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=='''Minorities in Small Business'''===='''Council of Economic AdvisersData Sets'''=={| class="wikitablesortable" style="width: 100%;"! Year! Expert?|-! style="width: 10%;" | Name! Field of Expertstyle="width: 10%;" | Link! CEA Size! Percent! Gradestyle="width: 45%;" | Description! style="width: 35%;" | Data Summary
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| 1979Dynamic Small Business Search| 0http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm|The Small Business Administration maintains the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) database. As a small business registers in the System for Award Management, there is an opportunity to fill out the small business profile. The information provided populates DSBS. DSBS is another tool contracting officers use to identify potential small business contractors for upcoming contracting opportunities. Small businesses can also use DSBS to identify other small businesses for teaming and joint venturing.| -| -| 13Office of Advocacy News| 0https://www.00%sba.gov/advocacy| FThe News Update File is an xml news update file to inform the public about recent regulatory alerts, Advocacy small business statistics reports, Advocacy small business research reports, and Advocacy regulatory comment letters.| [[Category:Small Business]]
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| 1980State Licenses & Permits| 0| -| -| 15| 0Identifies the specific licenses or permits a business may need depending on the type of business, its location, and applicable government rules.00%| F|
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| 1981FDIC| 0| -| -| 16| 0https://www5.fdic.gov/qbp/index.00%| Fasp| Private sector loans to small businesses
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| 1982World Bank | 0http://www.doingbusiness.org| -| -The World Bank’s Doing Business series, dating to 2001, is an annual compendium and international ranking of regulatory measures impacting small business, such as the number of days it takes to legally register a business. Different aspects appear each year.| 15| 0Doing Business offers economic data from 2003 to the present.00%| FThe data is presented in a variety of ways useful to researchers, policy makers, journalists and others|
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| 1983Kauffman Foundation| 0| -| -| 15| 0http://www.kauffman.org/section.00%| Faspx?id=research_and_policy | Studies and data on small business and entrepreneurship
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| 1984Warrington College of Business| 0https://site.warrington.ufl.edu/ritter/ipo-data/| -IPO data| Up to date information on IPO's including: Underpricing, tech stocks, age, price revisions, sales, underwriting, foreign, long run returns, VC-backed IPOs from late 1900s -| 12| 0.00%| F| 2015
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| 1985Bureau of Labor Statistics| 0http://www.bls.gov/bdm/|Highlights from data series produced by BLS Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program provide some insights on the contribution of new and small businesses to the number of businesses and jobs in the economy.| -Set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward.| -| 14Federal Procurement Data System| 0https://www.00%fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/index.php/en/reports| FA Department level report that displays Small Business data for a specified date range by Funding/Contracting Agency.| This report displays the dollars, actions, and percentages for small business contracts in FY 2016 and goes back all the way to FY 1981
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| 1986| 0PayNet small Business Lending Index| http://www.paynetonline.com/issues-and-solutions/all-paynet-products/small-business-lending-| index-sbli/| 15PayNet specializes in loan data and has a database which includes information on more than 20 million loans and leases. For these indexes, PayNet uses the data from US companies which have less than $1 million in total outstanding loans.| 0The Small Business Lending Index (SBLI) measure the volume of small business loans issued over the past 30 days and are based on the most recent data from the largest commercial and industrial lenders in PayNet's U.00%| F| *junior staff with IO S. database, including both loans and Finance Darrel Lleases. Williams
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| 1987| 0Paychex| http://www.paychex.com/jobs-| -| 12| 0index/index.00%aspx| FPaychex tracks changes in the employment levels of 350K small businesses with <50 employees | *junior staff The data for the jobs index comes from a subset of the Paychex client base, approximately 350,000 businesses with IO, Regulation and Finance Randall less than 50 workers in the U.S. Kroszner
