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Resources That Predict Microbusinesses Winning A U.S. Government Contract, James Marshall Ensign
Resources That Predict Microbusinesses Winning A U.S. Government Contract, James Marshall Ensign
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The U.S. Government (USG) sets aside $133 billion annually to procure goods and services from small businesses. To increase efficiency and effectiveness, the USG employs e-commerce procedures that continually change, forcing small and microbusiness owners (MBO) to learn new technical skills. This continuum of change is adversely affecting MBO who lack technical skills. The purpose of this correlational study was to determine whether a relationship existed between the independent variables of formal training consisting of third party providers, consultants, and higher education (INTM); previous federal employment (PFE); and government-sponsored training (GST) and the dependent variable of MBO winning a USG …