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Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Small businesses & self-employed
This book is about the roles that financial institutions are
expected to play for revitalizing regional economies in Japan,
which face several serious problems such as a rapidly aging
population as well as a sharp decline in population. The Japanese
government expects regional financial institutions to contribute to
that revitalization. Actually, Japanese regional financial
institutions have made various efforts to support small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to increase their profitability and
sustainability. However, the efforts have not yet produced adequate
outcomes. To help clarify the reasons for the failures and to offer
policy recommendations, the authors used four questionnaires to
conduct surveys. They sent the questionnaires to the headquarters
of regional financial institutions for Chapter 1 and to the staffs
of regional financial institutions for Chapter 2. The government
revised the Credit Guarantee System Reform Act in 2017 to promote
financial institutions and credit guarantee corporations in order
to proactively support SMEs, so in Chapter 3 the aims of the
revised act are explained. Chapter 4 is based on a survey of
startups that used the public credit guarantee. Finally, Chapter 5
is based on another, different questionnaire that was sent to SMEs
to find out why they failed to improve their risk management and
how financial institutions can help them to prepare for disasters.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, these questionnaire studies
on regional revitalization have not been carried out elsewhere,
making this book unique.
Dieses Buch hilft im eigenen Unternehmen die Prozesse und
Ergebnisse zum Energieverbrauch zu bewerten und
Verbesserungspotenziale aufzuspuren. Es gibt umsatzbezogene,
bruttowertschoepfungsbezogene und beschaftigtenbezogene
Energiekennziffern zum Zweck des Energiebenchmarkings fur alle
wichtigen Wirtschaftszweige in Deutschland (von der Herstellung von
Nahrungs- und Futtermitteln uber die Stahlindustrie bis zur
Gewinnung von Erdoel und Erdgas). Eine Steigerung der
Energieeffizienz ist Voraussetzung dafur, dass Unternehmen des
produzierenden Gewerbes den Spitzenausgleich (eine Entlastung von
der Energie- und der Stromsteuer) in Anspruch nehmen koennen.
**A Forbes Best Business Book of the Year, 2015** **Winner of the
2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in Entrepreneurship** When
columnist Paul Downs was approached by The New York Times to write
for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom
furniture business for twenty-four years strong. or mostly strong.
Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real
business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real
challenges they face. Fresh out of college in 1986, Downs opened
his first business, a small company that builds custom furniture.
In 1987, he hired his first employee. That's when things got
complicated. As his enterprise began to grow, he had to learn about
management, cash flow, taxes, and so much more. But despite any
obstacles, Downs always remained keenly aware that every small
business, no matter the product it makes or the service it
provides, starts with people. He writes with tremendous insight
about hiring employees, providing motivation to get the best out of
them, and the difficult decisions he's made to let some of them go.
Downs also looks outward, to his dealings with vendors and to
providing each client with exemplary customer service from first
sales pitch to final delivery. With honesty and conviction, he
tells the true story behind building and sustaining a successful
company in an ever-evolving economy, often airing his own failures
and shortcomings to reveal the difficulties that arise from being a
boss and a businessperson. Countless employees have told the story
of their experience with managers--Boss Life tells the other side
of that story. From the Hardcover edition.
'Wilfred's sheer ambition is an inspiration. We can all learn from
it.' - Peter Bazalgette 'Based on my career, Wilfred
Emmanuel-Jones' approach to risk can produce huge dividends' -
Nigel Travis, chairman of Dunkin' Brands and author of The
Challenge Culture Jeopardy is the single greatest catalyst for
making things happen in life. In Jeopardy, award-winning
entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones argues that our natural
instinct for caution is one of the greatest barriers to making
progress in life, and shows how embracing jeopardy is essential if
you want to succeed. Drawing on a life that has taken him from a
deprived childhood in inner-city Birmingham to becoming one of the
nation's most famous farmers, he demonstrates how we can all go
further in life by learning to escape the fears that stop us from
achieving our ambitions. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is no stranger to
jeopardy: he remortgaged his house in 2005 to launch his brand 'The
Black Farmer' from nothing. Its products are now stocked in all
major supermarkets and the business has an annual turnover of
several million. In this book, he shows that only by embracing
jeopardy, and liberating ourselves from the shackles of uncertainty
and self-doubt, can we realise our full potential. What could you
achieve, if you decided to stop letting fear hold you back?
When traditional shopping becomes challenging, people are inclined
to shop online. Recent limitations like government-imposed
quarantines, social distancing, and fear of viruses have provided
opportunities for the e-commerce business to thrive. Consumers
turned to digital options to bypass physical shopping environments,
which will undoubtedly influence long-term buyer behavior.
Advancing SMEs Toward E-Commerce Policies for Sustainability
provides a fresh perspective on how small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) can leverage e-commerce for sustainability and
considers the best practices and challenges of adoption. Covering
topics such as data science, digital ethics, and blockchain, this
reference work is ideal for business owners, managers,
policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, educators, and
students.
This textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of
small business management and challenges assumptions that may be
held about the way small business management can or should adopt
the management practices of larger firms. For students interested
in establishing and managing their own small firm, this book helps
them to focus their thinking on the realities of life as a small
business owner-manager - both its challenges and its rewards. For
postgraduate students that are keen to 'make a difference', this
text enables them to understand how they might consult to small
firms and assist owner-managers to establish and grow their
ventures. In addition to students, this book is also useful to
small business owner-managers as a general guide on how they might
better manage their operations. Managers in large corporations and
financial institutions who deal with small businesses as clients or
suppliers, and professionals such as accountants, lawyers and
consultants who provide advice and other services to small
businesses will also find the book of interest.
Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to Success is a
comprehensive look at the impactful elements surrounding family
business and entrepreneurship throughout time. It emphasizes the
importance of overlap between family, business, and ownership by
utilizing story-telling techniques. By explaining the role of
entrepreneurship with a story, the author is able to show practical
applications and highlight important cornerstones of family
business. Historical documents and records are provided throughout
the text in order to supply fact-based evidence. The author, Dr.
Dianne H.B. Welsh, discusses the creation, experiences, and
evolution of her family business, Boyt (R), which began in 1901 as
a horse and animal equipment company, evolved into Boyt (R)
Division Welsh Sporting Goods that revolutionized the soft-sided
luggage industry around the world, and is now in its next phase and
ownership. Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to
Success focuses on the role of innovation in the development and
longevity of Boyt (R). It highlights the integral roles that each
person plays in the success of a business and emphasizes that each
role deserves respect and praise. This text allows readers to
consider the outcomes of their decisions and the impact on the
sustainability of the family, business, and ownership.
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