PUBLICATIONS
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How You Can Profit
from E-Business: An Introductory Toolkit
The toolkit provides information, tools and examples for SMEs interested in using e-business. The toolkit discusses what e-business is, highlights the advantages and costs of adopting e-business and presents stories from Ontario small and medium-sized firms that have benefited from e-business
Accessibility Plans
Defining Success: Learning from the Best Practices of Ontario's High Performance Firms
A new report by the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship that highlights the importance of small and medium enterprises to the provincial economy. Defining Success also identifies 12 significant best practices used by high performance firms in Ontario to grow their business.
The Ministry is interested in new ideas and innovations to help small and medium enterprises realize their potential. You are invited to provide advice and information on best practices that you would like to share by sending your comments.
Destination Success: A Pocket Guide to Small Business in Ontario, Canada
(PDF -554 KB)
An informative guide and resource that provides an overview of the SME business economy in Ontario.
Leading Growth Firms Series of Reports
The Leading Growth Firms Series researches and promotes the effective management practices of CEOs of Leading Growth Firms. Reports are concise, innovative and practical, comprising the growth strategies and tactics of successful small and medium-sized firms.
Making it easier to do business in Ontario.
Small Business Beat
Issued six times a year, Small Business Beat celebrates the successes of Ontario’s small business community, salutes the entrepreneurs who unlock the creative potential so essential to Ontario’s future, and serves as a primary source of information on government initiatives designed to strengthen Ontario’s smaller enterprises.
- Small Business Beat - February 2008 - PDF - 424KB
- Small Business Beat - August 2007 - PDF - 502KB
- Small Business Beat - June 2007 - PDF - 386KB
- Small Business Beat - March 2007 - PDF - 716 KB
- Small Business Beat - December 2006 - PDF - 824 KB
- Small Business Beat - October 2006 - PDF - 1 MB
- Small Business Beat - July 2006 - PDF - 396 KB
Your Guide to Small Business
Your Guide to Small Business is designed to give entrepreneurs the tools they need to succeed. It’s not a “how to” book; it’s an information resource that will help identify the things one needs to do before, during and after launching a business.
