White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan 2018

July 4, 2018

The “small enterprises” that are the concern of the White Paper on Small Enterprises are businesses with a regular workforce of 20 or fewer employees (or five or fewer employees in the case of businesses in the commerce and service industries), as defined by the Basic Act for Promoting Small Enterprises (Article 2, Paragraph 1). In the text, however, the term “micro businesses” is used to make it clear that small enterprises include “sole proprietorships” as well as “companies.”

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whitePaper | April 1, 2021

Protect your business against advanced attacks with the right combination of technology, people and processes. While much of the reporting on cyberattacks focuses on large companies, the truth is that small businesses are not immune.

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whitePaper | June 28, 2021

For all the discussion about cash disappearing due to the rise in mobile and card payments, cash still remains a popular form of payment. According to the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer payment findings, consumers use cash to pay for nearly one-third of retail transactions,making cash handling a critical part of managing a retail operation.

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Despite their spread and reach, these firms are often underserved by segments of the financial services sector. And in the post pandemic era of unprecedented and unrelenting shocks, this matters. Because good financial management - from cash flow to access to credit - means the difference between success or failure.

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whitePaper | July 16, 2022

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