15,215 research outputs found
Report: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Master Plan Report," March 10, 1962
No full textTextual: report, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)Report from Simon Enterprises entitled "Reston Master Plan Report" dated March 10, 1962. This report is an early version of the Reston, Virginia master plan. It discusses land use for the property purchased by Simon Enterprises. This report also discusses the principles and goal for the Reston development. Also, included in the report are several conceptual draws of Reston. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm04.2
Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Goodman Houses at Reston," Undated
No full textTextual: brochure, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)Brochure from Simon Enterprises entitled "The Goodman Houses at Reston" that is undated. This is a brochure for the homes on Lake Anne in Reston, Virginia that were designed by Charles M Goodman Associates. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm01.3
Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Smith Houses at Reston," Undated
No full textTextual: brochure, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)Brochure from Simon Enterprises entitled "The Smith Houses at Reston" that is undated. This is a brochure for the homes on Lake Anne in Reston, Virginia that were designed by architect Chloethiel Woodard Smith. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm01.3
Booklet: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Virginia," circa 1962
No full textTextual: Booklet, color on card stock; 13 x 10 (33 cm x 25.4 cm)Promotional booklet from Simon Enterprises entitled "Reston Virginia," circa 1962. This booklet discusses planning for housing, recreation facilities, community centers, industry, and governmental agencies in Reston, Virginia. A brief explanation of the planning concepts used in creating Reston is given as well. Throughout the booklet are artist’s renderings of proposed developments. Lastly, the booklet offers a master plan and discusses what Reston might be in 1980. Planned Community Archives Collection, 533.0
Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Whittlesey & Conklin Houses at Reston," Undated
No full textTextual: brochure, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)Brochure from Simon Enterprises entitled "The Whittlesey & Conklin Houses at Reston" that is undated. This is a brochure for the homes on Lake Anne in Reston, Virginia that were designed by the architectural firm Whittlesey & Conklin. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm01.3
Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Reston Center for Industry and Government," Undated
No full textTextual: brochure, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)Brochure from Simon Enterprises entitled "The Reston Center for Industry and Government" that is undated. This brochure discusses plans for the development of Reston, Virginia. Aspects of Reston discussed included population density, transportation, and recreational, commercial and industrial facilities. Several maps and architectural drawings for portions of the development are also given. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm01.0
Small and medium-size enterprises in economic development : possiblities for research and policy
No full textThe World Bank's most important long-term advantage in promoting development, says the author, may lie in opportunities to address related obstacles simultaneously. It could mount concurrent efforts to address the problems of small and medium-size enterprises in a particular sector, region, or economy, for example. It could address the conditions of founding new firms, providing finance or technical assistance, developing mutual support institutions, resolving disputes, and perhaps reducing counterproductive government interventions. Were the Bank to follow such a coordinated approach, programs could be designed to generate data to illuminate the impacts and interactions of various elements of policy. These data could be exploited, then, in research designs, or even the design of management information systems, shaped by program evaluation. The author proposes four general issues for research (plus a series of topics for each issue). (1) Can Bank initiatives involving small and medium-size enterprises in developing countries facilitate the entry of these enterprises into similar learning relationships with other firms - foreign firms, larger firms in their own countries, or each other? (2) The economic significance of high"turbulence"(entry and exit rates) in small-firm populations is poorly understood. The fact of high turbulence is well-documented in industrial countries; it is not for developing countries, but available data suggest a broadly similar pattern. Are high failure rates for small businesses symptomatic of an important shortcoming in the system of economic organization itself? Or should the unit of analysis be the enterprise, the entrepreneur, or the entrepreneur's family? (3) Is the apparent trend favoring a larger economic role for smaller production units autonomous rather than induced by other changes? Does it depend on general operating factors such as the declining costs of communication and computation? (4) The rate of learning by a small firm may depend on the nature of its transacting partner. Certain multinational enterprises make good teachers, for example, but certain local labor markets or markets for consumer goods and services may not be well-positioned for relevant learning. They may learn well how to adjust to local circumstances but not to the international diffusion of technology and ways of organizing (the main source of hope for developing countries). Perhaps Bank policy should be more concerned with transaction patterns.General Technology,Environmental Economics&Policies,Decentralization,ICT Policy and Strategies,Small and Medium Size Enterprises,Environmental Economics&Policies,General Technology,Small and Medium Size Enterprises,ICT Policy and Strategies,Small Scale Enterprise
Household enterprises in Vietnam : survival, growth, and living standards
No full textIn Vietnam almost a quarter of adults worked in nonfarm household enterprises in 1998. Based on household panel data from the Vietnam Living Standards Surveys of 1993 and 1998, the authors find some evidence that operating an enterprise leads to greater affluence. The data show that nonfarm household enterprises are most likely to be operated by urban households, by those with moderately good education, and by the children of proprietors. The authors were able to construct a panel of nonfarm household enterprises; 39 percent of enterprises operating in 1993 were still in business in 1998. Those in the (more affluent) south of the country were less likely to survive, as were smaller and younger businesses. A pattern emerges from the data. In poor areas the lack of education, credit, and effective demand limits the development of nonfarm household enterprises. In rich areas there is the attraction of wage labor. Nonfarm household enterprises are thus most important in the period of transition, when agriculture is declining in importance but before the formal sector becomes established. The authors expect these enterprises to continue to play a modest supporting role in fostering economic growth in Vietnam.Public Health Promotion,Housing&Human Habitats,Banks&Banking Reform,Municipal Financial Management,Microfinance,Banks&Banking Reform,Municipal Financial Management,Small and Medium Size Enterprises,Private Participation in Infrastructure,Microfinance
Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government," Undated
No full textTextual: brochure, original; 12” x 9” (30.5 cm x 22.9 cm)Brochure from Simon Enterprises entitled "Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government" that is undated. This brochure discusses the industrial park in Reston, Virginia. Several manufacturing businesses, including HRB-Singer, Inc., Motorola Communications & Electronics, and Air Survey Corp., that were located in Reston at the time of publication are discussed as well. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm05.1
Environmental (waste) compliance control systems for UK SMEs
No full textWhile the ‘environment’ is often perceived as a heavily regulated area of business, in reality, directly-regulated businesses represent a small proportion of the business community. This study aimed to evaluate and outline potential improvements to compliance controls for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those involved in the waste sector. Forty-four SMEs from England were interviewed/audited between April-September 2008. Using a UK-based system as a case-in-point, the Environment Agency’s (EA) Operational Risk Appraisal (‘Opra’)/Compliance Assessment Report (CAR) system was analysed. Environmental compliance performance indicators and an initial assessment methodology for SMEs were developed. The study showed:• Compliance with permitting legislation was poor in many areas.• Regulatory authorities are either unable/failing to implement their enforcement policies or unable/failing to identify non-compliances due to the infrequency or limited nature of their inspections.• Improvements are needed to the EA Opra/CAR system – control measures are not fully taken into account when calculating risk.Recommendations to improve SME compliance controls include using internationally applicable general and specific compliance and non-compliance performance indicators, re-designing the Opra system and using an initial assessment methodology based on understanding the hazardousness of SME categories, compliance levels and operator competency.<br/
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