small business

This regular publication pulls together data from a variety of sources to highlight quarterly economic trends relevant to small business.

This document addresses a number of questions about small business research and data from the perspective of a faculty member, student or researcher.

This report identifies 10 programs that the Joint Committee on Taxation and Treasury classify as tax expenditures to analyze in detail. The study finds that small firms benefit from certain tax expenditure programs, although as a general matter, by a smaller amount than larger firms.

The report focuses on focuses on whether small businesses in industries which successfully adopt e-commerce have an advantage in competing for procurement dollars, and how much evidence exists to document the implementation of electronic procurement in these industries.

According to the report, the year 2003 began on a positive note, and important economic indicators advanced throughout the year. Output increased, the stock markets rose, proprietors’ income grew, and corporate profits were up.

Building on the seminal paper of Cohen and Levinthal (1990) in which R&D-expenditure is taken as the main indicator for absorptive capacity, this study discusses four alternative indicators, i.e. Internal knowledge base, cooperation, external knowledge base and internal cooperation.

The thrid edition of the report from the Small Business Administration reviews the economic environment for small businesses in 2003, including the financial and federal procurement marketplaces. According to the report, the year 2003 was one of transition, as signs of economic recovery began to appear in mid-year.

According to the author, South Africa has been facing the double challenge of integrating into global markets as a competitive economy and of overcoming the internal problems created and constantly reinforced by the previous regime. In order to be conducive to economic growth and employment creation, small business development has to be integrated into national industrial policies.

The paper provides a working model to guide the newly formed Business Information Service Centres in the process of redesigning a strategic alliance and partnership with other Malawian developmental organisations At the same time the document aims to provide guidelines for best business practices for the stakeholders involved in economic diversification and the promotion of small, micro and medium enterprises in Malawi.

The aim of the Baseline Survey was to generate information on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and enterprises in the Khomas region. The Khomas region is very different from the other regions where the survey was previously conducted since it is an urbanised region with 90% of its constituency falling within the Windhoek city boundaries.