Major Factors of Success in Small Business Sphere

2002 ◽

Vol 10 (01) ◽

pp. 1-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

CLEMENT WING CHOW KONG ◽

MICHAEL YIU FUNG KA

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Future Development ◽

Financial Risk ◽

Business Owners ◽

Probit Analysis ◽

Small Business Owners ◽

Data Set ◽

The Status ◽

Major Factors ◽

Nation Wide Survey

This paper studies the future development choices of small business owners, getihu which literally means an individual family household in the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.). We attempt to find out what the major factors are that determine these getihu's choices of expanding, contracting or even closing down their businesses. By using a data set which includes 4,649 getihu collected from a nation-wide survey in 1991, we conduct an ordered probit analysis to obtain the following results: (1) About three quarters of sampled getihu would like to maintain the status quo and do not plan for any change. (2) Being a member of the Chinese Communist Party does not exert any statistically significant effect on their choices. (3) The level of financial risk has no significant effect while the level of failure risk is negatively related to the likelihood of business expansion. However, diversifying into different lines of business has a positive effect on the likelihood of business expansion. (4) The annual wage income of households has a positive and significant effect on the business development plan while company profit does not have any statisccally significant effect at all. (5) Female, aged getihu are less interested in expanding their business.

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Family Owned Business Fraud: The Silent Thief

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v4i1.2628 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

M. Tony Bledsoe ◽

Susan B. Wessels

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Business Owners ◽

Family Businesses ◽

Control Measures ◽

Font Size ◽

Occupational Fraud ◽

Major Factors ◽

Female Business Owners

The ACFE 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse shows “The per-employee losses from fraud in the smallest businesses are 100 times the amount of their largest counterparts.” Further, major factors contributing to small business fraud include: inadequate employee prescreening; limited controls and too much trust. The focus of the paper is on issues raised by questions such as should family businesses be concerned about fraud and to what extent can control measures be adopted to help reduce losses caused by this condition?  It is an examination of a survey sent to 167 female business owners and their responses to questions about fraud.

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Practical Advice For Individuals Considering Opening A Small Business

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v7i7.2312 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Rubik Atamian ◽

George R. Wagman ◽

Neal R. VanZante

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Business Models ◽

Business Success ◽

Successful Operation ◽

International Commerce ◽

Practical Advice ◽

Business Failures ◽

Major Factors ◽

The Right

Recently developed business models, coupled with today’s complex regional and international commerce environments, complicate the establishment and successful operation of independent small businesses.  Even the smallest of businesses calls for a multiplicity of skills seldom found in one individual.  The purpose of this paper is to provide practical advice to individuals who are contemplating going into business for themselves.  Some of the reasons for small business failures are presented, followed by practical tips for achieving small business success.  Major factors of success include going into business for the right reasons and “planning for success,” including planning for eventual retirement.

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High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy of Biological Specimens

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100103012 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 186-187

Author(s):

M. Müller ◽

R. Hermann

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Freeze Drying ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Structural Information ◽

Freeze Substitution ◽

Critical Point Drying ◽

Sem Study ◽

Major Factors ◽

Structural Preservation ◽

Preparation Techniques

Three major factors must be concomitantly assessed in order to extract relevant structural information from the surface of biological material at high resolution (2-3nm).Procedures based on chemical fixation and dehydration in graded solvent series seem inappropriate when aiming for TEM-like resolution. Cells inevitably shrink up to 30-70% of their initial volume during gehydration; important surface components e.g. glycoproteins may be lost. These problems may be circumvented by preparation techniques based on cryofixation. Freezedrying and freeze-substitution followed by critical point drying yields improved structural preservation in TEM. An appropriate preservation of dimensional integrity may be achieved by freeze-drying at - 85° C. The sample shrinks and may partially collapse as it is warmed to room temperature for subsequent SEM study. Observations at low temperatures are therefore a necessary prerequisite for high fidelity SEM. Compromises however have been unavoidable up until now. Aldehyde prefixation is frequently needed prior to freeze drying, rendering the sample resistant to treatment with distilled water.

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Trainable Children Can Learn Adjectives, Polars, and Prepositions!

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0803.181 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 181-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marlys Mitchell ◽

Carolyn Evans ◽

John Bernard

Keyword(s):

Mentally Retarded ◽

Chronological Age ◽

Age Group ◽

Achievement Gains ◽

Active Involvement ◽

Mentally Retarded Children ◽

Locative Prepositions ◽

Major Factors ◽

Trainable Mentally Retarded

Twelve trainable mentally retarded children were given six weeks of instruction in the use of adjectives, polars, and locative prepositions. Specially prepared Language Master cards constituted the program. Posttests indicated that children in the older chronological age group earned significantly higher scores than those in the younger group. Children in the younger group made significant increases in scores, particularly in learning prepositions. A multisensory approach and active involvement in learning appeared to be major factors in achievement gains.

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News: NIDA Small Business Grants Spur Promising Drug Abuse-Related Products and Programs

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e313402004-007 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Mathias

Keyword(s):

Drug Abuse ◽

Small Business

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Survival or ethically correct? Small business owners attitude towards ethical concerns

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e550852013-002 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Colin Cant ◽

Claudette van Niekerk

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Business Owners ◽

Small Business Owners ◽

Ethical Concerns

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Role of Teachers in Building the Concept of Sustainable Development: Success or Failure

Journal of Applied Research and Multidisciplinary Studies ◽

10.32350/jarms/2020/0101/906 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ayaz Muhammad Khan ◽

Amber Jamshaid ◽

Tayyibah Roohi ◽

Amna Ramzan

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Primary School ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Primary Level ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Role Of Teachers ◽

Major Factors

Sustainable Development (SD) is a rich, challenging and thought-provoking construct in social sciences. The main purpose of this paper was to identify and explore the role played by primary school teachers in building up the idea of sustainable development (SD) among students. This paper was intended to identify that how a teacher can successfully execute the concept of SD by influencing students’ minds at the primary level. Quantitative survey technique were utilized for data collection. All the primary school teachers of Lahore division comprised the population of the study. Through multistage sampling technique, 352 primary school teachers were selected as participants of the study. A self-developed SD questionnaire incorporating four major factors (teachers’ awareness, pedagogy, curricular and co-curricular activities) with Cronbach’s alpha value = .93 was used to measure the role of teachers in building the sustainability concept among students at primary level. The results indicated a significant mean score difference among SD scores of teachers, sector wise (private and public). Furthermore, the results also reconnoitered the significant difference (p=.04) between the mean scores of female and male teachers in building up the SD concept in students’ minds.

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