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Patenting and Innovative Startups: Putting the America Invents Act in a Broader Economic Context
Patents are at the crux of innovation in the economy.
Exploring the Policy Relevance of Startup Accelerators
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.
Innovation Accelerators: Defining Characteristics Among Startup Assistance Organization
C. Scott Dempwolf, Jennifer Auer, and Michelle D’Ippolito, October 2014
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While accelerator programs have been around for almost a decade, their more recent successes have!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Crossing the Employer Threshold: Determinants of Firms Hiring Their First Employee
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…
The Geography of Employment Growth: The Support Networks for Gazelle IPOs
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…
Utilizing the Kauffman Firm Survey to Predict Growth in Venture Size and Scope among Small Firm…
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…
Access to Capital among Young Firms, Minority-owned Firms, Women-owned Firms, and High-tech Firms
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Alicia Robb, April 2013
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The availability of capital is crucial for small business startup, survival, and growth. This study investigates how the youngest small firms operated!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
State Antitrust Activity’s Impact on Small Business Entry
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?
The Dynamic Relationship Between Entrepreneurship, Unemployment, and Growth: Evidence from U.S.…
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…