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Prologue, Joe L. Evins Mc
Prologue, Joe L. Evins Mc
Vanderbilt Law Review
A more vivid awareness of the significance of small business to the economic structure of the nation must be cultivated. Those who have examined the role of the small businessman in our economy have emphasized repeatedly that a strong small business sector is essential to the preservation of our free enterprise system, the maintenance of a balance of economic and political power, and the assurance of a constant flow of new ideas and vigor into that system.
Financing -- A Major Problem Of Small Business, Joseph T. Howell Jr.
Financing -- A Major Problem Of Small Business, Joseph T. Howell Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
It is imperative that a definitive study of small business include a discourse on financing.' Generally, the first consideration of a prospective entrepreneur is the availability of sufficient capital, borrowed or paid-in, to support the activity of his business. Of paramount importance, however, to those who attempt to assess the prospects of survival and future growth of a company is the recognition that all considerations are secondary to the human factor. The careful banker, while requiring collateral to secure a loan, depends on his estimation of the applicant's personality traits. While the adequacy of capital contributes to the success of …
A Symposium On Small Business, Eugene P. Foley
A Symposium On Small Business, Eugene P. Foley
Vanderbilt Law Review
The diversified composition of small business frequently causes those unfamiliar with small business problems to despair of finding means to strengthen this vital segment of our economy. What can be done to help such an amorphous group develop a form that can withstand the pressures of a competitive society? There is no specialized material with which a small business can be coated, like a space capsule, to make it resistant to the heat and stresses of risk-taking in a profit and loss economy.