Entrepreneurship Public Policy

RAND's research into entrepreneurship considers how it can address critical social problems and the role that public policy plays in fostering or impeding innovation through entrepreneurship. Our work addresses these issues in several policy areas: health care, civil justice, energy and criminal justice. In addition, RAND research is focusing on the role of technology transfer and commercialization in innovation and the utilization of small businesses in U.S. government contracting.

Featured Publications

• Wellbeing Premium randomised controlled trial for small and medium-sized enterprises: Recruitment evaluation report: Understanding factors influencing firms' recruitment 2019

  Madeline Nightingale, Rob Prideaux, Joanna Hofman, Nadja Koch, Alex Sutherland

  RAND Europe and the University of Warwick have been commissioned by the WMCA to conduct an evaluation of the Wellbeing Premium Programme. The primary aim of the study is to establish whether SMEs will improve their health and wellbeing offer and achieve higher employee awareness and participation in response to a financial incentive. This particular report relates to the recruitment evaluation of the programme carried out by RAND Europe.

• The Impact of Climate and Weather on a Small Tourism Business: A wSWOT Case Study 2019

  Christopher A. Craig, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Song Feng, Brent H. Kinghorn

  This teaching case explores the impact of climatic trends and weather on one location of an outdoor tourism industry business in the coastal community of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• Business Angel Spotlight 2018

  Sonja Marjanovic, Advait Deshpande, Molly Morgan Jones

  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.

• The Role of Public Policy in Supporting Business Accelerators 2018

  Daniel Basco, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Marlon Graf

  Identifies the most valuable role of public policy in supporting business accelerators, organizations that aim to identify, mentor, and financially support startups through high-intensity, short-term programs offered in exchange for equity.

• Accelerating the Transition of Technologies Created through the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program 2017

  Youngbok Ryu

  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.

• The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare programme: An evaluation of programme activities, outcomes and impacts 2017

  Catherine A. Lichten, Calum MacLure, Anton Spisak, Sonja Marjanovic, Jon Sussex

  This study explores the contribution of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare programme to innovation in the NHS. It was commissioned by the UK Department of Health Policy Research Programme. The findings show that the SBRI Healthcare programme is providing effective support for small companies to develop innovations that address NHS needs, but further action is required to ensure the programme's development and uptake.

• Can Income Diversification Explain the Growing Entrepreneurship Gap by Age? 2017

  Christian E. Weller, Jeffrey B. Wenger

  The key result of our analysis is that income diversification has become increasingly important in determining entrepreneurship, but that younger households became less likely over time to have income from multiple sources. At the same time, older households maintained their income diversification and their likelihood of working as entrepreneurs became more responsive to having substantial income from non-business sources such as capital income and Social Security benefits.

• Improving the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology 2017

  Nancy Young Moore, Amy G. Cox, Clifford A. Grammich, Judith D. Mele

  The Air Force is trying to increase small-business use and identify industries that have the most potential for increasing small-business utilization. This report examines the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology, with recommendations for improving the methodology accuracy to identify small-business opportunities.

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