Only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q1
Currency · newest study 2008 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2013: baselines and conditions change
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q1 i? The article reports that only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation, motivating the KFS. → DesRoches 2008
Evidence¶
DesRoches 2008¶
DesRoches, D., Barton, T., Ballou, J., Potter, F., Zhao, Z., Santos, B., & Sebastian, J. (2008). Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) Baseline Methodology Report. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/kauffman-firm-survey-kfs-baseline-methodology-report
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The report's framing statement, offered without supporting data or citation in the supplied text, asserts that "only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation." It is the stated rationale for creating the KFS panel study.
"Although entrepreneurial activity is an important part of a capitalist economy, only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation."
Discussion¶
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Only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation |
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Only a small amount of data is available about U.S. |
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weak |
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2008 |
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2013 |
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