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Starting A Greenhouse Business
Jan 2009
You might be interested in starting a business venture with a greenhouse. You can grow growing bedding plants, cut flowers, herbs or vegetables and sell them in a roadside stand or at a local...
Provided by iSnare.com
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A Reality Check Prior To Starting An Internet Business
Dec 2007
The thrill of starting a business on the Internet is hard to ignore. Working from wherever you want, choosing which hours you work (even whilst sleeping) and making pots of money. So.... how could...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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How To Find Your Passion Before You Start Your Business
Jan 2008
When you start a business, you suddenly become an "Expert" of sorts. People will look to you for advice and information about your field of expertise. The questions now become: What would you be...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Some Preliminary Thoughts Before Starting A Restaurant
Jan 2008
So romantic ideas aside, starting any business takes a good deal of planning, and a restaurant or any food service takes even more thoughtful fact gathering. This paper gives you an idea...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Why You Need To Start A Home Based Business Now
Apr 2008
The idea of making money on the Internet, being able to work from home or anywhere in the world using nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection is flat out awesome! So why isn't...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
How To Start A Business Online
Apr 2008
Now as difficult as it may seem to believe, starting an online home business is not hard. In fact working from home has never been easier because of the many home business opportunities available....
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Hot Dog Carts - How To Start Your Own Business With A Hot Dog Cart
May 2008
The food service business is always growing. People will always need to eat food. The new generation buys more from vendors and does far less cooking at home, and buys more prepared food from...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Start Your Online Business With Failure
Jun 2008
Failing is one of the most important things you will do when starting an online business. It is great to fail, because when you learn what does not work, you can stop doing it, and focus on what...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Construction: A Safe Bet For Startup Businesses
Jun 2008
Starting a business is risky at best, but of coursed some business are more likely to succeed than others. Construction is one of the safest businesses to get into because of the constant and...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Small Business Start Up Costs
Oct 2007
Small business start up costs can prove to be frustrating and stressful for a beginner business owner. Several entrepreneurs are intimidated by small business start up costs and choose to avoid...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Home Internet Business Start Up Ideas For Online Success
Nov 2007
Starting a home internet business can be an exciting yet daunting experience and in order to help you achieve online success here are some ideas to help you understand the start up process. Most,...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
4 Steps To Starting A Business
Jan 2009
This paper explains 4 Steps to Starting a Business that every small business operator should follow: Business structure and name; Business tax responsibilities; Business licenses and permits by...
Provided by MerchantOS
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White Papers
Small Business Start Up Help - 10 Easy Steps
Jan 2009
People around you will start to offer you Small Business Start Up Help once you have reached the decision of setting up a business of your own. Not all the help you get will be useful and some may...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Start Up Mistakes - Tripping Over The Obvious
Jan 2009
They say four out of five new businesses fail. Are there some common start up mistakes most of them make? The answer is 'Yes'! Starting a new business could be a rewarding or thankless experience,...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Start Up Business Checklist - Have You Covered Everything?
Jan 2009
A Start up Business Checklist! That's the first thing you need as you are getting ready to start a new venture. Otherwise you will be inundated with so much of information and advice that you will...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Business Start Up Grants - Free Money?
Jan 2009
Business start up grants are offered by private institutions and government agencies. This means that they will give you money without charging interest and sometimes without expecting you to pay...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Best Start Up Small Business - Does It Exist?
Jan 2009
What is the best start up small business you can have? Any business that is 'Knowledge based'. To use a tired old cliché, information is power. And it's truer now than ever before. As the world...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Business Info Small Start Up Needs To Know
Jan 2009
The business info small start up needs to take care of is important if you are planning to start a small business. This is critical in order to get the business up and running quickly and...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
How To Start Business Operations - A Ten Point Checklist
Jan 2009
You may be thinking how to start business operations in your new business. This new venture represents a very significant part your life. You must have numerous questions if you are planning to...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Small Business Start Up Capital - How Much Do You Really Need?
