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MARCH 8, 2021

Their article Five Truths about International Business in the Middle Market covers survey research on the exporting and importing by U.S. firms with between $10 million and $500 million in sales (midmarket companies).   But none of the other challenges reported by midmarket companies even blip with microbusinesses.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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JUNE 24, 2010

   As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey.    Click Here to Take the Survey.   Click Here to Take the Survey.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent survey by the global HR services company Randstad, "More than half of global human capital leaders expect to transfer one-third of their permanent positions to contingent roles in the near future." " More than 700 global human capital leaders responded to the Randstad survey. 

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MARCH 4, 2019

For the 2019 edition of this study, they surveyed over 7,300 business executives, HR leaders, and employees from around the world on a variety of talent and HR issues. The major finding is 73% of the executives surveyed expect their industry will experience significant disruption over the next 3 years. 

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance recently released its 2019 Independent Business Survey. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), the survey respondents listed Amazon as their biggest challenge. Big companies, in general, also came in 2nd and supplier mergers and concentration came in 5th.   

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AUGUST 28, 2018

A recent survey by LinkedIn found that 70% of U.S. Key quote from their article on the study : " more than half (52%) of small business hiring managers say that the number of freelancers and contractors in their company will increase in the next 5 years while 38% say the number will stay the same."

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APRIL 2, 2019

The study is based on a survey of 2,675 adult Americans with a full-time job at companies with at least two employees. It shows that 52% of the full-time employees surveyed said they plan to postpone their retirement due to their financial situation. MetLife recently released their 2019 U.S. Employee Benefits study.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Key quote: According to pre-event survey data, respondents gave the selected drivers of business agility. Yet, across the board, companies are struggling to achieve agility within their organizations. As noted by the survey results. But most feel their organizations aren't good at it. an average importance rating of 9/10.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

"Armchair digital nomads" is the term we use to describe the millions of Americans who aren’t currently digital nomads but tell us in surveys they plan on becoming one.     This has obviously changed with a growing number of companies announcing they plan on allowing a much greater degree of remote work long term. 

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JULY 25, 2017

71%  of healthcare executives surveyed said they are already using on-demand labor platforms, and the same percent believe that building a strong contingent workforce will help them win the war on talent.   And, of course, biotech companies are increasing their use of gig workers across their organizations. 

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MAY 15, 2018

The report chart above (click to enlarge) illustrates this and shows that the companies surveyed are spending about the same amount on external service providers and external independent workers. in addition to freelancers and other independent workers.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

.         Rural America rising: why professionals are moving to the countryside , an article on the study, provides a good explanation of why people are moving to small towns: Surveying Minnesota realtors and the new arrivals themselves.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

This topic has come up because  last week a California judge ruled that Proposition 22, a ballot measure passed in last November's elections that allowed rideshare and delivery companies to treat their drivers as independent workers was unconstitutional.    So was the court decision a big victory for gig workers?  

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

It reports that 55% of cities have a good or very good relationship with sharing economy companies like Airbnb and Uber (see chart below; click to enlarge) and that 4 out of 5 cities support the growth of the sharing economy.   So naturally, Fast Company's article's headline on the report is 33% Of U.S.

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APRIL 11, 2019

  According to The Infinite Dial 2019 , an annual survey conducted by Edison Research and Triton Digital, more than half of all adult Americans have listened to one. So have big media companies like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. In case you hadn't heard, podcasting is booming. 

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Business Travel Culture Drives Company Success. The chart below illustrates the fact that 9 out of 10 business executives surveyed agree with this. Thanks to the Internet and related tools, companies are more willing to create distributed teams and allow team members to live away from their teammates. 

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JULY 26, 2018

And it's not just big companies.  They also reported more than half of surveyed small business owners plan to increase their use of non-employee talent over the next year. There are a variety of reasons companies are increasing their use of non-employee labor.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

  For this year's study we surveyed 6,247 independent workers who find work assigments via twelve on-demand economy and online talent marketplaces. Federal Reserve survey reported encountering a financial emergency. In 2015 11 companies participated as partners and 8 firms participated both years. 20 and Nov.

