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Strategies For Improving Rural Small Startup Business Owners Success To Prevent Closures, Hector Lora
Strategies For Improving Rural Small Startup Business Owners Success To Prevent Closures, Hector Lora
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small business owners with unsuccessful startup strategies can negatively impact business sustainability. Small business owners are concerned about startup strategies because 50% of new, small business owners fail within the first 5 years of operation. Grounded in the systems theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies 4 rural, small startup business owners in Tennessee used to prevent closure within the first 5 years of operation. The participants selected successfully implemented strategies to avoid business closures. Data were collected using semistructured face-to-face interviews and revised reports published by the Center for Rural Affairs, U.S. Economic …
Bidding Strategies For Winning Construction Bids In South Africa, Momoh Vandi
Bidding Strategies For Winning Construction Bids In South Africa, Momoh Vandi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The failure of small business managers to understand various bidding strategies leads to losing construction bids. The lack of management skills, limited access to markets, weak customer relationships, lack of appropriate technology, and government bureaucracy are problems small business managers face when preparing to bid for construction contracts. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore bidding strategies small and medium enterprise business managers use to win construction bids. The participants comprised 5 business owners of small- and medium-sized construction enterprises in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conceptual framework was the theory of constraints. Data were collected using …
Business Funding Strategies For Women-Owned Small Businesses, Jefreda R. Brown
Business Funding Strategies For Women-Owned Small Businesses, Jefreda R. Brown
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, limitations in funding allocation threaten the viability of small business success. In the United States, women start businesses at faster rates than men do, but women business owners continue to experience challenges in accessing capital to sustain their businesses. Grounded in pecking order theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to identify business funding strategies women small business owners in Birmingham, Alabama, used to sustain their businesses for more than 5 years. The participants for this study were 3 women small business owners in Birmingham, Alabama, who have used business funding strategies to …