Business Retention and Expansion in Hays

Abstract

A sample of 95 business firms in Hays was completed to find determinants of business retention and expansion of existing industries in the Hays community.

These firms, drawn from sectors constituting the economic base (retail firms and service firms that were entirely local were not included), were surveyed to identify factors that influence the retention and expansion of existing industries in Hays, to identify the potential of Hays firms to expand within their community, to assist the establishment of local retention and expansion efforts, and to distinguish local issues that influence retention and expansion.