News tagged with small businesses


Microsoft offers line of entry-level servers

Technology / Software

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft is introducing a new low-price, entry-level server for small businesses with fewer than 15 employees as a way to introduce them to the company's broader server-software line and address falling server-hardware prices.





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Cities can't bank on small businesses for stable economic partnerships

Cities can't bank on small businesses for stable economic partnerships

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Locally owned small businesses don't insulate communities from layoffs and closures in bad economic times. Rather, corporate headquarters do the most to protect cities from employment reductions, ...


New computer security guide can help safeguard your small business (w/ Video)

Technology / Other

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their ...


Family-based brand identity influences customers' purchasing decisions

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study in the Journal of Small Business Management shows that promoting the fact that the business is a "family" business positively influences customer purchasing decisions.


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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...


Snapshot of a recession

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A revealing snapshot of the effect of the downturn in the UK economy on the small business sector has been uncovered by an online survey produced by The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and ...


Cyber criminals targeting small businesses

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.


Four-fifths of businesses foresee problems maintaining operations if H1N1 flu outbreak

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a national survey of businesses that looks at their preparations for a possible widespread H1N1 outbreak, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that only one-third believe they could sustain their business ...


Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A research paper, by Dr Stuart Fraser of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, has found that many Ethnic Minority owned Businesses (EMBs) in the UK struggle to obtain credit in comparison to White owned businesses. ...


Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds

Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds

Other Sciences / Other

created May 16, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth.


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Computer sales show signs of recovery: Gartner

Technology / Business

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The global computer market is showing signs of recovery, with sales forecast to decline just 2.0 percent this year, much better than a June prediction of 6.0 percent, the Gartner research group said Wednesday.



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