September 10, 2013Community affairs offices at the Board and Reserve Banks engage in a wide variety of activities to help financial institutions,…
June 1, 2013Does microenterprise have an impact on the local economy? Drawing on nearly 25 years of experience and five years of…
March 22, 2013During the summer of 2011, the United States participated in the 13th annual cycle of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)…
March 1, 2013The GEM study is uniquely positioned to advance understanding about entrepreneurship and facilitate decisions and initiatives that promote these endeavours.…
January 1, 2013A solid review of several foundational studies on the costs and benefits to cities of locally-owned businesses versus larger chain…
December 12, 2012By all measures 2012 has been a year of opportunity and challenge, both abroad and on our shores. It was…
November 22, 2012In periods of full employment, a healthy employment growth rate would be one that simply matches the growth rate of…
November 1, 2012Entrepreneurs – including business, civic and social entrepreneurs, are central to bringing about fundamental change and innovation enabling local, regional…
November 1, 2012How did the financial crisis that began in 2008 affect credit markets in the U.S.? Anecdotal evidence suggested that small…
August 23, 2012Robert Fairlie, writing for the Partnership for a New American Economy, looks at how immigrant-owned small and micro-businesses are driving…
