...TITLE: SMALL BUSINESS ASARE, NANA 19 JUL 2015 MBA 610 There are three types of small entities. • "Small businesses" are defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. . 632, and in the SBA's regulations at 13 C.F.R. . 121.201 (2002). 5 U.S.C. . 601(3). • "Small organizations" are any not-for-profit enterprises that are independently owned and operated and not dominant in their fields (for example, private hospitals and educational institutions). 5 U.S.C. . 601(4). • "Small governmental jurisdictions" are governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts with a population of less than 50,000. The size standard used by the Small Business Administration to define small businesses varies by industry; however, the SBA uses the "fewer than 500 employees" cut off when making an across-the-board classification. (A large percentage of small entities are not covered by EEOC laws, because they employ fewer than 15 employees.) If EEOC wishes to use a different definition for any of these types of small entities for purposes of an RFA analysis, it must consult with the Office of Advocacy at the SBA, publish the alternative definition for comment and publish the final definition in the Federal Register. If EEOC seeks to change the definition of small business in a general rulemaking context, it should contact the Administrator of the SBA. In accessing the Equal Employment Opportunity...
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...Small Business Examination Paper Danita Benson LDR/531 February 12, 2013 Cherlyn Conner Small Business Examination Paper ESI Companies is a small company in Bartlett, Tennessee. ESI Companies is proud of their credit of providing tactical security specialist, and solutions to relieve threats to the environment. They install and build security systems in courthouse, detention facility, transportation hub, office building, and production plant. The company has partnered with private industry, law enforcement, military agencies, and correctional and detention facilities to keep their operating environments safe and secure from the threats of criminal activity and terrorism. Organizational Structure ESI Companies small business organizational structure is or can be a partnership. They are comfort of knowing their professional posses the needed skills and expertise to assist with the customers design and build techniques with courthouse, detention facility, office building, production plant, and others. They also partner with customers for facilities renovations, and maintenance of their security system regardless of any unique and challenging security needs. ESI Companies requires the customer partner in the design and implementation of their standards of operation intended to reduce the risks of security catastrophes. ESI Companies believe in working together to design, implement, build, install, and support state – of – the – art electronic surveillance and security...
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...These days entrepreneurs and small businesses have a lot of different channels they can use to promote their products and build their brands. Social media, blogs and other online channels can be inexpensive and effective tools for small business branding. However, it’s important to understand the expectations of each channel so that you get the best results and create a positive impression of your brand online. Here are our Top 5 tips for building your brand online: 1. It’s about conversation Building awareness and affinity for your brand online requires as much listening as it does talking. Pay attention to what people are talking about and provide them helpful advice, not just marketing messages. 2. Know your audience Speaking the language of your audience in a familiar setting is a key to gaining trust online. Use webinars for focused business discussions and employ a softer touch on the social networks. 3. Be an expert To gain a following and reach your target customer audience, it’s important to show your expertise on the topics they care about. Spread out and have the right people talk about what they know best. 4. Your people are your brand Spreading the message and gaining trust online is about forming relationships at a personal level. Let your people represent the brand through their activities and everyone will benefit. 5. Be responsive The online environment never calls it a day. Particularly for a global business, it’s important to have people...
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...A Small Place Essay British colonization is what led to the corruption of Antigua and society through the eyes of Jamaica Kincaid. The book shows the significance of the arrival of outside countries and people and the effect it had on Caribbean islands. Through Kincaid’s various views throughout the book, perspectives range from viewpoints of tourists traveling to the Caribbean to viewing society through the eyes of Antiguan natives; even through the eyes of Jamaica Kincaid herself as a young child during the colonization periods. Kincaid’s sour tone throughout the text shows her passion for her home country and its history as she feels Antigua has been and is corrupted by the outside presence of other nations. A majority of A Small Place is expressed through Kincaid’s personal point of view and, consequently, is written in the first-person. However, she tends to write in the second-person point of view when she’s referring to tourists and even early English colonists. Her constant use of “you” in her writing makes her claims more personal and strong in distinguishing the dislike for what the tourists represent. Her tone even gets more aggressive at times. “Do you ever try to understand why people like me cannot get over the past, cannot forgive and cannot forget? There is the Barclay’s Bank. The Barclay brothers are dead. The human beings they traded, the human beings who to them were only commodities, are dead.” (Kincaid 27) Her claims towards the tourists are...