Jan 2009
Raising Small Business Start Up Capital is one of the most important activities you will be doing. Be it a large or a small enterprise, proper financial backup is essential for it to thrive. For...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
The One Thing That Could Make The Mobile Web Finally A Reality
Jun 2009
For years now, small business owners have been hearing about and waiting expectantly for the growth of the Mobile Web. It's coming! It's coming! Get ready for it! Uh-huh. Right. The Mobile Web...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Have Hackers Turned Your Website Into A Link-Generating Drone?
Mar 2008
Hackers have a new shtick: gaming the search engines. And they are using small business websites and personal blogs to do it. There is an alarming trend in which hackers take over small business...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Those Crazy RSS Icons And Why They Matter To Your Business
Jan 2009
RSS is one of those tools that's phenomenally wonderful for website/blog publishers and readers who are information junkies or looking to stay up to date efficiently. Unfortunately, RSS is saddled...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
High Growth Firms Tend To Be Old Fogies, Not Startups
Jun 2008
Economic development organizations, non-profit entrepreneurship programs, venture capitalists and other groups jumped on the bandwagon. Gazelles were in. If you wanted to see jobs, economic growth...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
This Blogging Stuff Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2008
Instead of sitting in your living room and blogging in your jammies, it turns out that you actually have to know stuff, such as copyright law. Yep. And it's not just for quoting news articles. Use...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Small Businesses, Tear Down Those Walls
Aug 2008
Tear down those walls that keep your employees from working together, from collaborating together, from communicating together. Why and how should you tear those walls down? The answer to WHY: you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
None Of Us Is An Island: Why Small Business Owners Like Me Want A Credit Rescue Plan
Oct 2008
Our financial system and our markets and our businesses are interrelated. No man (or woman) is an island. We need the economy as a whole operating well, if we expect our businesses to do well....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Entrepreneurs With Poor Credit Face Crunch
Oct 2008
Entrepreneurs with poor credit have to pay so much more than entrepreneurs with good credit to borrow money from their peers right now, the former are probably unable to borrow money at rates that...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
For Small Businesses, We Ride It Out
Oct 2008
For many small businesses - the effects of the credit crisis playing out around us day by day, hour by hour, have not changed what we do. Many of us have felt no impact - at least not so far. Oh,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Myths And Realities: Financing Start-Ups
Oct 2008
One of the most important things you will do as an entrepreneur is to raise the money you need to finance your new business. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths about financing new businesses....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Difference Between A Freelancer And An Entrepreneur
Dec 2008
A freelancer is someone who gets paid for her work. She charges by the hour or perhaps by the project. Freelancers write, design, consult, advise, do taxes and hang wallpaper. Freelancing is the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Entrepreneurship And The Valuation Of Public Companies
Mar 2009
This paper shows some ways that entrepreneurs will be affected if public companies are now going to be worth half of what they were worth in the previous era. The most successful entrepreneurs...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Relax - The New COBRA Rules Do Not Impact Many Small Businesses
Apr 2009
COBRA is an acronym for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, which requires that certain employers provide qualifying individuals the right to continue their health...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Are You Leading An Imbalanced Small Business?
Jun 2009
In a small business, where the owner usually sells, serves customers and does all the support work, it creates imbalance. You tend to focus more on some and little on others. This paper explains 3...
Provided by American Express
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Ready To Make That Deal? 5 Things To Keep In Mind
Sep 2009
As you navigate the world of small business, you'll be hit with challenges and opportunities you never anticipated. As you grow, you will increasingly encounter and interact with people who will...
Provided by American Express
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Contract Based On Deliverables, Not Hours
Jul 2009
In this economy, bigger isn't necessarily better. The fact of the matter is that small businesses with less overhead are well-positioned. Already used to being creative with limited resources,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
SHOP: Small Business Health Care Reform
Jun 2009
The currently dismal system of health-care coverage is a small business issue. It skews prices and other things in a way that makes it easier for larger corporations to insure their employees,...