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| 1988ADP small business report| 0http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2015/March/SBS/SBS-NER-March-2015.aspx| The ADP Small Business Report provides the number of jobs created or lost by company size (1-| 19 employees, 20-49) and sector (goods or services). A seperate report details job gains and losses for national franchises.| 13| 0The ADP National Employment Report® is published monthly by the ADP Research Institute® in close collaboration with Moody’s Analytics and its experienced team of labor market researchers. The ADP National Employment Report provides a monthly snapshot of U.S. nonfarm private sector employment based on actual transactional payroll data.00%| F|
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| 1989Intuit Small Business Index| 0http://www.intuit.com/company/press-room/press-releases/2015/Small-Business-Employment-Remained-Stagnant-in-October1/| The index measures compensation, hours worked, and revenue for companies with <20 employees|The Employment Index is based on anonymized, non-identifiable aggregated data from 271,750 small business employers, a subset of users of Intuit Online Payroll and QuickBooks Online. The Revenue Index is based on anonymized, non-identifiable aggregated data from 240,000 small businesses, a subset of users of Intuit’s QuickBooks Online with industry identification from Dun & Bradstreet.| -| 13Statistic Brain| 0http://www.00%statisticbrain.com/startup-failure-by-industry/| FStartup Business Failure rates by industry|
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| 1990The National Venture Capital Association Yearbook| 1http://nvca.org/research/stats-studies/| Adam B. JaffeDetails the state of the venture capital market in a given year| RegulationPrimary data sources included:SEC filings that are regularly monitored by Thomson Reuters’ research staff, EnergySurveys of the industry routinely conducted by Thomson Reuters, and R&D| 13| 7 Verified industry press and press releases from venture firms.69%| A|
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| 1991| 0NFIB Small Business Report| http://www.nfib.com/surveys/small-business-| economic-trends/| Measures economic trends in small businesses| 0The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since the 4th quarter of 1973 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month. This survey was conducted in March 2016.00%| F|
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| 1992Medical Expenditure Panel Survey| 0| Andrew Shttp://meps.ahrq. Joskowgov/mepsweb/| RegulationA set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, Energytheir medical providers, and Industrial Organizationemployers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage| 13| 0The Household Component data are based on questionnaires fielded to individual household members and their medical providers.00%| B| The Insurance Component estimates come from a survey of employers conducted to collect health insurance plan information
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| 1993SBA Lenders| 0| Jonathan Bhttps://www. Baker| Regulation, Industrial Organization, and Law| 16| 0sba.00%gov/lenders-top-100| BSBA lending data| Table displaying the 100 most active SBA 7a lenders in the US by lending volume in FY 2016 through Q2
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| 1994Kaiser Family Foundation| 0http://kff.org/health-costs/report/2015-employer-health-benefits-survey/| Jonathan B. BakerAnnual Survey of employers providing a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage | Regulation, Industrial OrganizationThe 2015 survey included almost 2, 000 interviews with non-federal public and Law| 15| 0private firms.00%| B|
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| 1995Federal Reserve| 0http://www.federalreserve.gov/communitydev/small-businesses-data-analysis.htm| Marius SchwartzMany Reserve Banks monitor trends and credit market conditions for small and new businesses. The polling efforts of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Atlanta are two examples of System work to better understand small business trends| RegulationThe SBCS captures the perspectives of businesses with fewer than 500 employees in New York, Industrial OrganizationNew Jersey, Connecticut, and AntitrustPennsylvania. There were 835 responses to the survey fielded from April 3, 2014 to June 20, 2014. The Atlanta Fed conducted the first-quarter 2014 survey during the first four weeks of April. The survey was completed by 562 respondents| 15-| 0Entrepeneur.00%com report| Bhttps://www.entrepreneur.com/page/216022| Comprehensive statistics on small business trends in the United States for various years