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MAY 28, 2015

Gallup's Diverse Small Business Owners Share Their Experiences covers a series of surveys of different segments of small business owners. The surveys asked about the motivations and challenges among Asian, African-American, Hispanic, Women, LGBT and Veteran small business owners. Why is this funny?

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APRIL 25, 2017

  Also known as multi-level marketing, retail sales by direct selling companies increased from $28.6 Key quote: Active Arbonne reps earn, on average, about $674 a year, according to a compensation summary the company shared. A Bloomberg Government survey found that 77% of direct sellers are highly satisfied. 

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

While currently a relatively small market, it's attracting companies of all sizes and shapes.  And 60% of those surveyed had done so to avoid going out. It's also why all the talk about the on-demand/gig economy going away is quite silly. On-demand food delivery is a good example. They report that : half of U.S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

According to a survey from the Global Business Travel Association  (GBTA), half of corporate travel policies allow for the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. with 30% of the corporations surveyed officially allow home-sharing service for their traveling employees. . This data is hardly surprising.

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JUNE 22, 2017

The study the article refers to is Deloitte's 2017 Millennial Survey. Deloitte surveyed 8,000 Millennials from 30 countries and found: "In spite of perceived across-the-board advantages of working as freelancers or consultants, nearly two-thirds of millennials said they prefer full-time employment.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

retirement survey.    Related to this, the JP Morgan Chase Institute study  Past 65 and Still Working: Big Data Insights on Senior Citizens’ Financial Lives  shows that about 400,000 Americans over the age of 65 are working via online platform companies like Uber and Airbnb. 

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JULY 2, 2013

Transamerica Insurance released their 14th annual retirement survey. This is a comprehensive online poll of over 3000 Americans aged 18+ working for for-profit companies with 10 or more employees.   Most interesting to us here at Small Business Labs are the attitudes related to working past traditional retirement age.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

.  Articles include: Why People Want to Be Micro-Entrepreneurs :  From Fast Company Co.Exist, this article covers a survey by micro-task site Fivvr on why people want to be micropreneurs.  It argues companies are going to have to treat their employees better or lose them to independent work.

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MARCH 17, 2015

It contains survey results from companies with 11-100 employees on issues related to their accounting and finance functions. 42% of SMB’s have a CFO or Controller at their company. 42% of SMB’s have a CFO or Controller at their company. The chart below shows the top complaints by company size. 

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APRIL 6, 2011

The Custom Content Council recently released a survey showing the growing role custom content is playing in marketing. The Council defines custom content and publishing as: "Custom publishing marries the marketing ambitions of a company with the information needs of its target audience.    

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

  A recent survey by Mom Corps as reported by Business News Daily found that nearly half of the repondents would give up an average of nearly 10 percent of their salary for a more flexible work schedule. Companies want flexibility too. Today it seems it's all about flexibility. 69% - more flexibility.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

.  The recently sponsored the 1st Global Coworking Survey and graciously shared the survey data with us.  coworking survey data: 1.  survey respondents work for a company or run a company with employees.  Notes on the Survey, Methodology and Results.  

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MAY 5, 2015

The study surveyed around 300 global business leaders to understand the talent challenges large organizations are facing and identify the best practices among leading companies working with external talent. For me the most interesting section of the study covers how large corporations view contingent talent.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

According to a recent Click Fox survey , most consumers are willing to trade personal information to companies in exchange for some sort of value.  Their survey said 71% would share their location information for giveaways/discounts or improved service.

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MARCH 24, 2015

  In our most recent survey of people with 2nd jobs, about 20% of these "side giggers" said "learning new skills" was the reason they had a 2nd job.   We don't have historical survey data on this.   We don't have historical survey data on this.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

The companies essentially channel one-off tasks to the fastest taker or lowest bidder, he says, pitting workers against one another in a kind of labor elimination match.   But these surveys also show about a quarter of independent workers don't like being independent and would prefer having a traditional job.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

  They back this point of view with some interesting findings from a survey of senior execs at larger firms. Key findings include: Eighty-nine percent say that companies that do not adopt a Big Data analytics strategy in the next year risk losing market share and momentum.

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MAY 15, 2017

According to the National Technology Readiness Survey , in 2015 22.4 And not just gig economy companies - it's businesses in almost every industry.  The implication is the industry's business models are flawed and these companies can't make money.  Almost all of these companies failed.  

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