2012-05-24T14:33:49Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/small-businesses.html http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/05/would-the-affordable-care-act-lead-to-reductions-in.html May 4, 2012 May 4, 2012

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate, one of the questions being debated is what effect the mandate would have on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. A factor to consider in this is the effect the ACA would have on small businesses, which employ the majority of America's private-sector workforce.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120043.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

State small-group health insurance reforms, implemented in the 1990s, aimed at controlling the variability of health insurance premiums and to improve access to health insurance. These reforms only affected firms within a specific size range, and as a result, they may have affected the size of small firms around the legislative threshold and may also have affected the propensity of small firms to offer health insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100293.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/02/08/index2.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120015.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The experience of Made in Inox shows that micro-businesses are unlikely to have a dedicated human resources policy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120018.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Vienna General Hospital sees the importance of the tackling the issue of ageing in terms of organisational strategy, organisational culture, personal development, organisation of work, and individual health of employees.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120017.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

While age management at the Borealis Group has always made use of generous regulations for early retirement there has also been a movement to maintain older workers in the workplace by creating sustainable work processes and adapting work practices to take into account employees' needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120016.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

According to representatives of the company interviewed for this case study, there has been a greater willingness to recruit people aged 50 or more during the economic cycle of the past two to three years, but this is cyclical.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG443.html Oct 17, 2011 Oct 17, 2011

The Department of Defense (DoD) has had mixed results in meeting some of its mandated small business goals. The authors of this report research the general evolution of federal small business policy and how this has affected DoD, the challenges that evolving procurement needs pose to efforts by DoD to fulfill small business policy goals, and what the current practices of large private-sector firms toward small businesses suggest about the feasibility of DoD small business policies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9579.html Apr 7, 2011 Apr 7, 2011

Raises concerns that the bundling of health insurance and employment may discourage business creation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9557.html Sep 8, 2010 Sep 8, 2010

<p>Finds that the Affordable Care Act will increase the percentage of employers that offer health coverage to workers: from 57 percent to 80 percent for firms with 50 or fewer workers, and from 90 percent to 98 percent for firms with 51 to 100 workers.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR825.html Aug 31, 2010 Aug 31, 2010

The Affordable Care Act builds on the employer-based health insurance system by developing exchanges through which small employers can offer coverage and by penalizing large employers that do not offer coverage. The exchanges could alleviate some of the difficulties faced by small firms that want to offer insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD270.html Aug 27, 2010 Aug 27, 2010

<p>Examines if the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program positively influences commercial viability and what is the most effective means of evaluating this question.</p>

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/local-regulation.html Jan 20, 2010 Jan 20, 2010

To understand better the challenges for businesses and Local Authorities participating in the Primary Authority Scheme&mdash;an effort to clarify regulations, reduce inconsistencies, and introduce effective dispute resolution mechanisms for businesses operating across multiple local authority boundaries&mdash;the Local Better Regulation Office has asked RAND Europe to review the costs and benefits of participation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100006.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>The Health Savings Account marketplace may have expanded access to health insurance for the smallest firms but not for small firms more generally, who face challenges in implementing them.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000173.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>This study documents the most important public and private programs designed to promote self-employment and small business creation and critically examines the existing research on the effect of those programs. The authors find that business and self-employment assistance programs are heterogeneous in important dimensions.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF265.html Nov 24, 2009 Nov 24, 2009

<p>Participants at this conference presented research on and discussed policy issues affecting the growth of entrepreneurship in India, with special emphasis on education and the effective utilization of infrastructure. This document summarizes the proceedings and includes several of the speakers' presentations.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD252.html Oct 19, 2009 Oct 19, 2009

<p>Examines self-employment among older workers.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/11/12.html Nov 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2008

Many of the goods and services purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense are from industries that are often better suited to larger companies rather than smaller ones, complicating efforts to meet goals that about one-fourth of prime-contract dollars be awarded to small businesses.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR601-1.html Nov 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2008

<p>Many of the goods and services purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense are from industries that are often better suited to larger companies rather than smaller ones, complicating efforts to meet goals that about one-fourth of prime-contract dollars be awarded to small businesses.</p>