Over the past decade the economies of East Asia and APEC more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by smallbusin...

Many small businesses require distributed information systems but do not have the resources to develop, host or maintain them. An alternative approach may be to offer the software as a distributed service. Students in the University of South Dakota (USD) Systems Analysis course partner with small businesses to design software services using a model-driven system development approach and the stu...

the rapid changes in sport industry urge sport investors and entrepreneurs to adopt creative and innovative approaches. in this situation, intellectual property is among the most important organizational assets and the potential success of an organization is rooted in their intellectual capabilities. on the other hand, relying on innovation, small businesses are seeking to improve their perform...

the present study was conducted to analyze students' willingness to initiate small businesses. the population of the research was comprised of all the graduate and postgraduat students of agriculture and natural resources of razi university of kermanshah )n=151). using kerjcie & morgan sampling table, 96 students were selected as the experimental sample employing stratified proportional sa...