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EDITOR'S NOTE

This issue finishes out the tenth year of publication for the Journal ofSmall Business Strategy.
It will be a new decade for JSBSand a new millennium for all of us. As we enter the year 2000,
I would like to remind the readership that the editorial staff and the editorial review board of
JSBS continue to attempt to move the journal forward in terms of the quality and quantity of
articles related to the ever growing field of small business and entrepreneurship. The
USASBE/SBIDA Joint National Annual Conference will be held in San Antonio, February 16-

20 and is indicative of the efforts of SBIDA to move the entire organization forward as well.

We would like to reiterate the scope of the content of JSBS in terms of the types of articles of
interest to us. Manuscripts submitted to JSBS should be related to one or more of the following:
~ Assist in the formulation or implementation of small business strategy
~ Be directly applicable to consulting projects and solutions

~ Generate ideas and approaches to problem solving in small business Et entrepreneurship

~ Be presentable to a small business owner/manager for application

~ Relate to small business k entrepreneurship education

In addition to the wide range of topics relevant to JSBS, the scope of what constitutes a "small
business" is also quite broad and very inclusive in terms of what is appropriate for JSBS. Based
on U.S. Small Business Administration criteria, the following parameters define small business:

Maximum Annual Sales or

T e of Business Number of Em lo ees

Wholesale Trade $ 9.5 - 22 Million (Varies Across Industries)
General Construction $ 17 Million
Services $ 2.5 - 14.5 Million (Varies Across Industries)
Retail Trade $ 3.5 - 13.5 Million (Varies Across Industries)
Agricultural Production $ .I - 3.5 Million (Varies Across Type)
Restaurants Up To $ 10 Million
Manufacturing Maximum of Either 500, 750,1000, Or 1500

Employees (Depends On Industry)

Clearly, there is great scope for the publication of scholarly work, We look forward to receiving
your manuscripts for consideration by EBS. We hope you enjoy this issue and if you have any
comments, please send us a letter or an email (osborneiup.edu).

Stephen Osborne, Editor



USASBE/SBIDA Joint Annual National
Conference

(24'nnual SBIDA Conference and 15'nnual USASBE Conference)

February 16-20, 2000
Sheraton Four Points, Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

Theme: USASBE/SBIDA 2000: The Entrepreneurial
Millennium

The Joint Annual National Conference will be held jointly by USASBE and SBIDA from
February 16-20 at the Sheraton Four Points, Riverwalk in San Antonio Texas. The conference
will include papers, workshops, case studies, and symposia dealing with family business,
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, and SBI programs and institute management.
Topics will focus on issues of significance as we enter the 21" Century:

~ New Business Development 21a Century Style —What's Changed
~ Entrepreneurship in a Changing World
~ Global Marketing in the 21" Century
~ Economic Realities: Financing Small or Risky Ventures
~ Technology and Change: Redefining the Entrepreneur
~ Focus on Family: Whose business is it anyway?
~ Incubators and Institutes: Support Systems for New Ventures
~ Challenges for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Educators

Ch k r i ~hidl. ~b rv' .i r
Or conrucr:
Joan Gillmna, USASBE
U W-Madison/Grainger Hall
975 University Ave., Suite 3260
Madison, Wl 53706
60$-262-99$2
60$-263-0$lg (fiu)

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