What Does it Take To Start a Small Business? : A 10 page
paper discussing points to consider before starting a business.
There are far more considerations to starting a business than
simply giving into the desire to "be your own boss." Rarely
does an entrepreneur have no accountability to another
person or business entity. The overriding considerations
should be that the entrepreneur have the physical and
technical ability to conduct his business and the
characteristics that will allow him to persevere in building the
business. In addition to essential character traits, the paper
discusses how to identify opportunities and minimize risk, as
well as implications of several methods of funding the
business. Bibliography lists 15 sources. KStraits.wps

The Family Medical Leave Act / Its Impact Upon Small
Businesses : 8 pages in length. The writer discusses how
small businesses have been impacted by the Family Medical
Leave Act. Bibliography lists 9 sources. TLCfmla.wps

Why Do Small Businesses Fail?: A 22 page paper discussing
reasons that otherwise sound small businesses do not
succeed. There is disagreement over what percentages of
new businesses fail in the first five years-estimates range
between 40 and 80 percent. Even at the low range, the
failure rate is high, and evaluation of failures shows common
traits that have led to those failures. Failure has far less to do
with market conditions or the capabilities of the entrepreneur
than it does with inadequate planning and forecasting. Small
business “experts” as well as the SBA stress that planning and
forecasting should be done before the doors open for the first
day of business so that the entrepreneur knows what to
expect and when to expect it, as well as plan for its arrival.
Adequate planning cannot prevent business failure, but it
certainly can prevent the failure of businesses that otherwise
deserve to succeed. Bibliography lists 11ources.
KSbizbust.doc

Advertising as an Marketing Entry Barrier : A 10 page
research paper that looks at advertising a vehicle that can be
utilized by an established firm to prevent entry into a market
by new entrant competitors. In both the consumer and the
industrial markets, those companies that have been pioneers
in their particular fields traditionally continue to outsell later
entrants. This is so common that the term "pioneering
advantage." The writer argues that advertising plays an
intrinsic role in establishing this factor. Bibliography lists 10
sources. Admarbar.wps

Why Marketing Is A Discipline & Not a Science : A 5 page
paper on what makes marketing different from other sciences.
The writer argues that marketing is not a science and rather a
discipline and gives several examples. Bibliography lists 2
sources. Market.wps

Advanced Marketing : A 20 page research paper that
investigates a number of marketing techniques including:
Cause-related marketing, Corporate sponsorship, corporate
communication theory, stakeholder theory and an
identification of who the stakeholders are, content analysis
research method and case studies as a research tool.
Bibliography lists 50 sources. Advmktg.wps

Stages of Product Life Cycle : A 4 page paper explaining the
five stages of product life cycle. The writer provides classic
definitions of each stage and offers examples of how they
pertain to a specific industry. No Bibliography. Lifecycl.wps

Significance of the Software Development Life Cycle at
Dupont Yard : An 8 page research paper that is written in the
form of an investigative report into the how a planned
software development program for a corporation failed to
meet its stated objectives. The writer details what went
wrong and gives suggestions that can be implemented to
facilitate the software development life cycle in the future.
Bibliography lists 3 sources. 90sftwrd.wps