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2001 Japan Small Business Market Overview

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: July 2002
Product Code: R149-223
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2001 Japan Small Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides definitive 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 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 Introduction
Japan SB IT/Telecom Spending Overview
Japan SB Firmographics Overview
Japan SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
Japan SB Computing Overview
Japan SB Networking Overview
Japan SB Internet Overview
Japan SB Methodologies and General
Japan SB Survey Methodology Overview
Japan SB Recruitment and Survey Process
Japan SB Market Definition
Japan SB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
Japan SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
Japan SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
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 Business Workforce by Employee Size
Japan SB Mobile Workforce
Japan SB Telecommuting
Japan SB Headquarters Location
Japan SB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
Japan SB Company’s Physical Location
Japan SB Current and Planned Number of Branches
Japan SB Total Number of Sites/Locations
Japan SB Average Revenues
Japan SB Changes in Annual Revenues
Japan SB Revenue Generation - B2B vs. B2C
Japan SB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
Japan SB Age of Businesses
Japan SB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
Japan SB Revenue Generation by Territory
Japan SB Plans for Meeting Revenue Goals
Japan SB Summary Comparisons
Japan SB Key Technology Penetration
Japan SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
Japan SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
Japan SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
Japan SB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
Japan SB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns in 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 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 Impact of Different Information Sources on General Awareness of PC/IT-Related Products by Employee Size
Japan SB Information Sources Used for Price/Feature Comparison for IT-Related Products & Services by Employee Size
Japan SB Telecom and Other Products & Services
Japan SB Total Annual Telecom Spending
Japan SB Total Annual Local Telecom Spending by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Total Annual Long Distance Spending by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per SB
Japan SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per SB by Employee Size
Japan SB Penetration of Telecom Products
Japan SB Planned Adoption of Telecom Products
Japan SB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Lines by Employee Size
Japan SB Phone Lines per Employee by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Cellular Phone Penetration and Spending
Japan SB Pager Penetration and Spending
Japan SB Toll-Free Number Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB PBX/Centrex Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Internet-Enabled Phone Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Current and Planned Adoption of Business Products and Services
Japan SB Total Annual Marketing and Advertising Spending
Japan SB Current Adoption of Marketing and Advertising Practices
Japan SB Total Annual Information and Delivery Spending
Japan SB Current Adoption of Information and Delivery Services
Japan SB Total Spending on Other Business Functions
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 Total 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 Size
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 Vertical Industry (PC to Employee Ratio)
Japan SB Average PCs Purchased and Total Shipments
Japan SB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Desktop Brands
Japan SB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Portable Brands
Japan SB Importance of Features When Purchasing PCs by Employee Size
Japan SB Planned PC Purchases
Japan SB Planned PC Purchase by Employee Size
Japan SB Top Five PC Brands Planned for Purchase
Japan SB Average Planned PC Spending per SB
Japan SB Current and Planned Overall Channel Usage for PC Purchases
Japan SB PCs Purchased by Channel
Japan SB PC 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 Total Software Spending 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 Year-Over-Year Change in Use of Operating Systems
Japan SB Channel Used for Purchasing Software
Japan SB Distribution of Spending for Custom Software
Japan SB Use of Custom Software by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Computing – Application Hosting and Processes
Japan SB Current Use of Hosted Applications
Japan SB Application Hosted/Planned to be Hosted
Japan SB Distribution of Spending for Hosted Software
Japan SB Interest in Renting Software
Japan SB Computing – Printers and Peripherals*
Japan SB Trend in Total Spending on Printers by Employee Size
Japan SB Trend in Total Spending on Peripherals* by Employee Size
Japan SB Total Spending on Printer Supplies by Employee Size and Industry
Japan SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
Japan SB Planned Printer Purchases During the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
Japan SB Peripherals* Ownership Among SBs
Japan SB Networking – Summary Charts
Japan SB Total 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 Installed Base
Japan SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
Japan SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs
Japan SB Server Shipments by Employee Size
Japan SB Overall Server Brands Used
Japan SB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
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 LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months
Japan SB Internet – Summary Charts
Japan SB Overview of Internet-Related Spending
Japan SB Overview of Current Adoption of Internet Technologies
Japan SB Overview of Planned Adoption of Internet Technologies
Japan SB Trends in the Adoption of Internet-Related Technologies
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