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2002 China Small Business Market Overview

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: December 2002
Product Code: R149-273
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2002 China 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 organizations and represent 89% of the total China SMB universe for the three major cities (Beijing, Shanghai, and GuangZhou).” Currently 0.370 million entities currently make up the China SB market within the three major cities, and the number of China Small Businesses is growing at approximately 6.8% 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, Asia/Pacific and Latin America, 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
China SB Introduction
China SB IT/Telecom Spending Overview and Changes
China SB Firmographics Overview
China SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
China SB Computing Overview
China SB Networking Overview
China SB Internet Overview
China SB Methodologies and General
China SB Survey Methodology Overview
China SB Recruitment and Survey Process
China SB What is a Small Business (SB)?
China SB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
China SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
China SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
China SB Margin of Error
China SB Demographics
China SB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
China SB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
China SB Number of PC Owning SB by Employee Size & Vertical
China SB Business Workforce by Employee Size
China SB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry Among PC SBs
China SB Mobile Workforce
China SB Telecommuting
China SB Current and Planned Number of Branches
China SB Total Number of Sites/Locations
China SB Average Revenues
China SB Changes in Annual Revenues
China SB Changes in Average Revenues (Cont. 1)
China SB Changes in Average Revenues (Cont. 2)
China SB Revenue Generation - B2B vs. B2C
China SB Revenue Generation by Territory
China SB Suppliers and Vendors
China SB Customer Transactions
China SB Vendor/Supplier Transactions
China SB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
China SB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed via Credit Cards (Proportion of Total Dollars)
China SB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
China SB Summary Comparisons
China SB Key Technology Penetration
China SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
China SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
China SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
China SB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
China SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
China SB Overview of SB Business Attitudes
China SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications
China SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications (Cont.)
China SB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
China SB Average Annual IT Budget
China SB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing
China SB Decision Making and Media Usage
China SB Decision Making Personnel for IT-Related Purchases
China SB Information Source Used for IT-Related Products & Services
China SB Impact of Different Information Sources on General Awareness of PC/IT-Related Products by Employee Size
China SB Information Sources Used for Price/Feature Comparison for IT-Related Products & Services by Employee Size
China SB Telecom and Other Products & Services
China SB Total Annual Telecom Spending
China SB Average Annual Telecom Spending
China SB Total Annual Local Telecom Spending by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Total Annual Long Distance Spending by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC SB
China SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC SB by Employee Size
China SB Penetration of Telecom Products
China SB Planned Adoption of Telecom Products
China SB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Lines by Employee Size
China SB Phone Lines per Employee by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Cellular Phone Penetration and Spending
China SB Pager Penetration and Spending
China SB Toll-Free Number Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
China SB PBX/Centrex Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Internet-Enabled Phone Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Current Outsourcing of Business Processes
China SB Current and Planned Adoption of Business Products and Services
China SB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size
China SB Computing – Summary Charts
China SB Total Spending on Computing Hardware & Software
China SB Computing – Computing Hardware and Service/Support
China SB Overall PC Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Computer Ownership and Installed Base
China SB Computer Ownership and Installed Base
China SB Computers Owned per Employee; By Employee Size (Computer to Employee Ratio)
China SB Computers Owned per Employee; By Vertical Industry (Computer to Employee Ratio)
China SB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments
China SB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Desktop & Portable Brands
China SB Last 12 Months Purchasing Trends of Top Five Desktop & Portable Brands
China SB Planned Computer Purchases
China SB Planned Computer Purchases by Employee Size
China SB Top Five Computer Brands Planned for Purchase
China SB Average Planned PC Spending per SB
China SB Current and Planned Overall Channel Usage for PC Purchases
China SB PCs Purchased by Channel
China SB PC Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
China SB Average PC Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
China SB Handheld Devices
China SB Computing – PC Software
China SB Trend in Total Software Spending by Employee Size
China SB Packaged and Custom* Software Spending by Employee Size
China SB Application Software Penetration
China SB Trends of Application Software Penetration
China SB Operating System Used/Planned to be Used
China SB Year-Over-Year Change in Use of Operating Systems
China SB Channel Used for Purchasing Software
China SB Usage of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Sales Force Automation (SFA) Software
China SB Computing – Printers and Peripherals*
China SB Trend in Total Printer Spending by Employee Size
China SB Trend in Total Peripherals* Spending by Employee Size
China SB Total Printer Supplies Spending by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
China SB Printer Brands
China SB Planned Printer Purchases During the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
China SB Peripherals* Ownership Among SBs
China SB Networking – Summary Charts
China SB Total Annual Networking Spending
China SB Average Annual Networking Spending
China SB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
China SB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
China SB LAN and Server Penetration
China SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
China SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs
China SB Server Installed Base
China SB Server Shipments by Employee Size
China SB Overall Server Brands Used
China SB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
China SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
China SB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
China SB Use of SAN/NAS Technology
China SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
China SB Firewall Deployment
China SB Current and Planned LAN Applications
China SB Networking Brands
China SB Internet – Summary Charts
China SB Overview of Internet-Related Spending
China SB Overview of Average Internet-Related Spending
China SB Overview of Current Adoption of Internet Technologies
China SB Overview of Planned Adoption of Internet Technologies
China SB Trends in the Adoption of Internet-Related Technologies
China SB Internet – Internet Access and Use
China SB Internet Adoption by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Monthly Subscription and Usage Spending by Employee Size and Industry
China SB Leading Internet Service Providers
China SB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines
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