| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0088 |
| Survey Title | Survey on State of New Business Start-ups, 1993 |
| Depositor | Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute |
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| Summary | The viability of our national economy has long been maintained by a high metabolism in the small business sector. In recent years, however, the viability has been threatened by a decreasing number of new starters of small enterprises. To meet the conversely increasing need to study problems of starting a small enterprise and their possible solutions, the Research Institute of National Life Finance Corporation began not only to accumulate data on new start-ups but also to conduct a series of surveys to grasp their current situation by assigning a specific theme to each. This 1993 survey is the 8th one, and its focus is on the manufacturing industry. We gave both a questionnaire and an interview (by visiting ) to 34 of the new starters surveyed here. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | A total of 6,440 companies which were, among other companies financed by NLFC between April and September, 1992, either within one year of opening or before opening at the time of financing. Establishments by means of split were excluded. |
| Unit of Observation | Individual,Organization |
| Sample Size | 6,440 companies sampled; 1,892 effective responses (rate: 29.4%) |
| Date of Collection |
1993-10-01 ~ 1993-10-01 October, 1993 |
| Time Period |
1993 ~ 1993 |
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| Sampling Procedure | |
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| Investigator | NLFC Research Institute |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0088 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) |
NLFC Research Institute (ed) (September, 1994) Shinki kaigyo hakusho: Heisei 6-nen ban (The 1994 White Paper on New Start-ups). Chusho Kigyo Risachi Senta (The Medium and Small Business Research Center, Inc.) |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Chosa-hyo] |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Business outline: industry; business content; age of business; number of employees at opening and at present; form of enterprise. (2) Respondent's background: number of years R held a related job(s); prior occupation and number of employees at the prior workplace; sex; R's age at start; last school attended. (3) Business at start: motivations for starting a new business and degree of satisfaction; real estate ownership before business; initial funds and their sources; aids from customers and employers. (4) Business after start: current monthly sales and amount expected at start; profitability; date when business overcame deficits; annual income prior to business and at present; regular employees at start (number, age, career); monthly labor cost; salaries for regular and part-time employees; self-evaluation of itemized company characteristics and staffs in charge. For Rs in manufacturing industry: (5) Prior job; number of employees by division and age; quality of employees in the production division. (6) Products, production, and business transactions: best-selling products; number of regular customers at start and at present; major customers; largest customer and its share in total sales at start and at present; use of subcontractors and its reasons; joint research and product development and the partners. For Rs in machine-producing industry (7) Business content; processing; minimum number of production lots for efficiency; number of days required before delivery of major products; number of days required for processing for major products; processing precision; machine/equipment introduced at start and at present; (for Rs who have introduced ME equipment) operators, training period, and number of years in experience; self-evaluation of business (characteristics and strengths). |
| Date of Release | 1998/04/01 |
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| Topics in SSJDA | Economy/Industry/Management |
| Version | 1 ： 1998-04-01 |
| Notes for Users | Data Sets are written in Japanese. |