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    Business FailureBusiness Failure

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    ExitExit

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    Business are born to die or stagnate

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    95% firms employ fewer than 10 employees

    99% firms employ 50 employees

    Half of businesses cease trading after threeyears

    Younger firms are more likely to fail than olderfirms

    The longer a firm survives, the less likely it is tofail.

    FAILURES AND FIRM AGE

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    It is easier to close a smaller firm

    Larger firms have more assets than small firmsand better able to fight adverse businessweather

    ONE percent change in firm size leads to 7percent improvement in probability of survival.

    FAILURES AND FIRM SIZE

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    Fast growth firms have less probability of failure

    FAILURES AND FIRM GROWTH RATE

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    Fast growth firms have less probability of failure

    FAILURES AND FIRM GROWTH RATE

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    Ingredients of FailureIngredients of Failure

    LUCK

    EntrepreneurialEntrepreneurial

    charactercharacter

    Business

    culture

    Business

    decisions

    Companystrengths or

    weaknesses

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    Character problems of ownerCharacter problems of owner--

    managersmanagers

    Need for personal control

    Unwilling or unable to delegate

    Can distrust subordinates

    Needs applause and recognition

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    Characteristics of ownerCharacteristics of owner--managers in failed companiesmanagers in failed companies

    Exaggerated opinion of their own competence

    Make decisions based on intuition

    Inward looking

    Inflexible and insensitive to change

    Past not future orientation

    Resistant to professional advice

    Limited formal education and/or little readingin literature associated with business

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    Business success or failureBusiness success or failure

    LUCK

    EntrepreneurialEntrepreneurial

    charactercharacter

    External

    Environment

    Business

    decisions

    Companystrengths or

    weaknesses

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    Bad Business DecisionsBad Business Decisions

    Inability to identify target market or customers

    Inability to delineate trading area

    Inability to delegate

    Belief that advertising is an expense, not aninvestment

    Only rudimentary knowledge of pricing strategy

    Immature understanding of distribution channels

    No planning

    Inability to motivate

    Somebody elses fault

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    Business success or failureBusiness success or failure

    LUCK

    EntrepreneurialEntrepreneurial

    charactercharacter

    External

    Environment

    Business

    decisions

    Companystrengths or

    weaknesses

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    Company WeaknessesCompany Weaknesses

    Poor financial control

    Poor information control

    Poor debtor control

    High stock holding

    Limited diversification of product/services

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    Business success or failureBusiness success or failure

    LUCK

    EntrepreneurialEntrepreneurial

    charactercharacter

    External

    Environment

    Business

    decisions

    Companystrengths or

    weaknesses

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    External EnvironmentExternal Environment

    Failure to cope with changing markets

    Changes in consumer demand

    Changes in interest rates

    Changes in inflation

    How to cope with act of God; strikes, floods,

    fire, accidents, riots

    To be on the wrong place at the wrong time

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    A firm with limited resourcesA firm with limited resources

    operating in a highly competitiveoperating in a highly competitiveenvironment is more likely to failenvironment is more likely to failthan a firm operating in a marketthan a firm operating in a market

    with low levels of competitionwith low levels of competition

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    A firm with limited resourcesA firm with limited resources

    operating in a highly competitiveoperating in a highly competitiveenvironment is more likely to failenvironment is more likely to failthan a firm operating in a marketthan a firm operating in a market

    with low levels of competitionwith low levels of competition