Success, Satisfaction and Growth
» Success, Satisfaction and Growth, Volume 1, Issue 6, 2001
If respondent wants to grow the business AND provides a desired eventual size.
1b. Why do you want to see your business grow to that size? Does it have to be that size to:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Survive | 8 | ||
| 2 | Provide the desired level of personal income | 20 | ||
| 3 | Be able to divide the business among possible heirs | 4 | ||
| 4 | Sell it for a reasonable return, OR | 4 | ||
| 5 | You just want the business to grow and that is your size objective | 55 | ||
| 6 | Other | 5 | ||
| 7 | DK/Refuse | 4 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 279 | |||
Notes: Fifty-five (55) percent of small employers who intend to grow their firms and who provide an eventual desired size chose an arbitrary growth target with no specific rationale for it (Q#1b).