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...1. INTRODUCTION (Page 2 to Page 4) The last several decades have seen record numbers of entrepreneurs launching business. In 1969, entrepreneurs created 274,400 new corporations; today, the numbers of new incorporation exceeds 600,000 in a typical year! Another indicator of the popularity of the entrepreneurship is the keen interest expressed by students in creating their own businesses. Increasing number of young people are choosing entrepreneurship as a career rather than joining the ranks of the pinstriped masses in major corporations. In short, the probability that you will become an entrepreneur at some point in your life has never been higher! Research suggested that entrepreneurial activity remains vibrant not only in the United States but across the globe as well. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a study of entrepreneurial activity across the globe, 10% of the U.S population aged 18 to 64 is engaged in entrepreneurial activity. The study also found out that 9.5% of people in the 42 GEM countries analyzed are involved in starting a new business. Even countries that traditionally are not know as hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity are home to promising start-up companies. 2. WHAT IS AN ENTREPRENEUR (Page 5 to Page 8) At any given time, an estimated 10.1 million adults in the United States are engaged in launching a business, traveling down the path of entrepreneurship. An entrepreneur is one who creates...
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...The U.S. Small Business Administration sets guidelines for a business to be considered a small business. Small Business Administration (SBA) sets limitations on the amount of gross revenue on an organization that may collect before the agency considers it a big business. (Evans, n.d.) Depending on the type of service business depends on the revenue cap to consider it a small business. Retail service cannot earn no more than $5 to $21 mil in a three year period, construction service can earn $13.5 to $17 mil in a three year period, and agricultural can earn $0.5 to $9 mil in a three year period to be considered a small business. (Evans, n.d.) If they earn anymore they are considered big business. To be considered a small business it must have less than 15 employees. A small business, by contrast, typically encourages employees to take risks, innovate and even circumvent management-established policies to find new ways of increasing efficiency. (Evans, n.d.) Small businesses unlike big businesses have a single owner usually. Small businesses must be operated for profit, according to the SBA, and may not pursue non-profit status. (Evans, n.d.) The laws of EEOC for all the businesses, small or big business include; Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation...
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...Small businesses are part of every country and many of them would consider them to be crucial to their economic success. There are many differences between small and large businesses including the laws that protect them. For example, while reviewing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website, I was surprised to find out that businesses under 15 employees or 20 employees for age discrimination cases are not covered by the laws enforced by the EEOC. After all, I think that all businesses should abide by the same rules and regulations. It made me wonder even more why the big businesses or really small ones (under 15 or 20 employees) would be excluded and who is there to protect the employees of these corporations. I was only able to find one explanation on the website and it was that, while the information in their website applies to all employers, it has been specifically designed for small businesses which may not have a human resources department or a specialized EEO staff. I also assume that one reason as to why they also exclude the really small businesses is that a workplace that has less than 20 or 15 employees is less vulnerable to any sorts of discrimination. I think it is important to further understand the role of the EEOC. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is there to investigate discrimination cases against private sector employees and to resolve such cases through conciliation or other informal methods. When these methods are not sufficient...