Provided by American Express
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Small Businesses Are Bartering Because That's What It's Come To
Apr 2009
There are actual barter companies, which provide membership networks that enable disparate businesses to find good matches for barter arrangements. Apparently, over $16 billion in services was...
Provided by American Express
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Empathy: The Small Business Advantage
Apr 2009
Even in the best of times, the deck seems stacked against small companies. So what's a small business to do when times are tough? Already outdone by large companies on margins, volume, and...
Provided by American Express
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Outrunning The Bear: Advice For Small Businesses In Dark Times
Dec 2008
Almost all markets have turned bearish of late. How should the small business react? Not panicking is a good start. However gloomy conditions may seem, they will be gloomy for competitors, too....
Provided by American Express
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Technical Change And Industrial Dynamics As Evolutionary Processes
Aug 2009
A wide ensemble of scholars, both in economics and several other disciplines, have been studying technological advance, viewed as an evolutionary process. This perspective on technological change...
Provided by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
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Innovation, Technical Change And Patents In The Development Process: A Long Term View
Feb 2011
The key feature of the historical process of economic development is the "Great transformation" (Polanyi, 1944) whereby the traditional organization of economic activities gives way to the...
Provided by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
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A Conversation with 590 Nascent Entrepreneurs
Nov 2007
This paper summarizes interviews from 1998 with 590 individuals trying to create a business centered on five questions: "Who are you?", "What are you trying to accomplish?", "What have you and...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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White Papers
Not Invented Here? Innovation In Company Towns
Oct 2009
The authors examine variation in the concentration of inventive activity across 72 of North America's most highly innovative locations. In 12 of these areas, innovation is particularly...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Industrial Policy From A Systems-of-Innovation Perspective
May 2008
It introduces the topic by briefly reviewing the emergence, development, and diffusion of this approach and, then, spells out the constituents, activities, and boundaries of the SI approach. On...
Provided by EIB
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Innovative Financing At A Global Level
Apr 2010
The global economic and financial crisis has created important needs for fiscal consolidation in EU countries and around the world. It has also demonstrated the cost of financial instability for...
Provided by European Commission
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White Papers
The Financing Of Innovative Firms
Dec 2009
The theoretical background for this proposition is presented, and the empirical evidence on its importance is reviewed. Owing to the intangible nature of their investment, asymmetric-information...
Provided by EIB
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White Papers
Innovation And Research Policies: Two Case Studies Of R&D Subsidies
May 2008
There is plenty of evidence for market failures that motivate government intervention for innovation in general and Research and Development (R&D) in particular. R&D subsidies are a policy tool of...
Provided by EIB
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Industrial Policy: A Tale Of Innovators, Champions, And B52s
May 2008
this paper argues against what probably is the most extreme type of so-called 'Vertical' industrial policy, that is, support for national or European champions. It also critically reviews the...
Provided by EIB
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White Papers
The Evolution Of Entrepreneurial Spirit And The Process Of Development
May 2009
This paper suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. This...
Provided by Collegio Carlo Alberto
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Innovative City In West China Chongqing
Feb 2008
This working paper offers insights on science and technology in China with supporting official and interview data. The paper, as evidenced from the title, is indicating the future role of...
Provided by Stockholm School of Economics
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White Papers
The Diffusion/Adoption Of Innovation In The IntThe Diffusion/Adoption Of Innovation In The Internal Marketernal Market
Sep 2009
In the Lisbon Strategy, the Member States and the European Commission recognized that increasing innovation is a key to respond to the challenge offered by globalization. When studying this...
Provided by European Communities
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Innovation And Climate Policy
Jan 2010
Reducing emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change will require dramatic changes in the way that energy is produced and consumed. The cost of technological changes such as...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Innovative Work Practices And Sickness Absence: What Does A Nationally Representative Employee Survey Tell?
