Small business has a reputation for moving quickly and taking risks. But according to a survey by O'Reilly & Associates, large companies are more likely to be riding the Internet wave. And it's not just the Web we're talking about here. The 1,030 businesses surveyed were asked if they had E-mail access also. Internet connections were far more common among large companies than among small ones.
* * *| Current Internet access | No plans for access | |
| 1,000+ employees | 51% | 28% |
| 100-1,000 employees | 25% | 33% |
| 100 employees or fewer | 8% | 79% |
Source: "Conducting Business on the Internet," O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, Calif., 1996.
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