passion to create and their challenging businesses in the world. After an advent of...
Provided by International Journal of Innovation Management and Technology (IJIMT)
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Small Business Act: Implementation And Prospects
Sep 2010
Small Business Act reflects the Commission's political will to recognize the central role of SMEs in the EU economy and for the first time puts into place a comprehensive SME policy framework for...
Provided by Turkish Research and Business Organizations AISBL
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A North American Perspective On Small Business Cash Management
Oct 2010
Visa has monitored North American small business owners' attitudes concerning cash flow management since 2005. Of particular interest in the 2010 Small Business Cash Management Survey is the...
Provided by Visa
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Focus On Strong Credit For Greater Resilience
May 2009
As a small business owner, going through the motions is never an option. Keeping any small business healthy requires a truly proactive approach to recognizing and adapting to change. It's easy to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Cash Management: Five Tips To Help Small Companies
May 2009
In today's economy, many small and mid-size companies lack sufficient cash reserves to ride out the storm. Finding new customers is tougher than usual. And, as you know, raising prices isn't...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
A Quick Note On Stimulus And Small Business
Jun 2009
Small businesses and the small business blogosphere have tended to view the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package from the perspective of how it is likely to throw extra federal...
Provided by American Express
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How To Talk About Cash Flow Issues With Vendors
Jun 2009
When the going gets tough, even the tough stick their heads in the sand sometimes. For example, when a small business grapples with its cash flow and can't pay vendors on time, the boss might be...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Intro To Data Mining For Small Businesses
Jun 2009
Generally, data mining is a process of identifying and extracting hidden patterns from within data. Identifying unusual patterns or behavioral anomalies is the key goal of this process. By...
Provided by American Express
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Factoring Can Offer A Short-Term Financing Alternative, But Watch The Fees
Jun 2009
Factoring is one option to consider when searching for short-term financing alternatives for your small business. As an asset-based financing arrangement, factoring allows you to sell your...
Provided by American Express
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Merchant Cash Advances Can Ease The Crunch But Are Costly And Can Be Risky
Jun 2009
Merchant cash advances - also known as business cash advances, and credit-card or charge-card receivables factoring - offer one more financing alternative for small-business owners seeking...
Provided by American Express
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5 Ways To Save Your Business Money Now
Jun 2009
If sales are down and cash flow is tight, small business owners can find ways to reduce expenses and save money. This paper shows five ways you can get started. You can conserve cash yet obtain...
Provided by American Express
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Paying Your (Small Business) Bills
Jun 2009
Don't let the vendor be the one to notice you haven't paid your bills. Communicate early and often to keep your business in good standing. Reevaluate your business. Sure, there's a credit crunch...
Provided by American Express
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Where To Put Your Money
Jun 2009
The problem is that small business owners are used to calling all the shots and feeling like they are the best at whatever it is they do - a great entrepreneurial mindset, but a lousy one for...
Provided by American Express
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For Smart Executives, Smaller Can Be Better
Jul 2009
Big banks are stumbling, big companies are struggling, and big government is having plenty of its own problems. All in all, it looks like a better time for talent to start landing in small...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Make Purchases Without Cash
Jul 2009
In a tough economy, more business owners are conserving cash by bartering for the stuff they need. Even in modern times, bartering remains a practical choice for small businesses. It's a cash...
Provided by American Express
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Customers And Suppliers Can Help You Over A Rough Patch
Jul 2009
One of the most overlooked sources of short-term funds for a small business continues to be its network of customers and suppliers, and it's worth thinking about how to manage those relationships...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Delegate Vs. Relegate
Jul 2009
There's a little voice inside every entrepreneur telling them they have to do everything themselves and that no one else can be trusted with their business. While many small businesses start with...
Provided by American Express
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Three Tips For Working With Asset-Based Lenders
Jul 2009
With bank loans harder to come by, more small companies are turning to asset-based lending. When credit was flowing more freely, many small businesses gravitated away from collateralized loans....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Reality TV For SMBs
Jul 2009
Just as reality TV wants as many eyeballs watching as possible, a company wants a surplus of clients. Through a series of experimental executive and managerial training sessions, a company's...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Key To Small Business Success
Aug 2009
For most entrepreneurs, the single biggest business challenge is not finding a promising opportunity to go after. It is eliminating the dozens of promising opportunities you could go after and...
Provided by American Express
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Can Social Networking Really Save A Small Business Money?
Aug 2009
If you want to actually make social networking cost effective for your small brick-and-mortar business, this paper shows several ways to do it. First of all, don't duplicate effort. Many...
Provided by American Express
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What Is Scenario Planning And Is It Useful For Small Businesses?