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| 1996United States Census Bureau| 0https://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/getdata.html| Timothy J. BrennanStatistics for Owner's of Small businesses in 2012| Regulation1.75 million businesses were selected for the survey. Survey included are all nonfarm businesses filing Internal Revenue Service tax forms as individual proprietorships, partnerships, Industrial Organizationor any type of corporation, and Antitrust| 13| 0with receipts of $1,000 or more.00%| B|
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| 1997Small Business Dashboard| 0http://smallbusiness.data.gov/|Information on small business contracting activities| Aaron ncludes procurement contract transactions reported directly through the contract writing systems of approximately 65 U.S. Edlin| RegulationGovernment, Executive Branch, departments, bureaus, Industrial Organizationagencies, and Antitrustcommissions| 13Data spans contract transactions from FY 2000 onwards| 0SmallBusinessDashboard.00%| B| gov is updated with FPDS-NG data on a daily basis
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| 1998411 Small Business Facts| 0http://www.411sbfacts.com/| Howard A. ShelanskiSortable database of over 60 separate small business surveys| Regulation, Industrial Organization411SmallBusinessFacts.com is a searchable data base of approximately 2, 000 facts about American small businesses and their owners (or managers) produced by the NFIB Research Foundation. The Foundation developed this information from telephone surveys of small employers – those employing from one person in addition to the owner(s) to 250. Data collection began in 2001 and Antitrust| 11| 0continues through the present.00%| B|
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| 1999Survey of Minority Owned Businesses| 0| William Hhttp://www.mbda. Gillespie| Industrial Organization| 12| 0gov/sites/default/files/2012SBO_MBEFactSheet020216.00%pdf| BData set attempting to give a comprehensive outlook to the state of minority business enterprises in the US| Minority owned business fact sheet created in January 2016
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| 2000NASE| 0http://www.nase.org/| Peter GA trade association that provides day-to-day support for micro-businesses, including direct access to experts, benefits, and consolidated buying power that is traditionally only available to large corporations. Klein| Industrial Organization| 11| 0The association is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan association of its kind in the United States.00%| B| Presents statistics and facts on self employed members of the US economy from the 1990's to the late 2000s
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| 2001Federal Reserve board| 0| -https://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss3/nssbftoc.htm| -Federal reserve board survey of small business finances| 11| 0Balance sheets of the firm are some examples of the types of information collected.00%| F| Working papers and methodology reports, codebooks and other related documentation, and the full public data sets are available here for the 2003, 1998, 1993, and 1987 SSBFs
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| 2002| 0}| Cindy R. Alexander| Industrial Organization, Corporate Finance, and Regulation| 11=='''Survey Respondents on Small Business Issues'''=={| 0.00class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%| B| ;"
*42% of businesses in the survey report few or no qualified applicants for a position that they were trying to fill
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*4% of small business owners surveyed reported that company borrowing needs were not met
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*11% cite weak sales as their principal business problem
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*Spending and hiring plans fell as expectations for growth in real sales volumes declined
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| 2004| 0| -| -| 11| 0[http://newsroom.bankofamerica.00%| F| |-| 2005| 0| -| com/files/press_kit/additional/Small_Business_Owner_Report_-| 12| 0_Fall_2015.00%| Fpdf Small Business Owner report]
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*67% planned to hire 12+ employees within 2015
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*46% of small businesses surveyed cite credit availability as their primary concern
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*28% of businesses say they will use recently acquired funding to develop a new product or service within the next year
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*56% say they expect the US economy to improve within the next 12 months
*72% of small businesses expect their revenue to increase for the year
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the US with annual revenue $100,000<x<$4,999,999 and employing
between 2<x<99 employees)
