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Improving Small Business Viability Through The Strategic Longevity And Health Maintenance Evaluation, Michael Rolleri, Abbas Nadim, Robert N. Lussier
Improving Small Business Viability Through The Strategic Longevity And Health Maintenance Evaluation, Michael Rolleri, Abbas Nadim, Robert N. Lussier
Management Faculty Publications
Most adults are urged to go through an annual health checkup. We recommend that most mature small businesses perform an annual strategic longevity and health maintenance evaluation as well to ensure their viability. To this end, we provide strategic areas of critical importance to a small business viability and longevity and offer guidelines for small business owners, managers, consultants, and small business/entrepreneurship educators use to help improve performance. We add to the body of literature on small business success and failure factors by emphasizing the need for a closer look at the open systems nature of these businesses and the …
Sustainability As A Small Business Competitive Strategy, Abbas Nadim, Robert N. Lussier
Sustainability As A Small Business Competitive Strategy, Abbas Nadim, Robert N. Lussier
Management Faculty Publications
In our global village, sustainability has been an important topic for all countries, and small businesses can create a competitive advantage through developing sustainability strategies. This conceptual article extends the current literature by presenting the case for small businesses to become integrated in the surrounding community and to make sustainability a strategic long-term competitive advantage and a critical co-producer of its long-term success. Implications and the need for further research are discussed.