| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 177 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The prevailing economic stage ; An innovation-based economic growth strategy ; Government's role in innovation ; An overview of the book -- 2. Small business innovation research program : Evolution of a policy emphasis on innovation in small firms ; The creation of the SBIR program ; Economic role of the SBIR program ; Employment growth and the SBIR program -- 3. National Research Council database : Background on the database ; Variables in the database ; Issues of sample selection bias ; Cross-agency analyses ; Conducting research in the absence of SBIR funding ; Project-specific employment growth from SBIR awards -- 4. Project-specific employment effects from SBIR awards : Descriptive statistics on retained employees ; Interpretation of the findings ; Static model of retained employees -- 5. Quantifying long-run employment growth from SBIR funding : Counterfactual model of employment growth ; Testable hypotheses ; Econometric results ; Interpretation of the findings -- 6. Factors related to employment growth from SBIR funding : Construction of new summary variables ; Explanatory variables and the estimated effects ; Interpretation of the findings -- 7. The exploitation of SBIR-induced intellectual capital and employment growth : Interpretation of the descriptive statistics -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendixes : A. Glossary of variables and descriptive statistics ; B. Technical appendix. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Small business -- United States.
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Small business. |
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United States. |
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Research, Industrial -- United States.
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Research, Industrial. |
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. |
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Job creation -- United States.
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Job creation. |
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Labor market -- United States.
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Labor market. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Scott, John T., 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Link, Albert N. Employment growth from public support of innovation in small firms. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2012 9780880993852 (DLC) 2011049011 (OCoLC)726818709 |
| ISBN |
9780880993944 (electronic book) |
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0880993944 (electronic book) |
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9780880993869 (hardback. ; alkaline paper) |
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0880993863 (hardback. ; alkaline paper) |
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9780880993852 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0880993855 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
ebc3417270 |
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