Technology-based small firms (TBSFs) are generally defined either as businesses whose products or services depend largely on the application of scientific or technological knowledge,(2) or as businesses whose activities embrace a significant technology component as a major source of competitive advantage.(3) These businesses are generally located in industries such as communications, IT, comput...

The opinions and recommendations of the authors of this study do not necessarily reflect official positions of the SBA or other agencies of the U.S. government. Executive Summary The long expansion, two recessions, and financial disruptions affected businesses of all sizes over the past dozen years. Small businesses may be particularly exposed to recessions, banking conditions, and monetary pol...

The recent research has highly examined innovation of businesses to improve their competitive advantages and the probability of their success. This study aimed to examine the association between intellectual, psychological, and social capital and business innovation in knowledge-based and high-technology businesses in Iran and if organizational culture moderates the relationships between the va...

Australian businesses have increasingly investing in innovation in the last few years. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006), just over a third (34%) of Australian businesses undertook some type of innovation during the two years to December 2005. This was up four percentage points from the two years ended December 2003. By type of innovation, ‘implementing new or significantl...

BACKGROUND Empirical observations on how businesses respond after a major catastrophe are rare, especially for a catastrophe as great as Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005. We analyzed repeated telephone surveys of New Orleans businesses conducted in December 2005, June 2006, and October 2007 to understand factors that influenced decisions to re-open amid pos...

Rural businesses often face substantial hurdles in participating in today’s economy. Many rural businesses are small and find it difficult to marshal the resources needed to compete in the new digital economy. And remoteness often hinders many rural businesses as they try to gain access to the capital, infrastructure, and technology needed to operate in today’s global and instantaneous marketpl...