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2002 Japan Medium Business Market Overview and Topline Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: August 2002
Product Code: R149-220
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2002 Japan Medium Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides snapshot results across all key areas of AMI’s IT field research. AMI-Partners’ defines medium businesses in the following way “MBs have 100-999 employees, are non-residential and non-government organizations, and represent 2.6% of the total Japan SMB universe.” Currently 46,300 entities comprise the Japan MB market and the number of Medium Businesses is growing at approximately 1.0% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2002 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.

Key highlights include findings on the following technology areas:

  • Demographics
  • Telecommunications
  • Computing
  • Networking
  • Internet/e-Business
  • Wireless

Based on proprietary surveys of Small and Medium Businesses in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia/Pacific region, AMI-Partners' comprehensive data on Internet, IT, eBusiness, and Communications investment and usage is presented in a highly actionable, graphical format with go-to-market insights and analysis.

Table of Contents
IT/Telecom Spending Overview
Firmographics Overview
Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
Computing Overview
Networking Overview
Internet Overview
Japan MB Methodologies and General
Japan MB Survey Methodology Overview
Japan MB Recruitment and Survey Process
Japan MB Market Definition
Japan MB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
Japan MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
Japan MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
Japan MB Margin of Error
Japan MB Demographics
Japan MB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
Japan MB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
Japan SMB Business Workforce by Employee Size
Japan MB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry
Japan MB Mobile Workforce
Japan MB Telecommuting
Japan MB Headquarters Location by Employee Size
Japan MB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
Japan MB Current and Planned Number of Branches
Japan MB Total Number of Branch Sites/Locations
Japan MB Average Revenues
Japan MB Changes in Annual Revenues
Japan MB Revenue Generation
Japan MB Suppliers and Vendors
Japan MB Average Assets
Japan MB Customer Transactions
Japan MB Use of Electronic Billing/Invoicing
Japan MB Vendor/Supplier Transactions
Japan MB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
Japan MB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed Via Credit Card
Japan MB Financial Products Usage – Current & Planned
Japan MB Courier/Messenger Services
Japan MB Advertising and Promotion Media Usage
Japan MB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
Japan MB Summary Comparisons
Japan MB Key Technology Penetration
Japan MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
Japan MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
Japan MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
Japan MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
Japan MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns in Technology Penetration
Japan MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
Japan MB September 11th Repercussions
Japan MB Overview of MB Business Attitudes
Japan MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications – Business Process Automation & Connectivity/Data Networking
Japan MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications – Internet/IP Apps, Networking/Computing OS & Apps, Security, Training, Outsourcing
Japan MB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
Japan MB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees
Japan MB Average Annual IT Budget
Japan MB IT Services Outsourcing
Japan MB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing
Japan MB Decision Making and Media Usage
Japan MB IT Decision Makers
Japan MB Telecom and Other Products & Services
Japan MB Total Annual Telecom Spending
Japan MB Average Annual Telecom Spending
Japan MB Total Annual Local Telecom Spending by Employee Size and Industry
Japan MB Total Annual Long Distance Spending by Employee Size and Industry
Japan MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB
Japan MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB by Employee Size
Japan MB Cellular Phone Penetration and Spending
Japan MB Pager Penetration and Spending
Japan MB Use of Conferencing Services
Japan MB Data/Communications Lines Usage for Voice Calls
Japan MB Average Annual Spending on Data/Communications Lines and Technologies
Japan MB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size
Japan MB Current Outsourcing of Business Processes
Japan MB Computing – Summary Charts
Japan MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, and Service/Support
Japan MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
Japan MB Average Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
Japan MB Computing – Hardware and Service/Support
Japan MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base
Japan MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base By Employee Size
Japan MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Employee Size (PC to Employee Ratio)
Japan MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Vertical Industry (PC to Employee Ratio)
Japan MB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments
Japan MB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Computer Brands
Japan MB Last 12 Months Purchasing Trends of Top Five Computer Brands
Japan MB Planned Computer Purchases
Japan MB Planned Computer Purchase by Employee Size
Japan MB Top Five Computer Brands Planned for Purchase
Japan MB Average Planned Computer Spending per MB
Japan MB Current and Planned Overall Channel Usage for Computer Purchases
Japan MB Current Channel Usage for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
Japan MB Planned Channel Usage for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
Japan MB Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
Japan MB Average Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
Japan MB Handheld Devices
Japan MB Computing – Software
Japan MB Trend in Total Software Spending by Employee Size
Japan MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
Japan MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
Japan MB Application Software Penetration
Japan MB Application Software Penetration: Current and Planned
Japan MB Trends of Application Software Penetration
Japan MB Operating System Used/Planned to be Used
Japan MB Year-Over-Year Change in Use of Operating Systems
Japan MB Usage of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Sales Force Automation (SFA) Software
Japan MB Usage of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and/or Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software
Japan MB Computing – Printers and Peripherals*
Japan MB Trend in Total Spending on Printers by Employee Size
Japan MB Trend in Total Spending on Peripherals* by Employee Size
Japan MB Total Spending on Printer Supplies by Employee Size and Industry
Japan MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
Japan MB Planned Printer Purchases During the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
Japan MB Printer Brands Currently Used
Japan MB Printer Brands Purchased in Last 12 Months
Japan MB Printer Brands Planned for Purchase in Next 12 Months
Japan MB Trends in Printer Brands
Japan MB Average Number of Pages Printed Daily by Employee Size and Industry
Japan MB Peripherals* Ownership Among MBs
Japan MB Networking – Summary Charts
Japan MB Total Annual Networking Spending
Japan MB Average Annual Networking Spending
Japan MB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
Japan MB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
Japan MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
Japan MB Number of Nodes and Node Distribution
Japan MB Server Installed Base
Japan MB Server Shipments by Employee Size
Japan MB Overall Server Brands Used
Japan MB Trends in Server Brands
Japan MB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
Japan MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
Japan MB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
Japan MB Use of SAN/NAS Technology
Japan MB SAN/NAS Brands Current and Planned
Japan MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
Japan MB Firewall Deployment
Japan MB Current and Planned LAN Applications
Japan MB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months
Japan MB Networking Brands
Japan MB Networking – WAN and Datacom-Related
Japan MB Remote LAN Access Penetration (WAN)
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