Dec 2009
The paper examines the effect of innovative work practices on the prevalence of sickness absence and accidents at work. The authors focus on several different aspects of workplace innovations...
Provided by University of Tampere
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Evaluating National Innovation Systems - Key Insights From The Finnish Innoeval Survey
Oct 2009
This paper aims to provide new insights into the analysis of National Innovation Systems (NIS). Whereas the common approach is to analyze specific parts or a defined set of actors and their...
Provided by ELINKEINOELÄMÄN TUTKIMUSLAITOS
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Tax Incentives As Innovation Policy Tool
Mar 2009
Subsidies to business sector R&D can be given either as R&D tax credits or direct grants. Majority of the OECD countries use both policy tools, Finland has used only grants. The Finnish support...
Provided by ELINKEINOELÄMÄN TUTKIMUSLAITOS
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White Papers
Rationales And Instruments For Public Innovation Policies
Jun 2009
Economic interest in innovation policy largely arises from the fundamental importance of innovation to social welfare and from well-known inefficiencies in innovation in a competitive market...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Is Service Innovation Different?
Aug 2008
This exploratory empirical study compares the determinants of innovation in manufacturing and services through descriptive and regression analyses of sales from innovative products and services....
Provided by Cornell University
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White Papers
Public R&D Funding And Entrepreneurial Innovation
Jul 2008
This paper does not find any significant direct relationship between the public R&D funding and the firms' innovation output. The firms obtaining the public R&D support were not performing...
Provided by ELINKEINOELÄMÄN TUTKIMUSLAITOS
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Optimal Firm Behavior Under Environmental Constraints
Apr 2008
The paper examines the Porter and induced-innovation hypotheses in a firm model where: the firm has a vintage capital technology with two complementary factors, energy and capital ; scrapping is...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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Webcasts
Entrepreneurship, Government, And Development In Africa
Sep 2009
After centuries of insufferable oppression by colonial powers, bloody independence struggles, and corrupt home-grown regimes, "Africa today is quickly awakening, and determined to mainstream...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
On The Impact Of Trade On Industrial Structures : The Role Of Entry Cost Heterogeneity
Aug 2009
This paper investigates the impacts of progressive trade openness, technological externalities, and heterogeneity of individuals on the formation of entrepreneurship in a two-country occupation...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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Webcasts
MIT?s Entrepreneurial Development And Impact Over The Past 50 Years
Jun 2010
The author reviews the effects of entrepreneurship within MIT and the relation of MIT entrepreneurship to larger communities. The webcast polled MIT alumni about companies they had started or...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
Innovation In Energy Storage: What I Learned In 3.091 Was All I Needed To Know
Jun 2010
In a lecture that could have been titled, Better Education through Chemistry, the author begins with solar energy, grid-level storage, and liquid metal batteries and moves into education...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change The Way The World Learns
May 2010
The author describes how the idea of disruptive innovation, developed by management researcher and author Clayton M. Christensen, can provide a fresh perspective on struggling education systems,...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Ownership And Control In The Entrepreneurial Firm: An International History Of Private Limited Companies
Dec 2007
The authors use the history of Private Limited Liability Companies (PLLCs) to challenge two pervasive assumptions in the literature: Anglo-American legal institutions were better for economic...
Provided by Yale University
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White Papers
Cost Innovation: Schumpeter And Equilibrium. Part 1. Robinson Crusoe
Mar 2011
Modifying a parallel dynamic programming approach to a simple deterministic economy, the authors consider the effect of an innovation in the means of production. The success of the innovation is...
