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Do you replace your business equipment on a regular schedule or do you use it until it wears out or becomes obsolete? Is that always the case or usually the case?
Do you replace your business vehicles on a regular schedule or do you use them until they wear out or become obsolete? Is that always the case or usually the case?
Other factors equal, do you prefer to lease your business’s equipment or do you prefer to purchase it? Is that always your preference or usually your preference?
What is the ONE most important advantage of leasing over purchasing? Is it that leasing:?
What is the ONE most important advantage of purchasing over leasing? Is it that purchasing:?
When you invest in business equipment, are you more likely to obtain new items or used items? Is that much more likely or somewhat more likely?
When you invest in business vehicles, are you more likely to obtain new items or used items? Is that much more likely or somewhat more likely?
Suppose you had the opportunity to make an investment in your business that would allow earnings to rise 25 percent within the next two years. The project had minimal risk, but you did NOT have the cash right then to make the investment. Would you most likely:?
When you consider making a MAJOR investment in your business, how do you assess its financial viability? Do you primarily use:?
When you make a MAJOR investment in business equipment, what is the maximum number of years it should take for the investment to pay for itself?
When you make a MAJOR investment in land or structures for your business, what is the maximum number of years it should take for the investment to pay for itself?
Do you use the accounting rate-of-return or the discounted cash flow method?
Do you typically make cash flow projections prior to making a MAJOR investment in your business?
Do you have a written business plan projecting the MAJOR investments you plan to make in your business over the next few years?
Do you typically calculate the tax implications, consider the tax implications, or ignore the tax implications PRIOR to making a MAJOR investment in your business?
Which BEST describes when it is appropriate to borrow to make a business investment?
Measured in dollars, what was the purpose of the largest share of the investments made in your business over the last 12 months?
In the last 12 months, did you invest in a technology or process that was new to your business?
Did you also invest in another, different privately-held business in the last 12 months whether or not you were the primary owner?
Were you the primary owner of that other business?
Is your greatest long-term concern about reinvesting in your business possible over-investment, possible under-investment, or possible investment in the wrong things? Is that a major or minor concern?
Volume 3, Issue 3, 2003 ISSN - 1534-8326
William J. Dennis, Jr. NFIB Research Foundation