Pennsylvania New Firm Survey, 1979-1984

This study is a survey of new firms in Pennsylvania. The objective of the study was to provide descriptions of these firms, with equivalent representation of all eight industry sectors within Pennsylvania's ten local development districts. Respondents chosen from the firms were people who had helped start the firms and who were still active in the management of the firms at the time of the survey. Respondents were asked to measure their satisfaction with labor costs, access to customers and suppliers, energy costs, and reliability of the energy source by rating these issues on an importance scale. Other items addressed the firms' products and markets, financial situations, management and organizational structures, and locations. These topics were assessed for the individual company both in terms of initial status and current status. Respondents were asked to comment on the current management focus, and to gauge the importance of lower prices, better service, quality of products or services, advertising, and location. Respondents also provided sales, export, and asset histories, some going back to before 1977.

本研究旨在对宾夕法尼亚州的新兴企业进行一项调研。研究目标在于为这些企业提供详尽的描述，并确保宾夕法尼亚州十个地方发展区域内八个产业部门的均衡代表性。调研对象为那些曾助力企业创立并在此调研时仍积极参与企业管理的个人。受访者被要求就劳动成本、客户和供应商的获取、能源成本以及能源来源的可靠性等方面，通过重要性量表对这些因素进行评估。其他问题涉及企业的产品与市场、财务状况、管理与组织结构，以及地理位置。这些议题既从单个公司的初始状态，也从当前状态进行了评估。受访者还被要求对当前的管理焦点发表评论，并评估低价、优质服务、产品或服务质量、广告以及地理位置的重要性。受访者还提供了销售、出口和资产历史记录，部分数据甚至追溯至1977年之前。