An Ampirical Assessment of the Contribution of Small Business Employment to U.S. State Economic Performance

By D. Keith Robbins, Louis J. Pantuosco, D. F. Parker, Barbara K. Fuller. 2000

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Small business growth: recent evidence and new directions (2007, background): “Thus small businesses have been identified as being responsible for 55 percent of the innovations and 95 percent of all “radical innovations” ( Robbins et al. , 2000”
What is the value of entrepreneurship? A review of recent research (2007, unknown): “Robbins et al. (2000) provide direct support of the relatively large contribution of entrepreneurial firms to value added growth, also based on aggregated data and accounting for possible spillovers between large and small firms.”
The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries (2006, background): “Robbins et al. (2000) find that U.S. states with a higher proportion of small business employment experienced a higher level of productivity and Gross State Product growth.”
Personality Characteristics of Self-Employed; An Empirical Study (2005, background): “One reason for this is that entrepreneurship is seen as an important vehicle to create jobs (Folster, 2000) and dynamise the economy by innovative action ( Robbins et al., 2000 ).”
What really happens to small and medium-sized enterprises in a global economic recession? UK evidence on sales and job dynamics (2015, unknown): “, 2012a, 2012b); (b) SMEs are more labour-intensive (Cowling, 2003; Robbins et al., 2000); and (c) that periods of disequilibrium create new opportunities for entrepreneurs (Parker et al.”
Market Orientation, Innovativeness, Product Innovation, and Performance in Small Firms (2004, background): “It is important to fill up that gap in our knowledge about small firms because of the importance of innovation and small businesses for today’s economy (Robbins et al. 2000).”
Muppets and gazelles: political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research (2014, background): “Analyzing the costs and benefits of movements between the categories would need to capture the differences in the quality of jobs in large and small firms (Storey, 1994; Baldwin, 1998) and how “small businesses provide a safety net against unemployment by big businesses” (Robbins et al., 2000: 295).”