Good morning Metrogal,
Great question.
Small and mid-size businesses (SMB) are acutely susceptible to the negative impact of numerous macroeconomic risk factors. Macroeconomic
risk factors such as inflation, interest rates, market cycles, market
regionalism, credit and labor availability, and fuel costs conspire to
drain profitability and financial health of small and mid-size
businesses.
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Though issues of scale are principal culprits that enhance the_ negative impact_
of macroeconomic factors on SMB's, other factors such as risk
concentration in product markets, clients, and supply chain; silo
business functions and lack of specialized treasury functions to hedge
risk and maximize capital allocation returns also contribute to
enhanced macroeconomic risk profile of SMB's.
To
help SMB's to better understand and manage the impact of macroeconomic
risk factors on their business; Sum2 is providing the Profit|Optimizer
Macroeconomic Test to small business owners and managers at no charge. The
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thorough risk assessment and opportunity discovery review of a small
business enterprise.
The test can be down loaded by visiting the bottom of this page:
http://www.sum2.com/915/index.html
We hope to be of service. Take the test.
We frequently blog on macroeconomic issues that affect small businesses
Our blog can be found here.
http://sum2llc.blogdrive.com/
We wish all continued success.
Cheers,
James McCallum
973.287.7535
www.sum2.com
