{"id":632,"date":"2013-03-27T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2013-03-27T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:39:54","slug":"americans-love-small-businesses-and-for-good-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/americans-love-small-businesses-and-for-good-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans love small businesses and for good reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smb-tech-trends\"<\/a>Are you feeling the love? You should be. Americans give small business a resounding high five. In \u201cWhy Americans Love Small Business,<\/a>\u201d author Scott Shane, a professor of entrepreneurial studies, cites a 2012 Public Affairs Pulse Survey<\/a> in which 88 percent of Americans view small business favorably.<\/p>\n

The survey also found that Americans are so fond of small businesses they would support them over large companies even at a price increase. More than two-thirds (68 percent) reported they would rather do business with a smaller local company that may charge somewhat higher prices than with larger companies that may offer lower prices. Only 29 percent would rather do business with a large national company offering somewhat lower prices.<\/p>\n

The Public Affairs Pulse Survey included 1750 adults living in the United States. Other survey results reflect similar data about the nation’s enthusiasm for small businesses. Gallup polls in 2010 and again in 2012 indicated 95 percent positive views of small business among Americans.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the reasons Shane believes Americans love small business: \"Main<\/a><\/p>\n