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| 2006[https://wellsfargoworks.com/File/Index/J6WCK2WHn0yd-wrTX8btvA WellsFargo survey]| 0January 2016| Kristin McCue*26% of small businesses expect to hire in Q1 2016*66% of businesses expect the number of jobs to stay the same*11% of businesses say that hiring and retaining qualified staff is their most pressing problem| Labor, Small Business, *19% of businesses responded that obtaining credit was difficult*5% of say cash flow and Economic Developmentfinancial stability as the company's biggest problem*4% of businesses surveyed speculate credit availability may be prohibiting company growth| 11*14% experienced difficulty attracting customers in Q1 2016*38% of businesses surveyed stated a positive revenue increase in Q1 2016| 0.00*67% of small businesses regard their financial situation as good or very good in Q1 2016*71%expect a positive financial future within the next 12 months | B*8% of small businesses say that the economy is the principal problem their business is facing | ('''N=600''' small business owners in Q1 2016)
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| 2007[http://www.vistage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WSJ-CEO-Survey-0116.pdf WSJ survey]| 0January 2016| John Stevens*54% of businesses surveyed said they expect firm size to increase| Macroeconomics, Labor, Small Business*40% of businesses reported that they expect their firm's fixed investment expenditures to increase during the next 12 mo.| 11| 0.00*73% report an expected sales increase within the year *54%of firms expect their profitability to improve| B*Investments in new plant and equipment have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years*20% of firms expect the economy to worsen in the year ahead—the highest level in more than two years.|
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| 2008[https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/smallbusiness/SBCS-2014-Report.pdf NY Fed Survey]| 02014| -*27% of businesses reported an increase in their full time staff*15% reported a decrease in their full time staff*58% of respondents reported no change in their employee base| *23% of businesses reported 10-25K of debt*62% of businesses had applied for <100K of financing*41% responded they'd sought financing from a large regional bank | 11*35% of respondents reported increasing revenues and positive profitability*23% of businesses said they'd experienced difficulty in attracting customers| 0.00*29% of businesses reported personal savings as their primary financing source*29%of businesses operated at a loss | F*13% of respondents said the increasing costs of running their business was their principal concern
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10 states of coverage: Alabama, Connecticut,Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey,New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee with businesses <500.|-| 2009} =='''Holy Grail FDIC Data'''==https://www5.fdic.gov/sdi/main.asp =='''Minorities in Small Business'''== =='''Council of Economic Advisers'''=={| 0class="wikitable"! Year! Expert?! Name! Field of Expert! CEA Size! Percent! Grade! | -| 1979| 0
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| 20111981| 20| Lee G. Bransetter; Lisa D. Cook-| International Trade and Investment, Innovation, and Manufacturing; International Finance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Development-| 1116| 180.1800%| AF
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| 20121982| 10| Susan Helper-| Manufacturing, Innovation, Small Business-| 1115| 90.0900%| AF
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| 1-Sep2011| 218,0002| Lee G. Bransetter; Lisa D. Cook| 219International Trade and Investment, Innovation, and Manufacturing; International Finance, Entrepreneurship,000Innovation and Development|-11| 1-Dec18.18%| 209,000A| 208,000
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| 2-Mar2012| 2191| Susan Helper| Manufacturing,000Innovation, Small Business| 11| 9.09%| A| 199,000
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=='''Big Data for Small BusinessPortion of GDP'''=={| class="wikitable"! ! 1998! ! 1999! ! 2000! ! 2001! ! 2002! ! 2003"PROGRAM CHANGE:! BIG DATA FOR SMALL BUSINESS ($1.9M / 9 FTE)! 2004Small businesses are a critical element of the overall economy and are often at the leading edge of! risk|-taking, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Yet, unlike large corporations who have staffs ofeconomists, advisors, and consultants to assist in interpreting and understanding the economy and| Private NonFarm GDP| Dollars| Percent| Dollars| Percent| Dollarsguiding investments, small businesses largely depend on limited publicly-available data.| PercentRecognizing this, and the Department’s role in supporting small business growth and decision-making,| Dollarsas well as the need for more insight into the health of the small business sector, BEA proposes a new| Percentsuite of small business data products. To inform policy, as well as Main Street decision-making, BEA| Dollarsproposes to expand data on small business by developing a Small Business Satellite Account including| Percenta new Small Business GDP to track the overall growth and health of America’s small business sector.