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Strategies For Technology Selection In The Retail Sector, Dare Oke
Strategies For Technology Selection In The Retail Sector, Dare Oke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some small retail business owners lack strategies to select the appropriate technology to achieve sustainable competitive advantages, which is why some small businesses fail. Grounded in the resource-based theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies small retail business owners use to choose the appropriate technology to achieve sustainable competitive advantages. The participants comprised seven small retail business owners in the U.S. state of New Jersey who successfully implemented strategies to select the appropriate technology for their organization’s success. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and observations of the business owners’ technological footprints. Data …
Strategies For Small Business Entrepreneur Sustainability For 5 Years And Beyond, Ralph A. Heath Iii
Strategies For Small Business Entrepreneur Sustainability For 5 Years And Beyond, Ralph A. Heath Iii
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSmall business failures impede entrepreneurs' sustainability in localities, the state, and the U.S. economy. Small business entrepreneurs are concerned about strategies to target and minimize obstacles from business inception for business survival because the failure rate increases as the business develop. Grounded in the entrepreneurial theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies for small business entrepreneur sustainability beyond five years. Participants comprised three small business owners in Southeast Virginia who effectively used strategies to sustain their business beyond five years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, analysis of participants’ business documentation, and research of …
Social Media Marketing Strategies For Increasing Small Businesses’ Revenues, Damaris Ramos
Social Media Marketing Strategies For Increasing Small Businesses’ Revenues, Damaris Ramos
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many small business leaders lack social media marketing strategies, which can negatively affect sales revenue. Small business leaders who fail to increase revenues are at a higher risk of failure. Grounded in the resource-based view, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore social media marketing strategies small business leaders use to increase revenue. The participants were 13 small business leaders in central Florida who successfully managed social media marketing strategies to increase revenues. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, reviewing businesses’ social media, financial reports, and interview notes. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. …
Strategies For Small Business Owners To Sustain Their Businesses In A Competitive Market, Michael Anthony Hicks Jr
Strategies For Small Business Owners To Sustain Their Businesses In A Competitive Market, Michael Anthony Hicks Jr
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Half of new small business startup establishments fail to survive the first 5 years of operation. New small business owners are concerned with competitiveness, as the failure rate increases for those establishments after the first 10 years. Grounded in Porter’s competitive advantage theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore competitive strategies small business owners use to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with owners and managers of three small businesses in the restaurant industry in a large metropolitan city in Texas and reviews of organizational documents. Data were analyzed using …
Sustainability Strategies For Small Business Organizations, Tajudeen O. Olatunji
Sustainability Strategies For Small Business Organizations, Tajudeen O. Olatunji
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are essential to every nation’s economic growth, including the United States, but more than 67% of SMEs fail within the first 10 years. When SMEs implement long term business sustainability strategies, they continue to generate business and remain profitable, enabling SMEs to remain viable and contribute to local community employment opportunities. Using entrepreneurship theory as the conceptual framework, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies used by 3 SME owners in the northeastern region of the United States to sustain their businesses beyond 10 years. Data were collected using semistructured interviews …
Using Design Thinking For Organizational Development And Addressing Change, Keith Tadao Matsumoto
Using Design Thinking For Organizational Development And Addressing Change, Keith Tadao Matsumoto
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Organizations that lack competitiveness may not survive changes in market conditions due to the inability to understand customer needs and problems. Small business leaders who do not address customer needs, identify market changes, and market demands may not maintain competitiveness. Grounded in the design thinking framework, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore organizational development processes used by small business leaders to address evolving market conditions and maintain competitiveness. The participants included five executive management team members from one organization in Hawaii who used effective organizational development processes to manage evolving market conditions and maintain competitiveness. …
Entrepreneurial Strategies To Mitigate The High Failure Rates Of Small Retail Businesses, James A. Latour
Entrepreneurial Strategies To Mitigate The High Failure Rates Of Small Retail Businesses, James A. Latour
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The high rate of business failures within the first 5 years negatively affects half of startup business owners. Small retail business owners who fail to develop innovative entrepreneurial strategies experience high failure rates within the first 5 years of operation. Grounded in self-determination theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore entrepreneurial strategies small retail business owners use to support long-term sustainability. Participants were five small retail business owners from Southern Illinois who successfully used entrepreneurial strategies to reduce high failure rates. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and internal documents relevant to reducing high failure …
Strategies For Small Business Restaurant Sustainability Beyond The First 5 Years, Allison Marie Sellers
Strategies For Small Business Restaurant Sustainability Beyond The First 5 Years, Allison Marie Sellers
