Due to local zoning, most businesses tend to be smaller operations.

A good example of this theory is found by looking to the reason large businesses tend to grow larger.

So businesses tended to do it on a limited basis.

John wasn't alone: all fast-growing businesses tended to have the same problem.

Some businesses tend to have a higher level of bad debts than others.

And "our business tends to be tied to economic growth more than anything else."

Big business has tended to be cool to the movement.

Individuals and small businesses tend to have simple balance sheets.

Summer is when businesses tend to ease up a bit on the customary division between work and home.

"The first four months of the year are typically a busy period, and the business tends to slow down after that," he said.