The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several types of programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty and venture capital programs to enhance small business access to capital; contracting programs to increase small business opportunities in federal contracting; direct loan programs for businesses, homeowners, and renters to assist their recovery from natural disasters; and small business management and technical assistance training programs to assist business formation and expansion. This has grown especially acute in recent months due to the widespread, adverse impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the national economy. This book looks at some of the issues small businesses may face during the pandemic.
A step by step guide to setting up a Procurement Department for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and Small Businesses. Learn how to structure a Procurement Department, create a Procurement Policy, and hire the right Procurement people. This book takes the reader through the 7-step Request For Proposal (RFP) process with in depth explanations at every step. Take the fear out of negotiating by following the pre-negotiation steps outlined in the Negotiations chapter. Find out the 10 Iron Clad Rules for Small Businesses buying from or selling to large corporations.
Written expressly for solopreneurs and self-employed consultants, Dr. Heidi Thorne, MBA/DBA, discusses key behaviors and attitudes that can lead to small business failures in one-person operations. Topics include: * Identities that can negatively impact success such as being a Lemonade Stand, Superhero, One-Trick Pony, Unicorn or Accidental Charity. * Boundary issues such as sales territory expansion, time traps, bloated service menus, muddled income streams and doing business with friends.Dr. Heidi Thorne is an author, business speaker and consultant who specializes in working with solopreneurs, coaches and consultants on self publishing books and blogs. She has over 25 years experience in sales, marketing and advertising and taught at the college level for five years. Learn more about Heidi at HeidiThorne.com.
This book aims at making a contribution to the promotion of small businesses in developing countries. It does so by helping to identify management problems encountered by small businesses in developing countries, with reference to policy environment, institutional framework, and UNIDO technical assistance. The result is aimed at providing a good information base on how small business management and performance in developing countries can be improved. This is for individuals who are already involved with small businesses and those interested in it.
The purpose of this book is to guide the practitioner, bankruptcy specialist or not, through the process of reorganization, with special empahasis on small business cases. It addresses the problems of representing either side in a small business bankruptcy.
Small businesses are a key cog in the American economy, as firms of under 100 employees represent 98% of the country's enterprises. In 1953, Congress created the Small Business Administration to help small firms face the problems of large-scale industry mobilisation. Congress declared that preserving free and competitive markets are dependent on the vitality of small companies. Since the 'temporary' inception of the SBA, the federal government has expanded its agencies for and involvement in small businesses. This new book examines issues key to small business.
"This book examines the development and role of small business clusters from a variety of disciplines : economics, marketing, management and information systems. It gathers perspectives from varied disciplines and countries, extending current knowledge by emphasizing the pressure that international competition and IT have on the geographic structure of clusters, possibly leading to a new 'a-spatial' option developing"--Provided by publisher.
