Archives: Resources

  • December 13, 2011
    The Public Policy Institute of California looks at how the Great Recession affected income distribution in the state.
  • November 13, 2011
    Pepperdine Business School reports on small business in the state of California. (Spoilers: They're in favor.)
  • November 10, 2011
    Using microdata from the 2001-2009 American Community Surveys, the 2000 U.S. decennial census, and the 2001-2011 Current Population Surveys, this…
  • November 10, 2011
    The Gazelle Index is a new national quarterly survey of the current conditions, optimism and future hiring plans of high-performing…
  • November 9, 2011
    Local officials widely recognize that economic competitiveness is contingent upon a strong and growing entrepreneurial and small business community. This…
  • November 6, 2011
    24 low-cost, politically viable state policy ideas from the Corporation for Enterprise Development to increase financial security and opportunity in…
  • October 17, 2011
    The sustained surge in rural self-employment since 2000 has largely gone unnoticed by policymakers and rural economic developers. Here we…
  • October 6, 2011
    This study examines the creation and configuration of infrastructure for entrepreneurship. Using the case of nanotechnology’s emergence, I show how…
  • September 30, 2011
    In the aftermath of the latest financial crisis, policy-makers at all levels are concerned about the impact of the crisis…
  • September 27, 2011
    On behalf of the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), Hart Research conducted two focus groups on August 31, 2011, among…