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Research Brief
Is Special Regulatory Treatment for Small Businesses Working as Intended?
This research brief summarizes a compilation of studies on several kinds of regulation of small firms and their intended and actual effects, as well as how to ensure that such regulations have the effects intended.
Dec 4, 2007
Research Brief
Do Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Justify the Costs? Empirical Evidence in the Case of Small Firms
This research brief summarizes the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on small firms based on a review of studies of relative compliance costs, stock-price reactions, and exit patterns from the public market.
Nov 28, 2007
Report
What is the Effect of Policy on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses?
The regulatory environment affects small business differently from the way it affects large ones, sometimes leading to unintended negative consequences. An improved understanding of this effect will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship.
Oct 19, 2007
Testimony
Improving the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research Program: Addendum
Document submitted on June 12, 2007 as an addendum to testimony before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on April 26, 2007.
Jun 12, 2007
Research Brief
Measuring the Use of Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting
This research brief summarizes a RAND assessment of disparity ratios for women-owned small businesses to determine whether those businesses receive federal contracts in proportion to their representation in given industries.
Jun 5, 2007
News Release
RAND Study Assesses Whether Women-Owned Small Businesses Are Underrepresented in Federal Contracting
April 27, 2007 news release: RAND Study Assesses Whether Women-Owned Small Businesses Are Underrepresented in Federal Contracting.
Apr 27, 2007
Testimony
Improving the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research Program
Testimony presented before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on April 26, 2007.
Apr 26, 2007
Report
Are Women-Owned Small Businesses Underrepresented in Federal Contracting?
In a study examining whether women-owned small businesses are underrepresented among firms contracting with the federal government, RAND found that the results vary depending on the way the measurement is made.
Apr 17, 2007
Report
Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Examines the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and recommends ways in which it can be more responsive to the needs of the department and to the broader defense mission.
Oct 31, 2006
News Release
RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses
May 8, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses.
May 8, 2006
News Release
RAND Study Finds That Small, Single-Location Workplaces Are Among the Safest Places to Work
May 5, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds That Small, Single-Location Workplaces Are Among the Safest Places to Work.
May 5, 2006
Research Brief
Are Small Businesses Riskier Than Larger Ones?
This research brief summarizes research that provides a more complete picture of fatality risks found at both smaller establishments and smaller firms, to help inform effective policies toward small businesses.
Apr 26, 2006
Report
Small, Single-Location Workplaces Are Among the Safest Places to Work
Small workplaces that are a business' only location are among the safest places to work. Fatal accidents are most common at small worksites with fewer than 20 workers that are operated by middle-sized businesses.
Apr 20, 2006
Research Brief
State Efforts to Insure the Uninsured: An Unfinished Story
A series of studies conducted by RAND economists Susan Marquis and Stephen Long have examined how successful experimental state public health insurance programs and new public subsidies have been.
Nov 25, 2005
Announcement
Kauffman-Rand Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation Is Launched
The RAND Corporation has launched the Kauffman-RAND Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation, which will study the way legal and regulatory policymaking affect small businesses and entrepreneurship.
Sep 16, 2004
Research Brief
Bundled Services: A Framework for Cutting Costs, Improving Performance, and Supporting Small Businesses
Bundling is a fast-growing trend in the commercial sector. The term is applied when services previously purchased separately are consolidated and purchased together from the same provider -- e.g., janitorial and building maintenance.
Jan 1, 2002
Report
Federal Contract Bundling: A Framework for Making and Justifying Decisions for Purchased Services
The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate measurably substantial increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer.
Jan 1, 2001
Research Brief
Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work
In a series of studies, we have assessed the cost and consequences of various approaches to providing coverage for these groups (children, employees in small businesses, substance abusers, the uninsured, and the near-elderly).
Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article
Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business
Our simulations suggest that MSAs will provide a limited impetus to businesses that do not currently cover insurance.
Jan 1, 2000
Report
The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability
Estimates the number of PRPs that would be released and the cleanup costs that would be transferred to the Fund by recent proposals.
Jan 1, 2000

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Susan M. Gates

Director, Office of Research Quality Assurance

Susan M. Gates is director of the Office of Research Quality Assurance and a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her research applies insights about the economics of organizations, personnel economics, and labor economics to address…
Cristian Cardenas

Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND

Cristian Cardenas (he/him) is an assistant policy researcher at RAND and a Ph.D. student in the Community-Partnered Policy and Action stream at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He has an M.B.S. in clinical and regulatory affairs from Keck Graduate Institute and a B.S. in biotechnology with a…

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