| DollarsThis will be a key new measure, offering insight into the leading edge of the economy, as small| Percentbusinesses are often the first to react to growth or contraction in their sectors or regions, often reacting| Dollarsto changes in policy before larger corporations. Gaining such insight will also fulfill a key lesson learned| Percentfrom the 2008 financial crisis in terms of expanding the granularity of data on business activity.|-In addition to the new | Small Business GDP measure, the small business satellite account will presentnew data on the distribution of small businesses by size of employment and sales; legal form ofbusiness| 3, taxes578, and net income; by industry; and by region of the country026| 50. This data will provide50%| 3836070meaningful descriptions and the ability to understand trends over time regarding the changes in| 50.50%composition| 4, industry068, and geography of the small business sector879| 50. In addition to supporting good30%public policy at the national level| 4,190, these data will also be of substantial value to state and local264government as well as business development officials in understanding their regional economicdynamics| 50.30%Coupled with BEA’s other products| 4, such as GDP by State and Real State Personal Income139, these771new statistics will represent a wealth of new information to guide small business growth and policy| 48.30%Beyond the public policy arena| 4, expanding the Department’s data offerings to this essentialconstituency will only further enhance the ability of America’s entrepreneurs to innovate299, grow, and lead941successful businesses| 48.10%There are no risks to the development and production of new data| 4,522, and particularly not as it relates to a139new satellite account focusing on small businesses| 47. In this case, particularly given that no new data50%ESA |- 26EXHIBIT 12 – 15| Compensationcollection is proposed (the new account will be built from existing| 1, primarily administrative951, data), and708thus no additional burden will be placed on businesses to develop the necessary data| 48.30%The opportunities presented by this proposal are considerable given the well-defined record of| 2076019| 47.70%accomplishment of accurate| 2, reliable231, official statistical data providing the knowledge basis for086economic growth as well as smart decisions in the public policy sector| 47.20%Further| 2, the benefit of this initiative to the Department goes to the heart of the Department’s role in287,128| 46.90%economic policy – the Department is the primary source of actionable statistics on the state of the| 2,334,808economy| 47. Along with the daily provision of weather information30%| 2,410, the weekly issuance of economic676indicators is one of the Department’s most important and visible functions| 47. Expanding the Department’s00%data offerings to such an important constituency is a highly valuable proposition for both the| 2,520,466Department as well as policy and business sectors| 46.90%The risk of not pursuing this proposal is perpetuating the continued lack of direct knowledge of the|-economic health of the small business sector and what that sector can tell us about the health of the| Nonlabor Componentsoverall economy. There is a clear need and desire for this information| 1,626, as demonstrated by multiple318efforts over the years by SBA and various trade associations to develop similar data sets| 53. BEA is40%uniquely suited to develop this data set given its role as the custodian of the nation’s economic| 1760051accounts| 54. Further, data on small businesses published by BEA will have the official imprimatur of BEA30%as well as the full| 1, symmetric837, and broad access to the data that is true for all BEA data products793| 54.80%Also of importance is that| 1, as a BEA data set903, the Small Business Satellite Account will provide data in136| 55.00%a consistent times series| 1,804, as well as in a format and methodology consistent with all of BEA’s accounts963thus allowing expanded analysis in full context| 49.50%Given the role and importance of small businesses in economic growth and recovery| 1,889, the addition of265new and better information to assist small business decision-making and investment will only serve tosupport small business success| 49. This is an outstanding opportunity for the Department to expand its50%service offering to this critical constituency.