Industry Research Reports and Market Analysis at MindBranch.com
  

2001 Japan Small Business Topline Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: July 2002
Product Code: R149-222
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2001 Japan Small Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides snapshot results across all key areas of AMI’s IT field research. AMI-Partners’ defines small businesses in the following way “SBs have 1-99 employees, are non-residential and non-government organizations, and represent 97.2% of the total Japan SMB universe.” Currently 1.63 million entities comprise the Japan SB market and the number of Small Businesses is growing at less than 1% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2001 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.

Key highlights include initial 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
Japan SB Methodologies and General
Japan SB Survey methodology Overview
Japan SB Recruitment and Survey Process
Japan SB What is a Small Business (SB)?
Japan SB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
Japan SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
Japan SB Margin of Error
Japan SB Demographics
Japan SB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
Japan SB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
Japan SB Number of PC Owning SB by Employee Size & Vertical
Japan SB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry Among PC SBs
Japan SB Headquarters Location
Japan SB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
Japan SB Average Revenues
Japan SB Changes in Annual Revenues
Japan SB Changes in Average Revenues (Cont. 1)
Japan SB Changes in Average Revenues (Cont. 2)
Japan SB Summary Comparisons
Japan SB Key Technology Penetration
Japan SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
Japan SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
Japan SB Overview of SB Business Attitudes
Japan SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications
Japan SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications (Cont.)
Japan SB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
Japan SB Decision Making and Media Usage
Japan SB Decision Making Process for IT-Related Purchases
Japan SB Information Source Used for IT-Related Products & Services
Japan SB Telecom and Other Products & Services
Japan SB Average Annual Telecom Spending
Japan SB Penetration of Telecom Product
Japan SB Phone Lines per Employee by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Current and Planned Adoption of Business Products and Services
Japan SB Average Annual Marketing and Advertising Spending
Japan SB Current Adoption of Marketing and Advertising Practices
Japan SB Average Annual Information and Delivery Spending
Japan SB Current Adoption of Information and Delivery Services
Japan SB Current Use of Other Business Functions
Japan SB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size
Japan SB Current Outsourcing of Business Processes
Japan SB Computing – Summary Charts
Japan SB Average Spending on Computing Hardware & Software
Japan SB Computing – PC Hardware and Service/Support
Japan SB Overall PC Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Desktop and Portable PC Ownership and Installed Base
Japan SB Desktop and Portable PC Ownership and Installed Base by Employee
Japan SB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Employee Size (PC to Employee Ratio)
Japan SB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Industry (PC to Employee Ratio)
Japan SB Average PCs Purchased and Total Shipments
Japan SB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Desktop & Portable Brands
Japan SB Last 12-Month Purchasing Trends of Top Five Desktop & Portable Brands
Japan SB Current and Planned Overall Channel Usage for PC Purchases
Japan SB PC Average Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
Japan SB Interest in Comprehensive Per Seat Pricing-Based Outsourced IT Services
Japan SB Computing – Software
Japan SB Trend in Average Software Spending per SB by Employee Size
Japan SB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
Japan SB Application Software Penetration
Japan SB Operating System Used/Planned to be Used
Japan SB Computing – Application Hosting and Processes
Japan SB Current Use of Hosted Applications
Japan SB Application Hosted / Planned to be Hosted
Japan SB Computing – Printers and Peripherals
Japan SB Trend in Average Spending on Printers per SB by Employee Size
Japan SB Trend in Average Spending on Peripherals per SB by Employee Size
Japan SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
Japan SB Ownership and Installed Base of Different Types of Printers
Japan SB Networking – Summary Charts
Japan SB Average Annual Networking Spending
Japan SB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
Japan SB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
Japan SB LAN and Server Penetration
Japan SB Server Shipments by Employee Size
Japan SB Overall Server Brands Used
Japan SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
Japan SB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
Japan SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
Japan SB Current and Planned LAN Applications
Japan SB Internet – Summary Charts
Japan SB Overview of Average Internet-Related Spending
Japan SB Overview of Current Adoption of Internet Technologies
Japan SB – Internet Access and Use
Japan SB Leading Internet Service Providers
Japan SB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines
Japan SB Internet Purchasing Overview
Japan SB Products Purchased/Planned to be Purchased Over the Internet
Japan SB Financial Services Purchased/Planned to be Purchased Over the Internet
Japan SB Business Services Purchased/Planned to be Purchased Over the Internet
Japan SB Internet – Web Sites
Japan SB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Web Site Hosting
Japan SB Internet – e-Commerce
Japan SB Penetration of e-Commerce Sites by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Use of Secure Card Authorization for e-Commerce
Japan SB Internet – Intranets
Japan SB Intranet Penetration
Ordering and More Information
Price and Delivery Options



MindBranch has been the leading provider of industry and investment research from more than 550 independent research firms since 1992. With over 90,000 market research reports, MindBranch is your trusted source of competitive business intelligence.