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Areas of Waste

Where Does All the Money Go?

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    Jason Del Rey, “Infographic: How Small Businesses Spend Their Money,” http://www.openforum.com/articles/infographic-how-small-businesses-spend-their-money/ , July 19, 2011.

  2. 2.

    Society of Human Resource Management, “Salaries as a Percentage of Operating Expense” http://www.shrm.org/Research/Articles/Articles/Pages/MetricoftheMonthSalariesasPercentageofOperatingExpense.aspx , November 1, 2008.

  3. 3.

    Linda M. Orr and Dave J. Orr, When to Hire or Not Hire a Consultant: Getting Your Money’s Worth from Consulting Relationships (New York, NY: Apress, 2013). p. 82–83.

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    Steve Cooper, “Boost Productivity by Working from Home, Really!” http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2012/08/31/boost-productivity-by-working-from-home-really/ , August 31, 2012.

  5. 5.

    Ibid.

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    A Network MCI Conferencing White Paper, “Meetings in America: A Study of Trends, Costs, and Attitudes Toward Business Travel, Teleconferencing, and Their Impact on Productivity,” INFOCOMM, Greenwich, CT: 1998.

  7. 7.

    Robert B. Nelson and Peter Economy, Better Business Meetings (Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, Inc. 1995). p. 5.

  8. 8.

    David Mielach, “What’s a Small Business Owner’s Most Valuable Assest?” http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2942-business-owner-time.html , August 2, 2012.

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Orr, L.M., Orr, D.J. (2014). Areas of Waste. In: Eliminating Waste in Business. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6089-9_1

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