Entrepreneurship in Rural America
September 10, 2013Community affairs offices at the Board and Reserve Banks engage in a wide variety of activities to help financial institutions,…2013 Survey of Small Businesses
September 1, 2013The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sponsored an online survey of small businesses, which was conducted from July 1 through…Business Ownership and Local Economic Well-Being
August 31, 2013Anil Rupasingha, PhD Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Local entrepreneurship matters for local economic performance and smaller local businesses are…How Much Does Credit Matter?
August 28, 2013Cesare Fracassi and Shimon Kogan, UT Austin; Mark Garmaise, UCLA Anderson; Gabriel Natividad, NYU Stern A team of researchers digs…Scaling through Distance Learning
August 23, 2013Microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) are adept at doing more with less. Compelled by the drive to serve larger numbers of…A Snapshot of Women Small Business Owners
August 10, 2013Women play a central role in rebuilding the middle class and keeping our economy growing. As women continue to start…Small Business Sustainability Report
July 19, 2013Green market opportunities and operating practices should matter to owners of the smallest businesses. As this report makes clear, that’s…Research on the Women-Owned Small Business Program
July 2, 2013The primary focus of our analysis was to evaluate the impact of the WOSB FCP on the participation of and…Women in Business: 2007-2010
June 1, 2013In its latest infographic, ‘Women in Business: 2007 – 2010’, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) builds off its previous…Impact of Microenterprise on the Community
June 1, 2013Does microenterprise have an impact on the local economy? Drawing on nearly 25 years of experience and five years of…