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Business Angel Spotlight

This study was a survey of Business Angels (high net worth individuals) in the UK to understand the trends and drivers in the start-up market in 2017. RAND Europe provided policy inputs that informed the findings of the study.

Oct 18, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity: Evidence from India's Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sectors

This paper was first to consider the effects of India's tariff liberalization on the entire manufacturing industry, both small, informal firms and large, formal firms. The overall effect of the trade reforms is increased productivity in both sectors.

Sep 19, 2018
Dissertation

Dissertation

Accelerating the Transition of Technologies Created through the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program

This dissertation gains to understand the contextual effects on the success of the transition of technologies generated through the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program.

Nov 16, 2017
Report

Report

The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare programme: An evaluation of programme activities, outcomes and impacts

This study explores the contribution of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare programme to innovation in the NHS (National Health Service). It was commissioned by the UK Department of Health Policy Research Programme.

Oct 30, 2017
Commentary

How to Help Small Businesses Deal with Cyber Threats

Small businesses are especially vulnerable to cyber threats. What can be done to provide small businesses the security to continue to prosper, while enhancing America's cybersecurity workforce and making the economy more secure?

Sep 15, 2017
Report

Report

Improving the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology

This study is an assessment of the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology, with recommendations for improvement.

Jun 2, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

(Un)expected Housing Price Changes: Identifying the Drivers of Small Business Finance

In this paper, we use the Kauffman Firm Survey to examine the effect of housing price changes on small business financial variables.

Jan 10, 2017
Report

Reforming Policies for SMEs in Indonesia

Small and medium-sized enterprises are critical for emerging economies like Indonesia but simultaneously challenging for policymakers looking to support their growth. Interviews with 192 firms in Indonesia investigate the constraints they face and how existing programs do — or do not — help.

Jul 20, 2015
Report

Report

Identifying and Eliminating Barriers Faced by Nontraditional Department of Defense Suppliers

The report seeks to identify barriers that companies face when attempting to enter into contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), especially when they are not traditional DoD suppliers.

Sep 25, 2014
Report

Report

Small Business and Strategic Sourcing: Lessons from Past Research and Current Data

Department of Defense (DoD) goals may conflict as DoD attempts to apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance while maintaining a goal of spending about 23 percent of prime-contract dollars with small businesses.

Aug 26, 2014
Report

Report

Improving Federal and Department of Defense Use of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses

The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense.

Feb 4, 2014
Commentary

Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Why Does It Persist, and Will It Continue after 2014?

As the ACA is implemented, policy makers should be attuned to potential inefficiencies and inequities created by a system with different regulatory and tax rules for small employers, large employers, and individual health plans. Attempts to equalize the playing field may be difficult.

Dec 2, 2013
Commentary

Will Small Firms Self-Insure After Jan. 1, 2014?

Because of the ACA's regulations, some smaller employers with young and healthy workers are considering avoiding the purchase of health care coverage in the regulated market, opting instead to self-insure their employees.

Jun 17, 2013
Dissertation

Dissertation

Three Essays on Entrepreneurship in India and the U.S.: Policies, Social Ties and Mobility

Explores the role entrepreneurship plays in the lives of the economically disadvantaged in both India and the United States.

Apr 4, 2013
Report

Report

Assessing the Impact of Requiring Justification and Approval Review for Sole Source 8(a) Native American Contracts in Excess of $20 Million

A new federal requirement for justification and approval of 8(a) contracts over $20 million may delay the awarding of these contracts to eligible participants such as Native Group firms but have little impact on the number of such contracts awarded.

Dec 10, 2012
Blog

Would the Affordable Care Act Lead to Reductions in Employer-Sponsored Coverage?

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.

May 4, 2012
Journal Article

Journal Article

Do Small-Group Health Insurance Regulations Influence Small Business Size?

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.

Mar 1, 2012
News Release

News Release

Rules Allowing Small Businesses to Opt Out of Health Reform Should Have Minor Impact on Insurance Cost

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.

Feb 8, 2012
Journal Article

Journal Article

Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien), Austria

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.

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Journal Article

Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Borealis Agrolinz Melamine GmbH, Austria

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.

Jan 1, 2012

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