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The authors investigate the empirical link between prevailing levels of crime and the viability of small businesses. Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau's Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, they find, on balance, that young firms operating in high-crime niches in...
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Limited access to financing restricts the ability of minority business enterprises (MBEs) to achieve viability, to generate new jobs, and, generally, to reach their full potential to contribute to the economic development of the communities and regions in which they operate. Although MBEs rely...
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Recent research has concluded that the children of business owners are substantially more likely than others to become self-employed themselves. The authors of this study find that more than half of business owners in the confidential, restricted-access 1992 Characteristics of Business Owners...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which various theories of capital structure “fit” in the case of new technology‐based firms. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses data from the Kauffman Firm Survey, a longitudinal data set of over 4,000 firms in...
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