Abstract
This Excel-based Data-rich Deliverable (DRD) that is part of the Manufacturing
subscription includes business demographics on Number of Firms for
Manufacturing businesses. Compass Intelligence defines Firms as a business
entity, which may include 1 or more locations domestically or internationally.
Size of business includes SOHO Business (<5 employees, full and part-time,
including business owner), Small Business (5-99 employees), Mid-Sized Business
(100-999 employees) and Enterprise Business (1,000-10,000+ employees). The
Expert Guide for this deliverable is Kneko Burney. Forecasts are from 2007
through 2012 and include annual growth rates, as well as percentage of total
market.
Sources: Compass Intelligence' s segment and market forecasts, which include
business expenditures, market demographics, and usage and adoption statistics
are built using multiple sources, including proprietary Compass Intelligence
research. These sources include, but are not limited to, secondary research,
government data and statistics (e.g. Department of Commerce, Federal
Communication Commission, Bureau of Labor Statistics and US Census Bureau),
primary research, vendor-based research and in-depth interviews with key
decision-makers, where relevant. Compass Intelligence selects data sources to
provide greatest degree of perspective on each market or segment, in addition
to the highest level of data accuracy, stability, and consistency over
time.
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