Business Life Cycle

Patents are at the crux of innovation in the economy.

Startup accelerator programs are innovative funding mechanisms that have the potential to identify high-value startups and help them advance to the next stage of growth.

C. Scott Dempwolf, Jennifer Auer, and Michelle D’Ippolito, October 2014 Full ReportDownload Research SummaryDownload Purpose While accelerator programs have been around for almost a decade, their more recent successes have…

Job creation is paramount to America’s full economic recovery. How can job creation be encouraged? Since small businesses have historically created a disproportionately large share of new jobs, this research analyzes the factors that lead…

Considerable research has shown that “gazelles,” small companies that undergo rapid growth, are a significant source of employment creation both in the United States and abroad. As job creators, gazelles are the focus of continued research…

Is it possible to identify startups and very young ventures that will successfully grow and flourish? This study identifies some of the factors that predict growth among startups and very young ventures and provides insights into small firm…

Full reportDownload Report summaryDownload Alicia Robb, April 2013 Purpose The availability of capital is crucial for small business startup, survival, and growth. This study investigates how the youngest small firms operated…

Potential business owners have a lot to debate before starting a business. For states this leads to the question, does a state’s level of antitrust enforcement have an impact on small business entry?

Entrepreneurship, economic growth, and unemployment are interrelated: exactly how is the subject of this research. Does entrepreneurship lead to economic growth or vice versa? Does entrepreneurship lower unemployment, or does unemployment…