Small business enterprises in the United States have a low survival rate. Because they
represent 99% of all US employer-related positions, their sustainability is critical to the …

In the US, new small businesses have had a high failure rate in their first 5 years of
operation. Small businesses create jobs and drive innovation that is critical to the economy …

Much has been written in the literature regarding reasons for small business failure, leading
to confusion about those studies, as it is often difficult to define failure. There are fewer …

This article focuses on what makes small businesses successful and whether consistent
patterns of success can be identified. It improves upon previous work by using a significantly …

The well-being of the United States economy is substantially interwoven and impacted by
the performance of small business enterprises (SBE). New SBEs fail at a rate of 75% during …

This empirical research is an attempt to identify a set of variables that are associated with
small-business failure. Eighty-five small firms operating in Montreal and Toronto responded …

This paper analyzes data pertaining to the Small Business Institute Program compiled at one
of its pilot educational institutions. It documents the primary problems faced by small …

This empirical study investigates the characteristics of a cohort of 166 small businesses
which were set up during a period of recession by founders, all of whom had experienced a …

Literature supports the idea thatthe difference between a successful and a failed small
business is dependent upon the firm having ior using with more effiiciency) greater access to …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to develop a mediational model of small businesses
success. In this paper, the authors investigate how the human, social, and financial capital of …