Technical Report
Prepared for
Aboriginal Business Canada, Industry Canada
Prepared by
Keith Vodden
ARC Applied Research Consultants
112 Kent Street, Suite 2010A
Ottawa, ON K1P 5P2
2002/02/19
- Introduction
- Background
- Study Approach
- Structure of the Report
- Highlights
- Characteristics of ABC Clients and Non-Clients
- Success of ABC Clients Versus Non-Clients and Contribution of ABC Toward Success
- Characteristics of Clients and Non-Clients
- Introduction
- General Business Characteristics
- Employment Characteristics
- Sales and Market Characteristics
- Innovation
- Summary
- Success and Role Played by ABC
- Introduction
- Goals of Businesses
- Goal Attainment by Businesses
- Factors Identified by Business Said to be Related to Achievement of Goals
- External Measures of Success
- Role of ABC in Success
- Review of Characteristics of ABC Clients and Non-Clients to Help Shape Future Marketing
- Summary
- Needs Expressed by Businesses
- Introduction
- Management Skill Needs
- Innovation Needs
- Summary of Research and Implications to the Future Role of ABC
- Introduction
- Characteristics of ABC Clients Versus Non-Clients
- Success for ABC Clients Versus Non-Clients
- Impediments Faced by Business and Needs to Overcome Them
- Implications for ABC