Provided by Yale University
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Webcasts
Energy Innovation At Scale
Sep 2010
The United States urgently needs a transformation of its energy supply both to address climate change and for reasons of energy security. To meet this immense challenge, the nation requires not...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
From Experimental Physics To Internet Entrepreneurship: One Scientist?s Journey
Oct 2010
Few better personify the vitality and ambition fueling China's economic surge than the author. In this energetic and revelatory talk, the author relates his personal evolution from MIT physicist...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Innovation And Equilibrium?
Sep 2008
A discussion is given of the problems involved in the formal modeling of the innovation process. The link between innovation and finance is stressed. The nature of how the circular flow of funds...
Provided by Yale University
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White Papers
Dynamic Competition, Innovation And Strategic Financing
Jul 2008
This paper models the interactions among product market innovation, product market competition, and corporate financing decisions in the context of a dynamic duopoly. One competitor faces an...
Provided by George Mason University
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White Papers
The Effect Of Adversity On Process Innovations And Managerial Incentives
Jun 2009
This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, this...
Provided by ESMT - European School of Management and Technology
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White Papers
Career Entrepreneurship
Oct 2010
This paper introduces "Career entrepreneurship," a rapidly spreading phenomenon in the global knowledge-driven economy. Career entrepreneurship involves taking an entrepreneurial approach to...
Provided by Suffolk University
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White Papers
Legacy Effects In Radical Innovation: A Study Of European Internet Banking
Jun 2008
How do firms cope with the challenges of disruptive change in their industry? Numerous studies have highlighted that success with any prior technology creates a negative legacy effect for the next...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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White Papers
Knowledge, Capabilities And Manufacturing Innovation: A US-Europe Comparison
Nov 2007
This paper presents a comparative analysis of factors contributing to the innovation performance of manufacturing firms in Georgia (USA), Wales (UK), the West Midlands (UK), and Catalonia (Spain)....
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Are Good Or Bad Borrowers Discouraged From Applying For Loans? Evidence From US Small Business Credit Markets
Mar 2008
This paper conducts an empirical analysis on a U.S small business finance data-set to investigate which factors affect the likelihood of being a discouraged borrower. The authors find that riskier...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Is There Ethnic Discrimination In The UK Market For Small Business Credit?
Apr 2008
A large scale survey of UK small business finances is analyzed for evidence of ethnic discrimination in the credit market. A summary analysis of credit outcomes (loan denials, loan interest rates...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Do Entrepreneurs Really Learn? Evidence From Bank Data
Jun 2008
This paper examines the theory and evidence in support of Entrepreneurial Leaning (EL). Under this theory entrepreneurial performance is argued to be enhanced by EL which itself is enhanced by...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Openness And Innovation - Home And Export Demand Effects On Manufacturing Innovation: Panel Data Evidence For Ireland And Switzerland
Sep 2008
In this paper, the authors reconsider the role of "Home" and "Export" market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable panel data for two small open economies - Ireland and...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Broader Or Deeper? Exploring The Most Effective Intervention Profile For Public Small Business Support
Aug 2009
In the UK as in most other advanced economies significant advisory support is offered for start-up firms and SMEs. UK services for SMEs are provided by Business Links which structures its support...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
Some Preliminary Thoughts Before Starting A Restaurant
Jan 2008
So romantic ideas aside, starting any business takes a good deal of planning, and a restaurant or any food service takes even more thoughtful fact gathering. This paper gives you an idea...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Why You Need To Start A Home Based Business Now
Apr 2008
The idea of making money on the Internet, being able to work from home or anywhere in the world using nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection is flat out awesome! So why isn't...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
-
White Papers
How To Start A Business Online
Apr 2008
Now as difficult as it may seem to believe, starting an online home business is not hard. In fact working from home has never been easier because of the many home business opportunities available....
