SUCCESS THE SMALL WAY

摘要

Large companies may get the headlines and Wall Street's attention, but they aren't the "' driving force behind the U.S. economy. That distinction goes to small companies. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), there were about 23 million small businesses in the United States in 2002, representing 99 percent of all employers. Small businesses also employ 50 percent of the private workforce, provide about 75 percent of the net new jobs added to the economy, and account for 41 percent of private sales, SBA reports. In short, small businesses are the foundation of the U.S. economy-and the scrap recycling industry. In ISRI alone, small companies-those with annual gross sales of 5 million dollars or less-account for about 50 percent of the association's 1,215 member firms.