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2005 SBDC Annual Report
File Size: 1668.25 kb
Summary of activity and success stories from several clients.
Brand Image How-To Guide
File Size: 120.09 kb
Brand Image and ND Small Businesses
File Size: 161.47 kb
The difference between the success and failure of a business can have everything to do with branding - both the image and visual identity.
Intellectual Property and Project Ownership
File Size: 157 kb
This "how to" guide has been created to help ND product, process, system, and service innovators more effectively pursue the practical implementation of their ideas. Central to this guide is a step-by-step approach to help entrepreneurs deal with intellectual property and other ownership issues. This guide was also designed to help address the "should I" aspects of intellectual property protection and new product development.
Convergence to the Law of One Price on the Internet
File Size: 215.5 kb
The Internet is an increasingly important source of information for consumers to learn the price and product offerings of sellers. With reduced search costs and more perfectly informed consumers, one might expect to find that firms operating on the internet charge the same price for a homogenous product. Price dispersion, while persistent on the Internet, is found in this paper to follow a process of convergence. Further, the speed of convergence, as measured by half lives, is found to be faster for products sold over the Internet when compared to previous studies that have examined traditional markets.
Target Marketing and Internet Shopping Agents
File Size: 591 kb
In order to succeed, entrepreneurs in North Dakota must seek out new markets and better serve those they currently operate within. This report demonstrates some ways in which entrepreneurs can conduct market research that helps them to understand the key characteristics of their target market based on the geography of their customer base. Also will be discussed is ways in which entrepreneurs can focus their marketing presence to identify promising markets as well as more effectively reach potential customers in the information age
A Process Guide for Intellectual Product Developers in North Dakota
File Size: 108.5 kb
This "how-to" guide has been created to help North Dakota product, service, and process innovators to more effectively pursue the practical implementation of their ideas. Concept Generation, Feasibility Assessment, and Intellectual Property Protection: A Process Guide for Technology Product Developers in ND.
Business Bankruptcy Study: State of North Dakota
File Size: 1904.94 kb
Read about bankruptcy basics, myths, and research of bankruptcy in North Dakota.
The Economic Impact of Walmart Supercenters On Existing Businesses In Mississippi
File Size: 166.19 kb
This study examined the impact of Wal-Mart supercenters on the sales of existing businesses in local trade areas. The state of Mississippi provides advantages in assessing data and for assessment in other states.
North Dakota Community Profile Project Report: New Rockford
File Size: 220.13 kb
This profile of New Rockford shows it is willing to undergo risks to help the future of its community survive.
North Dakota Community Profile Project Report: Valley City, North Dakota
File Size: 97.53 kb
The nature of this study is to help guide an entrepreneur in the establishment of a small business in rural North Dakota.
Electronic Commerce: Inter-organizational Relationships and Customer Loyalty in Small Businesses in North Dakota
File Size: 138.49 kb
The primary objective of this study is to examine the moderating effects of the Internet's web tools on the relation between inter-organizational relationships and customer loyalty.
Disaster recovery planning in the wake of a disaster: A survey of Grand Forks, North Dakota businesses
File Size: 378.86 kb
Are you prepared in case of a possible disaster? This report based on the Grand Forks flood of 1997 found insufficient amount of disaster planning by businesses.
A community profile report for rural entrepreneurs: Ellendale, North Daktoa and Midcontinent Livestock Supplement
File Size: 162.25 kb
Doing business in rural North Dakota: Ellendale.
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