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...Abstract This paper explores the reasons why small businesses should begin to utilize the benefits of the internet and e-commerce to continue to grow their businesses. This is persuaded by the explanation of the continuous evolution of today’s society and how it is becoming more digital and mobile. The emergence of e-commerce and now e-tail has transformed the world of business and begun to make the world of buying products more convenient for customers. It is imperative that businesses begin to utilize the internet with this evolution and the benefits that come with it such as social media marketing, lower costs for the business, and other convenient benefits for the customer and owner alike. There have already been companies that have been able to succeed using the internet such as Karmaloop and Netflix. Although it is being shown that many companies are flourishing using the internet there are still some businesses that are not yet on board with this movement, which they need to soon reconsider. This paper will be used to persuade these business owners to begin to use the internet in order to help their businesses continue throughout the continuous evolution of our society. In today’s society everything has become digital. People all around the world are using cellphones, laptops, tablets, and all kinds of other new innovative technology. One of the main things that people do with these devices is shop for other products that they may want or need. This...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- TITLE PAGE 1. Title Page………………………………………………………………………..2 2. What Is a Small Business and Where Did it Originate?.............................4 3. Firm Size…………………………………………………………………………7 4. Legal Status of a Small Firm…………………………………………………..8 5. The Qualitative Features of Entrepreneurship in Small Enterprise………..9 6. The Place of the Small Firm in the Russian Economy……………………..10 7. A List of Problems That Private Enterprise Faces in Russia (Conclusion).11 8. Reference Page………………………………………………………………...13 1. Introduction Before we can analyze what the small firm sector is and how it homogenously coexists with the economy, it is firstly imperative to clearly stipulate what the small firm sector consists of. It is of course a triviality to acknowledge that the small firm sector consists of small business, but what is a small business? To answer that we should first be aware of what indeed a business is or at least perhaps the underlying meaning of the commonly used synonym enterprise is? The majority of us and even perhaps the overwhelming majority would stipulate that these ideas could be deemed almost self- explanatory. However is this really the case? How many of us truly stop to think and ponder the meanings at the core of the daily vocabulary that we casually and flippantly use...
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...Business Analysis Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be Great Instead of Big By: Bo Burlingham Most businesses believe that size and growth equate to success, but Burlingham, Inc. magazine's editor-in-chief, reminds us that there are different classes of great companies that focus not on growing bigger, but on improving where they are. He sees them as Small Giants. In his book, Burlingham reviews 14 small businesses that were highly looked upon by others in business for their accomplishments and their willingness not to look to be bigger, go public, or expand significantly. SMALL GIANTS’ MOJO Burlinghan's company profiles varied substantially in employee size, management approach, corporate structure, life cycle stage and by different industries. But something was similar about each one, and Burlingham's shared three of seven characteristics they share: - Passionate business leaders no matter what kind of business they may be in, including constant torque hinges manufacturing and designing, construction project planning, music making, special effects creation, or even beer brewing, show subject matter passion, as well as deep emotional business commitment to its suppliers, employees and customers. - Leaders and founders built companies/businesses to live in instead of business accommodations shaped by outside entities. Union Square Cafe's Danny Meyer said "he earned more money by choosing the right things to say no to than choosing things to say yes to...
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...Characterisitcs of Small Business/ Small Business in Bangladesh ------------------------------------------------- Nature of Small Business: 1. Small physical size 2. Small investment size 3. Small employment size 4. Management Style :Hired or Self 5. Market Size: Limited ,Local or Wide & Foreign Small Business classifies the following types of businesses as small if they meet the criteria listed below: 1. Manufacturing firms: A manufacturing firms is classed as small if it has 250 employees or less. Manufactures take raw materials and change into finished goods for sale 2. Services: Service firms with annual receipts of $2 million or less are classed as small. A service firm provides services for customers, and types of service firms including hotels, barber and beauty shops, all types of repair shops, plumbers, and electricians. 3. Wholesaling: Wholesalers with annual receipts of $9.5 million or less are classed as small. Wholesalers buy and resell merchandise sell in significant amounts to final consumers. 4. Research & Development: Firms engaged in developing newer methods, techniques of production, sales and software system can serve others who are in need of those. 5. Consulting: Consultancy services with regard to efficient management, project appraisal, raising sources of finance, methods of reducing risk, technical and engineering services etc. are providedthrough these types of firms. 6. Retailing: A retail firm is small if it has...
