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The Economic Impact of Craft Brewing

Small Business Labs

The Brewers Association recently released their small and craft brewing economic impact report for 2018.  Economy in 2018 and provided directly and indirectly about 550,000 jobs.  These occur in suppliers to the plant as well as places where auto workers spend their money.  Billion to the U.S.

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Online Platforms Enabling the Rise of Global Micro Outsourcing Firms

Small Business Labs

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." As the chart below from the 2018 MBO Partners State of Independence study shows, about 1 in 5 U.S.   But U.S. in greater numbers.

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The Stunning Growth of Small Business Globalization

Small Business Labs

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. Back in 2008 we forecast that by 2018 almost half of U.S. These show over 2 million U.S.

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To boost productivity in the UK, we need to think big and different

Workplace Insight

The decline in UK productivity since the Great Recession of 2008/2009 has been a matter of concern for business leaders, policymakers, and economists alike. All suppliers have best practices which can be distributed by role to enable active reminders, ongoing support, plus tracking of use and improvement of content daily.