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective leadership strategies can negatively affect the sustainability of small business restaurants. Leaders of small business restaurants who do not implement effective leadership strategies may face challenges sustaining their business in the first 5 years of operation. Grounded in entrepreneurship theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore leadership strategies that successful small business restaurant managers employ to help sustain their businesses beyond the first 5 years of operation. The participants of this study included three individuals who successfully managed small business restaurants in the Midwestern United States. Data collection procedures included semistructured interviews and a …
How Saudi Small Business Managers Increase Retail Electronic Commerce Sales, Ghasan Abdulaziz Almoamen
How Saudi Small Business Managers Increase Retail Electronic Commerce Sales, Ghasan Abdulaziz Almoamen
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSaudi policymakers developed short-and long-term plans supporting the electronic commerce of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to increase sales. Saudi SME managers who do not take advantage of these plans to increase sales may lose profits. Grounded in Rogers’s diffusion of innovations theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies SME business managers use to increase retail electronic commerce sales. The participants comprised 5 Saudi SME managers from 5 different local retail companies who effectively used strategies to increase retail electronic commerce sales. Data were collected through semistructured audio-visual interviews, company websites, and financial documents. …
Strategies To Overcome Constraints For Small Business Sustainability, Jaquane Mawyne Jones
Strategies To Overcome Constraints For Small Business Sustainability, Jaquane Mawyne Jones
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
More than 20% of small businesses that started in March 2018 failed within a year. Small business owners would benefit from strategies to identify and mitigate constraints from inception for business survival because business failure rates are higher among small businesses less than five years old. Grounded in the theory of constraints, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners use to sustain beyond the one year of operation. The participants included six small business owners in Georgia who successfully sustained their business beyond five years. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and …
Family- Owned Business Leader Succession Planning Strategies, Gary Michael Williamson
Family- Owned Business Leader Succession Planning Strategies, Gary Michael Williamson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSome business leaders in family-owned businesses lack leadership succession planning strategies. Family-owned businesses that lack succession planning strategies decrease the likelihood of business sustainability after the transition from founder to the successor. Grounded in the socioemotional wealth theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore succession planning strategies first-generation family-owned business leaders in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area used to transfer leadership and ownership to the second generation. Data collected for this study consisted of semistructured interviews via teleconferences, company website information, press releases, and internal company documents. Yin’s 5 step process was used to analyze …
The Relationship Between Transformational, Transactional, And Passive-Avoidant Leadership Styles And Small Business Sustainability, Ahmed Sedky
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Since 2010, more than 50% of the small businesses have failed to sustain profitable operations past the first year in business. Lack of sustainability is important to small business managers because it can lead to business closure. Grounded in the full range leadership theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the relationship between transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant leadership styles, and small business sustainability. Survey data from 128 U.S. small business construction managers were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results indicated no statistically significant relationship. A key recommendation is for small business managers to adopt transformational …
Strategies For Small Businesses Negotiating Contracts With Hospitals, Patricia Gale Mccoy
Strategies For Small Businesses Negotiating Contracts With Hospitals, Patricia Gale Mccoy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Failure to successfully negotiate contracts can have negative impacts on business survivability. Contract negotiations are ways medical suppliers and hospitals establish mutually beneficial relationships to increase profitability and longevity while innovating to improve patient care. Grounded in the resource dependency theory and the grand theory of negotiation, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies used by Texas physician preference item (PPI) suppliers to successfully negotiate contracts with hospitals to improve profits and sustain their small business beyond 5 years. The participants comprised 11 small business leaders in Texas who successfully negotiated contracts with hospitals to …
Small Business Owners’ Strategies To Mitigate Employee Theft, Aurora Jacquese Trigg
Small Business Owners’ Strategies To Mitigate Employee Theft, Aurora Jacquese Trigg
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective strategies and a lack of internal controls to address employee theft can negatively impact small businesses. For most small business owners impacted by employee theft, the loss of resources could be detrimental, and in some cases, force the business closure. Grounded in Cressey’s fraud triangle theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies successful small business owners use to deter employee theft behaviors. The participants comprised 8 small business owners in southeast Florida who successfully used strategic internal controls to deter employee theft and enhance employee trust in the workplace. Data were collected from …
Effective Marketing Strategies Of Profitable Small Businesses, Xoriunstance T. Brown
Effective Marketing Strategies Of Profitable Small Businesses, Xoriunstance T. Brown
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The inability to achieve profitability can negatively impact business operations. Small independent insurance agency owners who fail to maintain profitability are at a higher risk of failure. Grounded in the dynamic capabilities model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore effective marketing strategies leaders of small independent insurance agencies use to achieve and maintain profitability. The participants comprised 3 independent insurance agents in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who effectively used marketing strategies to achieve and maintain profitability. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, company websites, and company documents. Yin’s 5-step thematic analysis, which included compiling, disassembling, interpreting …
