Small business - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2016
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'Fintech' fast-cash loans are like 'wild west' for small businesses

01 Apr 2001
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The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less

A few years ago, H. Kent Bowen, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, undertook a study of smaller companies (firms in the $5 million to $50 million range) in order to develop cases and teaching materials for the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Mar 2014
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No Small Beer

The biggest thing in the beer business these days is the little guy. Research firm Technomics reported that the craft beer and premium import market rose almost 15 percent in 2012, with an "upward trajectory" that continued in 2013. And... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; craft beer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

06 Mar 2011
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France Outstrips U.S. for Small Business Loans on Sarkozy's `Arm Twisting'

20 Jan 2016
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Tough Love For Small Business: 'Nothing Happens Until Somebody Cries'

Keywords: turnarounds; family business; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2023
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Buy Big, Sell Small

If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade