In the name of entrepreneurship? : the logic and effects of special regulatory treatment for small business / / Susan M. Gates, Kristin J. Leuschner, editors
| In the name of entrepreneurship? : the logic and effects of special regulatory treatment for small business / / Susan M. Gates, Kristin J. Leuschner, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.6/420973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GatesSusan M. <1968->
LeuschnerKristin |
| Soggetto topico |
Small business - Government policy - United States
Small business - Law and legislation - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-43020-X
9786611430207 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Managing the Relationship Between Business and Society; The Politics of the Legal and Regulatory Environments; Small Businesses and the Legal and Regulatory Environments; Improved Understanding of the Impact of Regulation on Small Businesses Is Needed; Overview of the Book; Chapter Two - The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship: An Overview; Corporate and Securities Law; Environmental Protection; Employment Law and Regulation
Health-Insurance RegulationsChapter Conclusion; Chapter Three - State Health-Insurance Mandates, Consumer-Directed Health Plans, and Health Savings Accounts: Are They a Panacea for Small Businesses?; Small Businesses Typically Face Restricted Health-Insurance Options; State Health-Insurance Mandates Seek to Expand Small-Business Options; State Mandates Have Not Improved Small-Business Access to Health Insurance; State Health-Insurance Mandates Have Had Unintended Effects; Consumer-Directed Health Plans Could Expand Options for Small Businesses Small Firms Have Not Been Especially Quick to Adopt Consumer-Directed Health PlansAdditional Evidence on the Use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, and High-Deductible Health Plans by Small Businesses; Consumer-Directed Health Plan Utilization and Growth Do Not Vary by Firm Size; Persistence in Consumer-Directed Health Plan Offerings; Which Firms Are Likelier to Offer Consumer-Directed Health Plans?; Longitudinal Analysis of Consumer-Directed Health Plan Offerings; Benefit Design of Health Reimbursement Arrangementsand Health Savings Accounts Consumer-Directed Health Plans Are Growing in Popularity but Do Not Appear to Be a Panacea for Small BusinessesConclusion; Chapter Four - Small Businesses and Workplace Fatality Risk: An Exploratory Analysis; The Relationship Between Firm Size and Risk; Previous Research on Size and Risk; Data and Methods; Findings; Implications for Policy and Research; Chapter Five - Sarbanes-Oxley's Effects on Small Firms: What Is the Evidence?; Introduction and Background; Overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; The Special Case of Small Firms; Evidence on Accounting and Audit Costs Evidence on Market Reactions and Firm ValueEvidence on Deregistrations; Proposals to Mitigate Sarbanes-Oxley's Effect on Small Firms; Conclusion; Chapter Six - Do the Owners of Small Law Firms Benefit from Limited Liability?; Importance of Liability for Small Professional Firms; Potential Value of LLP and LLC Forms to Small Professional Firms; Existing Evidence on the LLP and LLC Forms Among Professional Firms; Focus of This Chapter; Organizational Forms for Multiowner Law Firms; Data and Methods; Results; Conclusion; Chapter Seven - Data Resources for Policy Research on Small Businesses Assessing Data Set Value |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220131403321 |
| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2007 | ||
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The small-mart revolution : how local businesses are beating the global competition / / Michael H. Shuman
| The small-mart revolution : how local businesses are beating the global competition / / Michael H. Shuman |
| Autore | Shuman Michael |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.6/420973 |
| Collana | BK Currents |
| Soggetto topico |
Small business - United States
Import substitution - United States Globalization - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
9786612298936
9781282298934 1282298933 9781576755426 1576755428 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Introduction: From Wal-Mart to Small-Mart; PART ONE: THE GATHERING GALE; 1 Wreckonomics; 2 The LOIS Alternative; 3 Amazing Shrinking Machines; PART TWO: THE SMALL-MART PATRIOTS; 4 Consumers; 5 Investors; 6 Entrepreneurs; 7 Policymakers; 8 Community Builders; 9 Globalizers; Appendix A. The Fall and Rise of Small-Scale Competitiveness; Appendix B. The Scale of Existing Business by Payroll; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953557303321 |
Shuman Michael
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| San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2006 | ||
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