STRATEGY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Title/Author(s) I A Scorecard for Small Business Performance Roy A. Cook Janet Bear Wolverton 19 How Accounting Firms Can Help The Small Business Owner Carel M. Wolk Charles W Wootton 33 Credit Management Strategies for Small Firms Frederick C. Scherr 47 Strategy as a Determinant of the Perceived Value of Outsider Assistance to New Ventures: An Exploratory Study James J. Chnsman George W. Danforth 69 Small Business Transformation: The MEDS Approach Ravi S. Behara David E. Gunderscn 85 Resolving Small Business Disputes Through Mediation Merc Lampe Scth R. Ellis 97 Lessons for Small Business: Incentive Health Care and Risk Rating Practices Suzanne Milburn Ray D. Siehndel Joe Singer 109 A Comparison of Small and Large Business Managers'ttitudes Towards Innovation and The Rule of Government in Promoting Technology Kelly C. Strong Michael Winchell