Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) - Characteristics of Businesses: 2015 Tables

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Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) - Characteristics of Businesses: 2015 Tables

2015

Number of Owners in Business

Majority of Business Family-Owned

Jointly Owned or Operated by Spouses

Business Aspirations of Owners

Year Business Originally Established

Operated as Franchise or Partially as Franchise

Source(s) of Start-Up or Acquisition Capital

Amount of Start-Up or Acquisition Capital

Source(s) and Amount of Funding

New Funding Relationships Attempted

Reasons for Avoiding Additional Financing

Business Profitability

Negative Impacts on Profitability

Type(s) of Customer Categories

Location of Business Customers/Clients

Percent of Total Sales Exported

Operations Outside the United States

Outsourced Business Function Outside United

Language(s) Used in Transactions

Type(s) of Workers Employed

Employer-Paid Benefits Offered

Company Had a Website

E-Commerce as Percentage of Total Sales

Home-Based Business

Type(s) of Intellectual Property

Seasonal or Part-Time Business Status

Business Operation or Reason Ceased

Percent of Type(s) of Workers

Tasks Performed by Type(s) of Workers

Managing Service or Production Problems

Number of Key Performance Indicators

Frequency of Key Performance Indicators

Business Targets Timeframe

Effort Needed to Achieve Business Targets

Employee Promotions

Under-performing Employees

Record-keeping for Budgeting and Finance Activities

Decision Making for Budgeting and Finance Activities

Record-keeping for Sales and Purchases Activities

Decision Making for Sales and Purchases Activities

Last Revised: October 8, 2021

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