STRATEGY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Title/Author 1 "New Venture Initiation: Factors Influencing Success" Val Miskin Jerman Rose 10 "Requirements and Benefits of Implementing Just-In-Time Manufacturing for Small-Firm Manufacturers" Stanley E. Fawcett John N. Pearson 27 "The Effect of Operational and Strategic Planning on Small Firm Perfonnance" Larry R. Watts Joseph G. Ormsby 36 "A Proposed Capital Budgeting Technique for Liquidity Constrained Small Businesses" John B.White Morgan P. Miles 47 "Self-Employment Training Programs for the Poor" Steven Balkin 58 "Total Quality Management, Just-In-Time, and Their Effect on Small Manufacturers" Feraidoon (Fred) Raafat Milton Chen