Small business start-ups: success factors and support implications
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Introduction The research reported in this paper relates to an empirical study of business start-ups and their survival and growth or, conversely, their failure (exit) in the early years following start-up. A cohort of new start small or micro businesses which were set up with the support of a Training & Enterprise Council (TEC) in the West Yorkshire area are investigated. TECs are a government funded support agency for small and medium-sized businesses which were set up by a British Government initiative in 1988. By way of background information a section outlining the support services provided by the TEC is included in this paper.
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