Strategies Small Business Leaders Implement For Outsourced It Solutions For Business Sustainability, Jessica A. Folkes
Strategies Small Business Leaders Implement For Outsourced It Solutions For Business Sustainability, Jessica A. Folkes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses in the United States have a high failure rate within their first 5 years of operation. Small business success is vital to the economy because it drives revenue, income, and job creation. Grounded in rational decision-making theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners and leaders implement for effective outsourced IT solutions for business sustainability. Data were collected from in-depth interviews with 10 purposefully selected business owners and leaders in the Houston, Texas, metro area and from a review of documentation from archival records. Yin's 5-step analysis guided the coding …
Effective Strategies Small Business Leaders Use To Address Ransomware, William Jason Tuttle
Effective Strategies Small Business Leaders Use To Address Ransomware, William Jason Tuttle
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small business leaders face a wide range of cybersecurity threats. Ransomware is a specific cybersecurity threat that cybercriminals can use to deny small business leaders’ access to data in exchange for a ransom payment. Grounded in routine activity conceptual framework, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore effective strategies small business leaders use to address ransomware. Data were collected from 5 leaders of small businesses in the southeast region of the United States. Data sources included interviews and archival documents. Data were analyzed using Yin’s 5 step process. The analysis revealed 3 primary themes: ransomware strategy, …
Strategies For Increasing Employee Productivity In Small Technology Consulting Businesses, Dalinda Yvonne Milne
Strategies For Increasing Employee Productivity In Small Technology Consulting Businesses, Dalinda Yvonne Milne
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Unproductive employees in technology consulting small businesses negatively affect organizational output and profits. Investing in employee productivity is beneficial to ensuring an organization’s ability to improve their profits and sustainability as business leaders have an influential role in identifying and addressing the root causes of employee productivity issues in their organizations. The conceptual framework that grounded this doctoral study was Thomas Gilbert’s behavioral engineering model. The participants in this study consisted of 8 leaders in a Texas technology consulting small business with experience in increasing employee productivity. Data were collected through in-person semistructured interviews and business documents. Methodological triangulation was …
Female Small Business Owners: Strategies For Success, Betsy J. Peterson
Female Small Business Owners: Strategies For Success, Betsy J. Peterson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In 2015, 30.2 million small businesses existed in the United States; the Small Business Administration predicted that only half would survive beyond 5 years. Female business owners who do not establish practices to gain a competitive advantage in the small business marketplace may experience poor business performance. Grounded in trait theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the business strategies female small business owners use to succeed in a small business beyond 5 years. Participants included 3 female owners of successful small businesses in Northern California who have been in continual operation for more than …
Management Accounting Systems For Small Business's Competitive Advantage, Renato (Denver) Alcazar
Management Accounting Systems For Small Business's Competitive Advantage, Renato (Denver) Alcazar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSmall businesses providing ancillary services to the motion picture industry fail at alarming rates due to leadership's lack of strategies for service diversification and business expansion. Grounded in the contingency theory of management accounting, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore management accounting systems (MAS) strategies leaders of ancillary service providers use for business diversification. The data collection included face-to-face semistructured interviews with 10 small business owners who successfully used MAS strategies for business diversification in California. The data analysis entailed using keyword frequency comparisons and coding techniques that facilitated the verification and triangulation of key …
Strategies To Improve Small Business Sustainability, Tywon Guy
Strategies To Improve Small Business Sustainability, Tywon Guy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses are considered the backbone of the U.S. economy with significant contributions in the areas of job creation and economic development. However, 79% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. This multiple case study aimed to explore strategies and knowledge of resources that owners of small businesses used to sustain business operations for longer than the first 5 years. The population included 5 minority owners of small businesses in Texas. Chaos theory formed the conceptual framework. The data collection process included semistructured interviews, member checks, field notes, company artifacts, and archival documents. Data were analyzed using Yin's …
Customer Engagement Strategies Leaders Use To Sustain Small Businesses, John A. Coy
Customer Engagement Strategies Leaders Use To Sustain Small Businesses, John A. Coy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this single-case study was to explore strategies small business leaders used to engage the next generation of customers to ensure sustainability for longer than 5 years. The study population included senior leaders from a for-profit company headquartered in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Von Bertalanffy's general systems theory (GST) was the conceptual lens used in this study. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with 3 leaders of the organization. Participants for this doctoral study were members occupying leadership roles in a small, family-owned, for-profit business. Member checking was incorporated to help ensure accuracy, consistency, and …
Millennial Business Owners' Strategies To Survive In Business, Andrietta Bryant-Minter
