Small Business Considerations in Canada

Ensign, Prescott C.

doi:10.1177/097135570701700103

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“…Canada's historical ethnic and economic regionalism has lead to deep differences in both the level and form of entrepreneurship throughout the country (Ensign, 2008). The geography of Canadian entrepreneurship is marked by the country's historic regional divides between rural and urban areas, Western, Central, and Eastern Canada, as well as Francophone and Anglophone areas.…”

Section: Entrepreneurship and Self-employment In Canadamentioning

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The sources of regional variation in Canadian self-employment

Spigel

2012

IJESB

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The regional variation of entrepreneurship and self-employment within and across nations has been carefully studied over the past 20 years. A multitude of papers covering more than a dozen countries have examined what economic and social factors drive local entrepreneurship. This paper both adds to this literature by examining the sources of regional variation of self-employment in Canada as well as critiques it by discussing the challenge of applying findings from one country to others. Through a meta-analysis of 34 previous studies of regional entrepreneurial variation, several common factors are identified and then examined in a Canadian context. Using data from the 2006 Census of Canada, the paper uses OLS regression to test the role of economic, demographic, and social factors on non-agricultural self-employment in Canadian census metropolitan areas. Population growth, migration, unemployment, firm size and structure all play a significant role in rates of self-employment in Canada.

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Section: Entrepreneurship and Self-employment In Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

The sources of regional variation in Canadian self-employment

Spigel

2012

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“…(Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 2016). However, the success of Canadian small enterprises is also influenced by the country's economic, political, and social climates (Ensign, 2008). With the establishment of the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) in 1992, strong links were created between the two countries.…”

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Increasing the Adoption of Canadian Retail Businesses’ Websites: Canadian Young Generation Consumers' Enticement

Guan

Lee

Dell

2021

Glob. discl. econ. bus.

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This research contributes significantly to academic and practitioner knowledge in the areas of young generation customers' enticement for expanding the adoption of small companies and internet commerce. This is the first time that a study has been done especially on the behavioral usage of Canadian Young consumers' websites by Canadian retail businesses. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the Canadian Young Generation engages with retail firms' websites. The research model for this study is an adaptation of the UTAUT2 paradigm. It reaffirms the literature review's usage of the modified UTAUT2 model to describe this research. This research aims to fill a need in the existing knowledge about the Canadian Young Generation's use of retail firms' websites. It is critical that additional steps to protect security and privacy, as well as to create trust, be implemented to improve the Young Generation's confidence in the retail websites of small Canadian firms. Internet costs remain high in Canada, and it is proposed that the Canadian federal government provide additional licenses to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in order to increase competition among ISPs and therefore decrease Internet charges. Key Words: , , ,

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“…Sharing a common animosity (usually towards ‗the South') may even unite groups. In Canada, 100 years ago (and again more recently), the ‗prairies' backlash against federal authority in central Canada was a unifying force (Ensign 2008b). At about the same time period, many in the Faroe Islands held a political conviction favouring greater independence from Denmark.…”

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confidence: 99%