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Skills That Small Business Owners Use to Succeed Beyond 5 Years by Shelly Gerig MS, Indiana Wesle... more Skills That Small Business Owners Use to Succeed Beyond 5 Years by Shelly Gerig MS, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2008 BS, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2006 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University February 2018 Abstract Small businesses in the United States have a high failure rate, with 50% failing within 5 years. Small businesses also account for 99.7% of U.S. firms and provide 48.0% of employees in the private sector, or 57 million out of 118 million employees. From 1992 to 2013, small firms were responsible for 63% of new jobs generated. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the skills small business owners (SBOs) used to achieve sustainability beyond 5 years in a purposefully selected area of Central Florida. The conceptual framework of human capital theory served to focus this case study on the exploration of skills SBOs used to succeed. Purposeful samp...
Skills That Small Business Owners Use to Succeed Beyond 5 Years by Shelly Gerig MS, Indiana Wesle... more Skills That Small Business Owners Use to Succeed Beyond 5 Years by Shelly Gerig MS, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2008 BS, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2006 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University February 2018 Abstract Small businesses in the United States have a high failure rate, with 50% failing within 5 years. Small businesses also account for 99.7% of U.S. firms and provide 48.0% of employees in the private sector, or 57 million out of 118 million employees. From 1992 to 2013, small firms were responsible for 63% of new jobs generated. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the skills small business owners (SBOs) used to achieve sustainability beyond 5 years in a purposefully selected area of Central Florida. The conceptual framework of human capital theory served to focus this case study on the exploration of skills SBOs used to succeed. Purposeful samp...