Millennial Business Owners' Strategies To Survive In Business, Andrietta Bryant-Minter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Individuals in the millennial generation, born from 1980 to 1996, have many entrepreneurial opportunities; however, many people in the millennial generation lack the skills, motivation, and business strategies to survive in business. Because of the influx of competition, lack of experience, and lack of business-world strategies, entrepreneurs can miss opportunities and fail within the first few years of business operations. Grounded in the systems theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that business owners in the millennial generation used to survive in business longer than 6 years. Participants consisted of 5 business owners in …
Management Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In Small Professional Service Firms, David B. Morgan
Management Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In Small Professional Service Firms, David B. Morgan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Replacing an employee can cost a firm as much as 200% of that employee's annual salary, and small business owners may be especially sensitive to voluntary employee turnover due to their limited resources. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that some owners of small professional services businesses in the midwestern region of the United States used to reduce voluntary employee turnover in their firms. The conceptual framework for this doctoral study was Barney's resource-based theory. Data were collected from 4 participants whose firms were at least 5 years old and had experienced lower turnover …
Strategies To Sustain A Real Estate Small Business In Postnatural-Disaster Area, Vianka Miranda
Strategies To Sustain A Real Estate Small Business In Postnatural-Disaster Area, Vianka Miranda
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many small real estate business leaders lack effective strategies to resume and sustain operations in a postnatural-disaster environment. This multiple case study investigated strategies that 3 small real estate business leaders in southeastern Louisiana used to resume and sustain operations in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The chaos theory and stakeholder theory were the conceptual frameworks for this study. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, and reviews of business continuity plan documents and member checking. The themes that emerged from data analysis were leaders' strategies relating to business planning and innovation, stakeholder engagement, operations management, and disaster responsiveness. Implications …
Capital Financing Strategies Of Small-Scale Contractors In Nigeria, Tony Emeka Anamege
Capital Financing Strategies Of Small-Scale Contractors In Nigeria, Tony Emeka Anamege
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small-scale contractors in Nigeria, as small business owners, face challenges accessing external sources of capital financing. Inadequate sources of working capital is one of the major reasons for poor business performance and failure. A multiple case study approach was used in this study to explore how small-scale contractors obtained capital financing to grow their businesses. The study population included small-scale contractors in the construction industry in Nigeria. Credit rationing model was chosen as the conceptual framework for the study. Semistructured interviews were used to collect data from 5 participants. Data analysis included thematic coding of the data using qualitative data …
Strategies For Using Information And Communication Technologies To Improve Profitability, Rodney Mciver
Strategies For Using Information And Communication Technologies To Improve Profitability, Rodney Mciver
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small business owners in a range of industries continually adapt to take advantage of technological developments in accounting, marketing, and communication. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that small business owners operating in the central region of North Carolina used to implement information and communication technology (ICT). Roger's diffusion of innovation theory grounded the study. Data collection included face-to-face semistructured interviews with 6 owners of small businesses who successfully implemented ICT, field notes from site observations, and reviews of participant websites. Interviews were transcribed and participants were engaged in member checking. Data were analyzed using …
Strategies Of Competitive Advantage For Small Businesses In The Service Industry, Lakeshia Marie Gardner
Strategies Of Competitive Advantage For Small Businesses In The Service Industry, Lakeshia Marie Gardner
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small business owners play a leading role in the United States economy by creating jobs. However, small businesses have a high failure rate, with approximately 50% going out of business during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the competitive advantage strategies that owners of small businesses used to sustain their businesses longer than the first 5 years. A sample of 6 small service industry business owners in Houston, TX that have been in business for 5 years or more participated in semistructured interviews. Additional data were collected from company documents and the …
Organizational Strategies To Grow Mature Small Information Technology Businesses, Timothy L. Knox
Organizational Strategies To Grow Mature Small Information Technology Businesses, Timothy L. Knox
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Standard indicators of slow growth among small businesses are negative job creation and lower tax revenue. Small business success and growth is necessary for increasing productivity, profitability, and job creation. The purpose of this single case study was to explore growth strategies leaders of a mature small information technology (IT) business in the midwestern United States used to grow their organization beyond existing capacity. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and review of organizational documentation. The conceptual framework for the study was general systems theory. The study included a purposeful sample of 2 senior leaders of a mature small IT …
Small Business Owners' Consumer Brand Engagement Strategies In Social Media, Adam M. Hunsicker
Small Business Owners' Consumer Brand Engagement Strategies In Social Media, Adam M. Hunsicker
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Since 2004, the economic relevance of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United States has steadily declined while large-scale enterprises' contributions have increased. Large-scale enterprises have maximized opportunities to engage consumers through social media and have created competitive advantages compared to SMEs. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the social media consumer brand engagement strategies leaders of SMEs used to positively affect their brands' equity. Relationship marketing and customer relationship management provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected through interviews with 8 craft brewery business owners in the Southeastern United States and …