THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS IN

THE WORLD OF SMALL BUSINESS

 

 

 

A comparison of Large Businesses and Mainframes against Small Businesses and Personal Computers.

 

Some of the benefits to the Small Business, which are provided by PCs.

 

Issues that need to be addressed when using PCs to run your business.

 

Is it essential for small businesses to use PCs to remain in business?

 

References & Sources

 

Other Information

 

My Essay Plan (Removed)

 

My Experience and some other personal opinions (Removed)

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

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Large companies have had the finances and necessary skilled staff to buy and use mainframes for many years before the birth of the PC.  Mainframes were too expensive, needed too much space and needed specialised and expensive staff to enable a company to take advantage of them.  .......

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THE BENEFITS

 

 

 

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THE DRAWBACKS

 

 

 

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MY EXPERIENCES

 

 

 

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Here is (removed) an example of my own experiences and some other people’s experiences of using PCs in the small business world.

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CONCLUSIONS

 

 

 

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Weighing the drawbacks against the benefits there does ....

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REFERENCES & SOURCES

 

 

 

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Ø     Ø      The Department of Trade and Industry DTI

 

Ø     Ø      The Inland Revenue

 

Ø     Ø      The Government

 

Ø     Ø      Direct Access Government

 

Ø     Ø      Companies House

 

Ø     Ø      Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service (ACAS)

 

Ø     Ø      Business Link

 

Ø     Ø      The Independent

 

I would also like to thank Mr John Lloyd, Managing Director of a local small business whose wealth of knowledge and experience has been shared with me to aid me in writing this report.

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