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Where Will the Jobs Come From
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Using United States Census Bureau data from 2006-2007, this paper examines net new job creation in terms of firm age rather than firm size, showing that young firms (defined as one to five years old) still account for roughly two-thirds of job creation, averaging nearly four new jobs per firm per...
The Economic Future Just Happened
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
According to a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, challenging economic times can serve as the rebirth of entrepreneurial capitalism, leading to the creation of much-needed new jobs.
Sources of Financing for New Technology Firms: A Comparis...
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Women entrepreneurs launch high-technology firms with less financial capital than men, and continue to follow a different financial strategy over time. Women's reliance on internal funding sources makes a difference: Years after startup, women-owned high-tech firms continue to lag behind men-owne...
The Use of Credit Card Debt by New Firms
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Credit card debt reduces the likelihood that a new business will survive its first three years of operation, according to findings from the study, The Use of Credit Card Debt by New Firms, released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: High Growth and Fa...
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Business startups that survive grow faster than more-established companies, according to Business Dynamics Statistics data funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. However, because entrepreneurial ventures also have higher mortality rates than older companies, they also have higher rates o...
The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Mot...
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Although entrepreneurs provide the majority of jobs in the United States, little is known about what makes them tick. The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur fills in some gaps by providing insights into high-growth founders' motivations and their socio-economic, educational and familial backgrounds.
The Coming Entrepreneurship Boom
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Emerging Kauffman Foundation research indicates the United States might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom—not in spite of an aging population but because of it. This study shows that as the economic recession plagues the job market, more and more "baby-boomers" are becoming entrepreneurs.
Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
The U.S. venture capital industry is at an inflection point. It has had many successes over the last three decades, and is prominent worldwide for its role in financially catalyzing notable, high-growth companies. More recently, however, venture capital returns have stagnated and declined, with t...
Assessing Risk and Return: Personalized Medicine Developm...
from entrepreneurship in Research, Health & Medicine
As the biopharmaceutical industry faces declining productivity and innovation, personalized medicine—the concept that a person’s genetic makeup could be used to tailor medical care to that individual’s needs—offers promise for increasing economic returns, according to "Assessing Risk and Return: ...
Economic Crisis Survey
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Americans see entrepreneurship as the answer to the current financial crisis — but worries about the economy are deterring them from taking the first step on that path, according to the Economic Crisis Survey by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey Brief
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
New data about total and newly registered businesses in more than 100 industrial and developing countries suggests that a strong business environment can encourage entrepreneurial activity. For example, new firm creation is higher in countries with greater ease in starting a business (Doing Busin...
Business Dynamics Statistics: An Overview
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
The Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) includes measures of establishment openings and closings, firm startups, job creation and destruction by firm size, age, and industrial sector, and several other statistics on business dynamics.
Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Jobs Created from ...
from entrepreneurship in Research, Business & Economics
Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau—the Business Dynamics Statistics—show that employment accounted for by U.S. private-sector business startups over the 1980-2005 period is about 3 percent per year. While this is a small fraction of overall employment, all of this employment from sta...
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