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Hot Dog Carts - How To Start Your Own Business With A Hot Dog Cart
May 2008
The food service business is always growing. People will always need to eat food. The new generation buys more from vendors and does far less cooking at home, and buys more prepared food from...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Start Your Online Business With Failure
Jun 2008
Failing is one of the most important things you will do when starting an online business. It is great to fail, because when you learn what does not work, you can stop doing it, and focus on what...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Construction: A Safe Bet For Startup Businesses
Jun 2008
Starting a business is risky at best, but of coursed some business are more likely to succeed than others. Construction is one of the safest businesses to get into because of the constant and...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Small Business Start Up Costs
Oct 2007
Small business start up costs can prove to be frustrating and stressful for a beginner business owner. Several entrepreneurs are intimidated by small business start up costs and choose to avoid...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
Home Internet Business Start Up Ideas For Online Success
Nov 2007
Starting a home internet business can be an exciting yet daunting experience and in order to help you achieve online success here are some ideas to help you understand the start up process. Most,...
Provided by Press Articles Directory
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White Papers
4 Steps To Starting A Business
Jan 2009
This paper explains 4 Steps to Starting a Business that every small business operator should follow: Business structure and name; Business tax responsibilities; Business licenses and permits by...
Provided by MerchantOS
-
White Papers
Small Business Start Up Help - 10 Easy Steps
Jan 2009
People around you will start to offer you Small Business Start Up Help once you have reached the decision of setting up a business of your own. Not all the help you get will be useful and some may...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
Start Up Mistakes - Tripping Over The Obvious
Jan 2009
They say four out of five new businesses fail. Are there some common start up mistakes most of them make? The answer is 'Yes'! Starting a new business could be a rewarding or thankless experience,...
Provided by Smart Institute
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White Papers
Start Up Business Checklist - Have You Covered Everything?
Jan 2009
A Start up Business Checklist! That's the first thing you need as you are getting ready to start a new venture. Otherwise you will be inundated with so much of information and advice that you will...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
Business Start Up Grants - Free Money?
Jan 2009
Business start up grants are offered by private institutions and government agencies. This means that they will give you money without charging interest and sometimes without expecting you to pay...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
Best Start Up Small Business - Does It Exist?
Jan 2009
What is the best start up small business you can have? Any business that is 'Knowledge based'. To use a tired old cliché, information is power. And it's truer now than ever before. As the world...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
Business Info Small Start Up Needs To Know
Jan 2009
The business info small start up needs to take care of is important if you are planning to start a small business. This is critical in order to get the business up and running quickly and...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
How To Start Business Operations - A Ten Point Checklist
Jan 2009
You may be thinking how to start business operations in your new business. This new venture represents a very significant part your life. You must have numerous questions if you are planning to...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
Small Business Start Up Capital - How Much Do You Really Need?
Jan 2009
Raising Small Business Start Up Capital is one of the most important activities you will be doing. Be it a large or a small enterprise, proper financial backup is essential for it to thrive. For...
Provided by Smart Institute
-
White Papers
The One Thing That Could Make The Mobile Web Finally A Reality
Jun 2009
For years now, small business owners have been hearing about and waiting expectantly for the growth of the Mobile Web. It's coming! It's coming! Get ready for it! Uh-huh. Right. The Mobile Web...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Have Hackers Turned Your Website Into A Link-Generating Drone?
Mar 2008
Hackers have a new shtick: gaming the search engines. And they are using small business websites and personal blogs to do it. There is an alarming trend in which hackers take over small business...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Those Crazy RSS Icons And Why They Matter To Your Business
Jan 2009
RSS is one of those tools that's phenomenally wonderful for website/blog publishers and readers who are information junkies or looking to stay up to date efficiently. Unfortunately, RSS is saddled...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
High Growth Firms Tend To Be Old Fogies, Not Startups
Jun 2008
Economic development organizations, non-profit entrepreneurship programs, venture capitalists and other groups jumped on the bandwagon. Gazelles were in. If you wanted to see jobs, economic growth...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
This Blogging Stuff Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2008
Instead of sitting in your living room and blogging in your jammies, it turns out that you actually have to know stuff, such as copyright law. Yep. And it's not just for quoting news articles. Use...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Small Businesses, Tear Down Those Walls
Aug 2008
Tear down those walls that keep your employees from working together, from collaborating together, from communicating together. Why and how should you tear those walls down? The answer to WHY: you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
None Of Us Is An Island: Why Small Business Owners Like Me Want A Credit Rescue Plan
Oct 2008
Our financial system and our markets and our businesses are interrelated. No man (or woman) is an island. We need the economy as a whole operating well, if we expect our businesses to do well....
