gkoehler at agency.resour
01-03-1995, 10:24 AM
Thanks for refering to the study of your regional economy. Would you mind
telling me how to go about getting a copy?
Thanks,
Gus Koehler
California Research Bureau
On Mon, 2 Jan 1995, William Myers wrote:
> .
> > The concept of "jobs" requires someone else to have created the product,
> service,
> >organization.... I prefer to try to think about ways that are more typically
> >considered entrepreneurial, in which there's negotiation, exchange,
> >possibly starting a small company of one's own. Then we're not so
> >dependent on others to have thought out what we can contribute.
> >
> A study of our regional economy (upstate NY) last year showed that most of
> the small entrepreneurial businesses were dependent on the larger employers
> for the majoirty of their contracts. That in fact, small business people
> were not "independent" business people. This makes more sense if you think
> of the recent corporate downsizing as creating "outsourcing" opportunities.
> This "leaner, meaner" corporate business is a way of spreading risk. (Study
> cited by Cornell Rural Development Institute, CARDI).
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telling me how to go about getting a copy?
Thanks,
Gus Koehler
California Research Bureau
On Mon, 2 Jan 1995, William Myers wrote:
> .
> > The concept of "jobs" requires someone else to have created the product,
> service,
> >organization.... I prefer to try to think about ways that are more typically
> >considered entrepreneurial, in which there's negotiation, exchange,
> >possibly starting a small company of one's own. Then we're not so
> >dependent on others to have thought out what we can contribute.
> >
> A study of our regional economy (upstate NY) last year showed that most of
> the small entrepreneurial businesses were dependent on the larger employers
> for the majoirty of their contracts. That in fact, small business people
> were not "independent" business people. This makes more sense if you think
> of the recent corporate downsizing as creating "outsourcing" opportunities.
> This "leaner, meaner" corporate business is a way of spreading risk. (Study
> cited by Cornell Rural Development Institute, CARDI).
> ************************************************** **********
> William Myers
> Alternatives Federal Credit Union
> 301 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850-5431
> Voice (607) 273-3582 ext 817 FAX 277-6391
> E-Mail Alternatives-Myers@Cornell.edu
> "The choice of where we do our business is one
> of our most powerful political and economic tools."
> To subscribe to our CDFI discussion list send E-Mail
> TO: ListProc@cornell.edu
> BODY: Subscribe CommunityDevelopmentBanking-L your name
> ************************************************** **********
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