Aug 2009
Scenario planning is a forecasting tool that helps managers and organizations better understand the trends driving the future competitive environment. The first step in scenario planning is...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Find And Hire A Virtual Assistant For Your Small Business
Aug 2009
Good tasks to outsource to a VA are ones where the procedure is relatively simple, there aren't a lot of decision points (if any) in the workflow, and is a repetitive process. Before looking for a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Military Veterans Make Good Business Folk
Aug 2009
Small businesses looking to hire don't have to look only to Harvard and Yale graduates. Ranks of military alumni with real world work experience on top of college degrees can also run a company...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Credit Lines - A Great Financing Tool If You Can Get It
Aug 2009
A bank line of credit can be hard to come by these days, especially for small companies. So what's it take to get one? Stellar credit and cash flow that can more than cover the fixed charges...
Provided by American Express
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Health Care's Drain On Cash Flow
Aug 2009
It's no secret that health insurance is a huge burden on companies' balance sheets. When General Motors revealed in 2005 that it would take its largest quarterly hit in a decade due to a $1.1...
Provided by American Express
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Scalable Benefits For Growing Businesses
Aug 2009
"When you talk about saving one and a half cents on every dollar, it becomes almost irresponsible not to take advantage of that offer. Every little bit counts, and as your business grows, those...
Provided by American Express
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How To Tell If You're Getting The Best Bang For Your Marketing Buck
Aug 2009
Pretty much every small business needs to invest in marketing. But in this economy, when budgets are tight and spending is scrutinized, it's often tempting to gut the marketing budget. After all,...
Provided by American Express
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Cash For Clunker Businesses
Sep 2009
Like cars, many small businesses out there are clunkers - cash guzzling, severely damaged by the recession. Now, the government is looking to bail out these business owners, as it did for car...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
When To Outsource For Your Small Business
Sep 2009
As a crucial growth step in any business - and in varying degrees throughout the business development process - outsourcing becomes a necessity. The big bucks are made not on one person's efforts...
Provided by American Express
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Ten Ways To Easily Reduce Small Business Energy Bills
Sep 2009
Like clockwork, utility bills drop unwanted news on your desk on a monthly basis. Communications bills, supply bills, and energy bills all amount to a big chunk out of the bottom line of your...
Provided by American Express
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How Strong Is Your Business? Can You Pass The 3 To 6 Test?
Sep 2009
The "3 to 6 test" is simple. Set aside 3-to-6 months' fixed costs as a cash cushion for your business. The "3 to 6 test" is a rule of thumb. If you have that amount set aside, it can liberate you...
Provided by American Express
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How To Avoid Being A Nasty, Clueless, And Idiotic Boss During The Downturn
Jul 2009
Running a small business is tough enough during even the best of times, but when profits and sales are falling and the smell of fear is in the air, being the boss becomes much harder....
Provided by American Express
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Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
Jun 2009
Despite the steady drumbeat of bad economic news, small businesses have a major opportunity shaping up over the next year or two. They could become big businesses. While there's no way to get rid...
Provided by American Express
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Beware Of Big Company Syndrome
May 2009
Even small businesses are vulnerable to "Big Company Syndrome." What's Big Company Syndrome? It's the innovation malaise often prevalent in large corporations. It goes something like this:...
Provided by American Express
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Is There Such A Thing As "Recession-Proof"?
Apr 2009
The potential collapse of the Big Three - although, really, at this point, it's only two of the Three, General Motors and Chrysler, who are in serious danger of insolvency should the federal...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Will Health Care Reform Crush Local Franchise Owners?
Sep 2009
A local franchise owner is someone who has taken a financial risk, and put his or her own money on the line, {Along with a bank's money} for a shot at the "American Dream." These courageous folks...
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White Papers
Businesses Turn To Mom Blogs To Market Their Wares
Aug 2009
Bigger brands often see the value of engaging bloggers. But for many small businesses working with bloggers is new and unknown. Yet it can be an effective marketing tool. Some cry that blogging is...
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White Papers
From Center Of Your Universe, To Satellite Outposts
Jul 2009
In the past five years, the trend in online marketing has shifted rather dramatically. there's a shift in WHERE your business needs to have a presence online. It used to be that you could focus...
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White Papers
Get Used To Living Smaller
Nov 2008
Most small businesses have yet to see the many problems that will come as weakness in the broader economy starts to ripple through all sectors, but barring an economic miracle we're in for a very...
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White Papers
Customer Case Study: A L Filters
Nov 2009
Companies undergoing rapid expansion can all too soon find their IT infrastructures becoming unwieldy, inadequate and expensive to manage. Switching to virtualization with a consolidated and...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Solutions Brief: Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling The Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
Nov 2009
Server virtualization is one of the most significant technology trends in IT environments today, and a key enabler of the next generation virtualized data center. Server virtualization relies on...
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Webcasts
The Business Benefits of Secure Remote Access
Nov 2009
Join industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from SonicWALL, Inc., as they help you make the right call on telecommuting.
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