This study explores the relationship between self‐employment and income growth,
employment growth, and change in poverty in metro and non‐metro areas in the United …

Purpose–The paper aims to examine the relationship between broadband availability and
firm establishment growth rates by employment size and by industry to assess the impact of …

This article deals with the dynamics of the US manufacturing sector, analyzing the birth,
death, and ongoing existence of firms in the beginning of the twenty-first century …

Elections, especially those where the incumbent is not running, force us to evaluate where
we are and to look to the future for where we would like to be. In a few weeks, Americans will …

INTRODUCTION lthough the contribution of small businesses and entrepreneurship to
regional communities and the economy at large is widely supported in the literature, there …

Regional economies are highly dependent upon entrepreneurial endeavor success for
growth, but the success rate for entrepreneurs is low (Gugliada, 2003). This quantitative …

This article examines how important it is for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to
support employment and economic growth at the state level. Local economies rely heavily …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect of the combined (Federal and
state) estate, inheritance, and gift (EIG) tax burden per decedent on the number of firms in …

Small businesses dominate the number of overall businesses in the United States albeit the
power of large organizations. As small businesses continue to inundate the American …

Why do some rural communities thrive while seemingly otherwise similar rural communities
lag behind? This report attempts to answer this question by examining two rural-Ohio …