商業機遇的發展趨勢與現狀

Trends and Facts About Business Opportunities

商業機遇的發展趨勢與現狀

Business opportunities differ from franchise ownership because an independent business owner is not obligated to run the business according to an operating manual or pay any ongoing fees. All profits are the business owner』s, who does not receive the operational support enjoyed by franchise owners. Many sole proprietor businesses are actually run as distributorships – the proprietor buys products from the wholesaler, then sells them at retail price. Some business operators act as an independent agent representative of a larger entity.

商業機遇不同於特許所有權，因為獨立的企業主沒有義務按照運營手冊來經營業務或者支付任何定期費用。所有的利潤均屬於企業主，其不會獲得特許權所有者所享受的任何運營支持。許多獨資企業的業務實際上是分銷——經營者從批發商那裡購買商品，然後以零售價格出售。一些商業運營者充當著獨立代理人，代表的是更大的實體企業。

The growth of new small businesses has undergone an unprecedented growth spurt in the last ten years. The Small Business Administration (SBA) estimates that 672,000 new companies with employees were created in 2005 – an average 12 percent higher than in the previous decade, and this number increased steadily year on year toward the end of the decade.

在過去十年里，小型企業的數量經歷了前所未有的迅猛增長。據小型企業管理局(SBA)估計，2005年新成立的招聘僱員的企業達67.2萬家——比上一個十年平均高出12%，而且直到這個十年末，這一數字仍在同比穩步增加。

Small businesses contribute significantly to the US economy. They employ more than half of all private sector workers and account for 45 percent of private US payrolls.

小型企業為美國的經濟做出了巨大貢獻。其僱傭員工超過私營企業員工半數以上，佔美國私營企業就業數據的45%。

The SBA credits small businesses with generating 60-80 percent of new jobs created in the last decade.

SBA認為過去十年里產生的新工作中有60%到80%都歸功於小型企業。

Sole proprietor businesses have a higher failure rate than franchises, which generally enjoy a 90+ percent success rate. According to a study by the SBA, only two-thirds of all small business start-ups survive the first two years and less than half make it to four years. The success/failure rate numbers are hotly debated, with many analysts sceptical about the alleged failure rate. Many entrepreneurs start up their businesses with a specific exit strategy for defined time frame.

獨資經營業務的失敗率高於連鎖加盟，一般而言，連鎖加盟的成功率高達90%以上。根據SBA所做的研究，只有三分之二新成立的小型企業能夠在頭兩年倖存下來，而能夠堅持四年的不足一半。不過這些數值頗受爭議，許多分析家對所謂的失敗率持懷疑態度。許多企業在開始運營時都制定了特定期限的特定退出策略。

US Census Bureau data indicates that half of new businesses are still operating after more than four years and about one-third businesses that close are successful. The most common source of credit for starting a small business is banks, particularly commercial lending institutions. Some states are friendlier for operating a small business. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council rates the best states for based on labor costs, energy costs, taxes and government regulation. The Top Ten include: South Dakota, Nevada, Alabama, Washington, Florida, Mississippi, Colorado, Texas, and Michigan.

美國國家統計局的數據顯示，半數新企業在成立四年多之後仍在運營，且三分之一的企業都是在取得成功之後才關閉的。成立新企業最普遍的貸款來源就是銀行，尤其是商業貸款機構。有些州對小型企業更為友好。小型企業和企業家委員會根據勞工成本、稅收和政府法規評選出了幾個最適合經營小型企業的州，前十名中包括：南達科他州、內華達州、阿拉巴馬州、華盛頓、佛羅里達州、密西西比州、科羅拉多州、德克薩斯州和密歇根州。

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