首页
登录
职称英语
Large, multinational, corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs s
Large, multinational, corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs s
游客
2025-05-10
26
管理
问题
Large, multinational, corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economy’s vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services and factories. Snell businesses, defined as those with fewer than 100 workers, now employ nearly 60 percent of the work force and are expected to generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 189 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own.
Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealism will overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition. Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer executives, forced by a takeover or a restructuring to quit the corporation and find another way to support themselves, may savor the idea of being their own boss but may forget that entrepreneurs must also, at least for a while, be bookkeeper and receptionist, too. According to Small Business Administration data, 24 of every 100 businesses starting out today are likely to have disappeared in two years, and 27 more will have shut their doors four years from now. By 1995, more than 60 of those 100 start-ups will have folded. A new study of 3,000 small businesses, sponsored by American Express and the National Federation of Independent Business, suggests slightly better odds: Three years after start-up, 77 percent of the companies surveyed were still alive. Most credited their success in large part to having picked a business they already were comfortable in. Eighty percent had worked with the same product or service in their last jobs.
Thinking through an enterprise before the haunch is obviously critical. But many entrepreneurs forget that a firm’s health in its infancy may be little indication of how well it will age. You must tenderly monitor its pulse. In their zeal to expand, small-business owners often ignore early warning signs of a stagnant market or of decaying profitability. They hopefully pour more and more money into the enterprise, preferring not to acknowledge eroding profit margins that mean the market for their ingenious service or product has evaporated, or that they must cut the payroll or vacate their lavish offices. Only when the financial well runs dry do they see the seriousness of the illness, and by then the patient is usually too far gone to save.
Frequent checks of your firm’s vital signs will also guide you to a sensible rate of growth. To snatch opportunity, you must spot the signals that it is time to conquer new markets, add products or perhaps franchise your hot idea. [br] What does the last sentence in the 3(上标)rd paragraph mean according to the passage?
选项
A、The patient is seriously ill because of lack of water in the well.
B、The patient can be saved if he has enough money to solve the financial problem.
C、It’s too late for small business owners to realize the gravity of the problem because they have used up their money.
D、It’s too late for small business owners to realize the gravity of the problem because they have used up their business.
答案
C
解析
第三段最后一句:Only when...far gone to save.意思是:只有当资金枯竭时,他们才会认识到问题的严重性,只是这时已经太晚了。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4070429.html
相关试题推荐
Large,multinational,corporationsmaybethecompanieswhoseupsanddownss
Large,multinational,corporationsmaybethecompanieswhoseupsanddownss
Large,multinational,corporationsmaybethecompanieswhoseupsanddownss
Althoughthetwocompaniestalkedabouthowlittle______.thereisbetweenthem
Forcompanies,thethreatofdrive-byhackingseemssettogrowassoftwareprog
Somecompanieshaveintroducedflexibleworkingtimewithlessemphasisonpress
Theriseofmultinationalcorporations,globalmarketing,newcommunications
Theriseofmultinationalcorporations,globalmarketing,newcommunications
Theriseofmultinationalcorporations,globalmarketing,newcommunications
Themultinationalcorporationwasmakingatake-over______forapropertycompa
随机试题
[audioFiles]2016m8x/audio_ezfj_ezflisteningd_201607_170[/audioFiles]GlassC
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicture
ThenumberofBeijingerstogoandenjoythenightarelessthanShanghaiandGu
在进行软件开发时,采用无主程序员的开发小组,成员之间相互平等;而主程序员负责制的
连接终端和数字专线的设备CSU/DSU被集成在路由器的( )端口中。A.RJ-
黏液囊肿的内容物的性质为A.灰白色角化物质 B.淡黄色含胆固醇结晶液体 C.
下列不能引起败血症的细菌是A:链球菌B:大肠埃希菌C:脑膜炎奈瑟菌D:破伤
战略性绩效管理的特点包括()A.体现组织的战略性 B.完整的绩效管理过程 C
下列原则中,属于税务师从事涉税服务必须遵循的原则有()。A.依法涉税服务原则
斜井(巷)运输中在上部平车场入口安设能够控制车辆进入摘挂钩地点的( )。A.挡
最新回复
(
0
)