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...Small Business Paper 1 Over the last few years major retail companies have been hacked. Target, Sony and even Walmart, you may think that only big name companies get hacked. But to be honest small business are the major target of hackers because they do not have the resource or knowledge as the top dogs. According to Symantec Threat Report 82% of stolen information could have been protected if business had and follow a security plan. So what are some threats that small business face today, for example let’s take a look at a kiosk at a shopping center. Kiosk’s is an 8 billion dollar industry in the United States, the average mall has 20 kiosk and they sell apparel, cell phone and accessories all the way down to home décor. Why are kiosks at the mall so vulnerable to system threat? Because most of them us an iPad or computer to make their daily transactions. Let’s take a look at some of the threats a kiosk had to deal with. Number one since they use a computer or iPad that’s need to be connected to a network this alone is a huge threat because hackers can easily hack the network and get customers financial information. According to Symantec/Small Business Technology Institute Study 60% of small business have open wireless networks. This leads me to the second threat that a small business can get is a malicious code. Small businesses try to save money so they don’t really think about an anti-spyware program or anti-virus because of this the system is defenseless against a...
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...“A Small Place” In “A Small Place”, by Jamaica Kincaid, Kincaid reveals the native’s side on tourism. The essay is written in a second point of view and the reader is addressed directly in the essay. Kincaid places the reader in the shoes of the tourist, and tells the tourist what she would see through her travels on the island. In fact, the reader is a tourist in Antigua. Kincaid makes a connection in her essay that leaves the audience with an understanding of the corruption that goes on in the island of Antigua and how that relates to the negative view Kincaid has of tourists. Kincaid begins the essay by telling the beautiful sights and scenes Antigua has to offer. However, as the essay progresses the reader finds out how atrocious of a place Antigua is. For example, the schools are even unrecognizable: “You pass a building in a sea of dust and you think, It’s some latrines for people just passing by, but when you look again you see the building has written on it PIGLOTT’S SCHOOL”(Kincaid 1225). This is an example Kincaid uses to show how poor of a place Antigua is. This essay is written with many purposes in mind but the most important one is to change the tourists’ treatment and view of the locals. In order to make her point, Kincaid creates a feeling of compassion for the natives and instills a feeling of guilt in the tourists. Although, I think she is successful in creating sympathy for the natives, I do not think that she is successful in changing the behaviors of...
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...Jordan Patton 11/2/2012 Communications-Mark Neumann A Small Place Essay Reality is how we perceive the world and that reality can be changed to circumstances and through communication. The reality can be altered to fit a certain group of people so that they will only ever see the beauty in the place that they are visiting. In A Small Place they expose this factor in the so called beautiful place of Antigua, but in actuality Antigua is disguised by beauty to hide the poverty and the corrupt government that has morphed these natives into something that they never should have been. The culture altered into some hybrid that would be pleasing to the upper class and to the tourists that would come to visit. The setting of Antigua is almost standing still, things seem the same day to day to the villagers when it is described in A Small Place. But it real reality the government is in control, they speak English instead of their native tongue or its horrible slang described by Kincaid. The schooling is horribly lacking mostly shown by a library that has been damaged and needs to be rebuilt for the last ten years. The sign that is posted on the library refers to the colonial period of Antigua, which is before the time that the English took over with their ways. This is something that is not normally seen to tourists, they see a laid back way of life with simple people. But the people themselves did not choose this style, they did not wish for the education to be denied...
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...A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid Viewing the world as a tourist and saying you actually experienced the place you traveled to would be naive. Actually getting to know the place is a bit different. You see the poverty and corruption, the struggle and then the beauties and differences. But getting to that point is also quite difficult. Jamaica Kincaid writes about tourists and traveling, and takes us on a tour of an island called Antigua. This is an excerpt taken from A Small Place. The author writes in second person addressing the tourist (who can be us the readers or any tourist around the globe). Kincaid writes in a tone where even I despised myself for traveling. She has the ironic and provocative voice that might offend the reader. I myself have witnessed tourists at a young age and I did envy them. I thought I was going to get stuck in this polluted city my whole entire life. I saw them frolicking the beaches and drinking white wine while eating gyros as I sat behind my uncle's bar wanting to have fun too. But I have also been a tourist laying on a beautiful beach as a young man served me sushi and a pina colada. Jamaica writes “But some natives-most natives in the world-cannot go anywhere. They are too poor... They are too poor to escape the reality of their lives; and they are too poor to live properly in the place where they live, which is the very place you, the tourist, want to go”(119 Kincaid). This quote made me think and realize that being a tourist is “ugly”...
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