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurs With Poor Credit Face Crunch
Oct 2008
Entrepreneurs with poor credit have to pay so much more than entrepreneurs with good credit to borrow money from their peers right now, the former are probably unable to borrow money at rates that...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
For Small Businesses, We Ride It Out
Oct 2008
For many small businesses - the effects of the credit crisis playing out around us day by day, hour by hour, have not changed what we do. Many of us have felt no impact - at least not so far. Oh,...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Myths And Realities: Financing Start-Ups
Oct 2008
One of the most important things you will do as an entrepreneur is to raise the money you need to finance your new business. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths about financing new businesses....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Difference Between A Freelancer And An Entrepreneur
Dec 2008
A freelancer is someone who gets paid for her work. She charges by the hour or perhaps by the project. Freelancers write, design, consult, advise, do taxes and hang wallpaper. Freelancing is the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurship And The Valuation Of Public Companies
Mar 2009
This paper shows some ways that entrepreneurs will be affected if public companies are now going to be worth half of what they were worth in the previous era. The most successful entrepreneurs...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Relax - The New COBRA Rules Do Not Impact Many Small Businesses
Apr 2009
COBRA is an acronym for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, which requires that certain employers provide qualifying individuals the right to continue their health...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Are You Leading An Imbalanced Small Business?
Jun 2009
In a small business, where the owner usually sells, serves customers and does all the support work, it creates imbalance. You tend to focus more on some and little on others. This paper explains 3...
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Ready To Make That Deal? 5 Things To Keep In Mind
Sep 2009
As you navigate the world of small business, you'll be hit with challenges and opportunities you never anticipated. As you grow, you will increasingly encounter and interact with people who will...
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Contract Based On Deliverables, Not Hours
Jul 2009
In this economy, bigger isn't necessarily better. The fact of the matter is that small businesses with less overhead are well-positioned. Already used to being creative with limited resources,...
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SHOP: Small Business Health Care Reform
Jun 2009
The currently dismal system of health-care coverage is a small business issue. It skews prices and other things in a way that makes it easier for larger corporations to insure their employees,...
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Small Businesses Are Bartering Because That's What It's Come To
Apr 2009
There are actual barter companies, which provide membership networks that enable disparate businesses to find good matches for barter arrangements. Apparently, over $16 billion in services was...
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Empathy: The Small Business Advantage
Apr 2009
Even in the best of times, the deck seems stacked against small companies. So what's a small business to do when times are tough? Already outdone by large companies on margins, volume, and...
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Outrunning The Bear: Advice For Small Businesses In Dark Times
Dec 2008
Almost all markets have turned bearish of late. How should the small business react? Not panicking is a good start. However gloomy conditions may seem, they will be gloomy for competitors, too....
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Tips For Innovation Amidst Bureaucracy
Apr 2008
Contrary to popular belief, creativity can exist in bureaucratic environments. You can see it in the form of brainstorms and "Exciting days" in offices across the corporate world. A new idea...
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What Small Businesses Can Learn From ABC's "Shark Tank"
Oct 2009
Reality television, at its core, is typically about showcasing some type of conflict. Most often that conflict comes from relationships and unrealistic portrayals of "Real people" acting badly,...
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5 Attributes Of A Sure Fire Start-Up
Sep 2009
There are lots of great business ideas floating around out there. Perhaps you've even scratched out you own business plan and are waiting for the perfect time to get the big idea off the ground....
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