Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Individualization , which the paper describes as "the puzzling elimination of returns to scale, resulting in a supplier base that consists of one-person micro-providers." But we don't yet know the full net impact of this form of outsourcing and more research needs to be done on this topic.

2018 147

2018 Suppliers 2008 Collaborate 147

Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2011

The blog post I found most interesting shows that Facebook is the preferred social media network small businesses want their suppliers to use to communicate with them.    On which of the following social media networks would you want suppliers to actively participate in (e.g., communicating directly with you)?

Facebook 100

Facebook Social Media Suppliers Networking 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 16, 2015

.   It's not clear the business models of many of the on-demand economy companies work if they have to use employees instead of independent contractors as their service suppliers. In other words, these suits could severely damage the on-demand economy.   Freelance Government Policy Independent workers on-demand economy'

Legal 100

Legal Suppliers Policies Expenses 100

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

.  But despite liking the term "access economy", we don't think it's broad enough to cover the rapidly growing number of online platform and marketplace companies that connect customers with suppliers who quickly or immediately deliver goods and services.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers 2012 AT&T UPS 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 30, 2014

For those not familiar with Mechanical Turk, it's an on demand workforce supplier that lets users contract to get micro-tasks done quickly and cheaply. Follow the Crowd's Being a Turker provides some insight into the people who work doing tasks as part of Amazon's Mechanical Turk service.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2016

Key quote: Small businesses worldwide are becoming “micro-multinationals” by using digital platforms such as eBay, Amazon, Facebook, and Alibaba to connect with customers and suppliers in other countries. The other side of this is global customers are increasingly buying things from companies not located in their home countries.

2018 100

2018 Suppliers 2013 2008 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 6, 2012

.  Firms within a cluster may be competitive or cooperative and are often reliant on other firms in the cluster as suppliers and/or customers.   Industrial clusters are successful because of the economic advantages that come from a tight network of customers, suppliers and cluster-related talent.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers Networking Skills Training 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 31, 2014

But changing the way houses are built requires an enormous amount of change by a whole lot of people - from builders to suppliers to government agencies to house buyers. It is much more cost effective than the traditional methods of building houses from scratch onsite.  This is why it's happening at such a slow pace.

2002 100

2002 2005 Suppliers Agencies 100