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Chart depicting how end-users get involved in personal-computer-purchasing decisions.

By Inc. staff |

How end-users get involved in personal-computer-purchasing decisions

Company size
(number of employees)

	Fewer	100-
	than 100	999
Determining the need	75%	81%
Recommending vendors, brands, or models	27	17
Approving brands specified	11	3
Approving expenditures	11	8

Source: "The InfoWorld Landmark PC/MAC Acquisition Study," a survey of 3,098 companies, by IDG Research Services Group, Natick, Mass., 1990.

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