DocumentCode
2392586
Title
Notice of Retraction
The Distinctiveness of External Services for Small Business Sector: Evidence from China
Author
Xiao Jianzhong
Author_Institution
Sch. of Economic & Manage., China Univ. of Geosci., Wuhan, China
fYear
2010
fDate
7-9 May 2010
Firstpage
2988
Lastpage
2991
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Adopting an evidenced-based approach, this paper seeks to examine the usage of external services by small business sectors in China. The empirical data are based on the first large-scale survey of small businesses and service providers designed and organised by the authors in Chengdu, Lanzhou and Shenzhen between November 2005 and March 2006. The three cities were selected to enable the market conditions to be assessed in cities that are at different levels of economic development. The paper shows there is a variety of business services market in China. Using logistic models it is found that firm size, sector, exporter and growth-intention appear to the important factors influencing demand side of services. It is also indicated that profession staff, referral via local SME bureau and networking appear to the main variables influencing supply-side behaviour.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Adopting an evidenced-based approach, this paper seeks to examine the usage of external services by small business sectors in China. The empirical data are based on the first large-scale survey of small businesses and service providers designed and organised by the authors in Chengdu, Lanzhou and Shenzhen between November 2005 and March 2006. The three cities were selected to enable the market conditions to be assessed in cities that are at different levels of economic development. The paper shows there is a variety of business services market in China. Using logistic models it is found that firm size, sector, exporter and growth-intention appear to the important factors influencing demand side of services. It is also indicated that profession staff, referral via local SME bureau and networking appear to the main variables influencing supply-side behaviour.
Keywords
logistics; small-to-medium enterprises; China; business services market; economic development; evidenced-based approach; local SME bureau; logistic models; service providers; small business sector; Biological system modeling; Cities and towns; Economics; Logistics; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; China; Small business sector; business services; service demand; service supply;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3997-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICEE.2010.754
Filename
5590439
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