| 2,001,673Costs are largely personnel in nature, with a $500k expected expenditure on data purchase| 48.30%ESA |- 27EXHIBIT 12 – 15| Large Business GDPTargets without increase| 3,506,662FY| 49.50%2016| 3757240FY| 49.50%2017| 4,016,765FY| 49.70%2018| 4,143,305FY| 49.70%2019| 4,439,604FY2020Score on Customer SatisfactionSurveyGreaterthan 4| 51.070%Greaterthan | 4.0,646,881Greaterthan 4| 51.090%Greaterthan | 4.0,998,306Greaterthan 4| 52.050%Complete all Major Strategic|-Plan milestones related to| Compensationimproving the economic| 2,089,914accounts| 51.70%Successfully complete related milestones| 2276711Targets with increase| 52.30%FY| 2,498,6802016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020Score on Customer SatisfactionSurveyGreaterthan 4| 52.080%Greater| 2,586,543than 4| 53.110%Greater| 2,599,265than 4| 52.170%Greater| 2,719,761than 4| 53.100%Greater| 2,852,510than 4| 53.110%Complete all Major Strategic|-Plan milestones related to| Nonlabor Componentsimproving the economic| 1,416,748accounts| 46.60%Successfully complete additional milestones| 1480529specifically tied to initiative goals| 45.70%Statement of Need and Economic BenefitsThe additional economic statistics resulting from the implementation of this proposal will provide policymakers| 1, the Administration518, and the Department of Commerce with key information to assess the085economic health and capacity of the small business sector to engage in economic activity| 45. Small20%businesses comprise a large portion of the business sector in the U.S. and are often the leading edge| 1,556,762of economic growth and contraction; yet no current Federal statistical programs exist to provide acomplete picture of the small business sector| 45. While some features of the sector are measured in00%varying ways| 1, this proposal will pull them together into a concise picture840, allowing policy makers and339business leaders to assess and anticipate small business economic capacity and respond accordingly| 50.50%Specific economic benefits of this investment:• As has been demonstrated repeatedly since the introduction of regular| 1, consistent927, publicsector120economic data in the 1930s, detailed and quality economic statistics contribute| 50.50%significantly to the overall stability of the economy| 2, which itself contributes to economic growth.Specific cost savings:• While this proposal will not result in cost savings to BEA145, it will result in significantly improved796economic statistics| 51. These improved and expanded statistics will provide the right information70%to develop policies and affect business investments that will improve U.S. competitiveness and|-create new jobs.| ! 2005ESA - 28| EXHIBIT 12 – 15! 2006Possible return on investment:| • The return on investment to the Bureau, and the nation, is significant, as this initiative will serve! 2007to fill notable existing gaps in official government statistics and will provide highly valuable new| detail on the small business sector, its composition, employment, and growth by region and! 2008industry. Of great value to economic policy makers, this new data will also be of high value to| the business community, in particular small businesses. Major corporations have staffs of! 2009economists, advisors, and consultants assisting in interpreting and understanding the economy| and guiding investments – small businesses do not.! 2010• Better statistics allow policies to be more accurately calibrated and optimized by permitting a| more accurate assessment of their costs and benefits. The potential gains from this initiative| will certainly far exceed the relatively small cost.| Schedule and Milestones:|-FY16: Research and develop methodology; conduct outreach to stakeholders to gain additional| Private NonFarm GDPinformation; and expand collaboration with other Federal agency stakeholders.| DollarsFY17: Publish methodology papers and develop initial estimates; present and secure endorsement of| Percentmethodology and initial estimates from BEA Advisory Committee| DollarsFY18: Publish prototype satellite account| PercentFY19: Publish official data series| DollarsDeliverables:| PercentPapers, prototype data series and final official data series published on an annual basis.| DollarsESA - 29| PercentEXHIBIT 12 – 15| DollarsPROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL| Percent(Actual | Dollars)Budget Program: Bureau of Economic Analysis| Percent| | Sub|-program: National Economic AccountsProgram Change: Big Data for | Small BusinessGDPTitle Band Interval NumberAnnualSalary Total SalarySenior Economist V 1 1 152| 4,087 152698,087197Senior Economist IV 1 2 128,575 257,150| 46.30%Economist III 1 3 87| 4,411 262948,233040Economist II 1 4 64,633 258,532| 46.10%IT Specialist III 1 2 92| 5,802 185182,604230Total 12 1,115,606| 46.20%Less Lapse (3) (278| 5,902)Total Full-time permanent (FTE) 9 836217,7040822015 Pay Adjustment (1| 45.080%) 8| 5,080,3673292016 Pay Adjustment (1| 46.300%) 10| 5,986Total 856210,057469Personnel Data| 44.60%Full-time Equivalent Employment:| Full-time permanent 9| Other than full|-time permanent 0Total 9| CompensationAuthorized Positions:| 2,650,841Full-time permanent 12| 46.70%Other than full-time permanent 0| 2,788,759ESA - | 46.30%EXHIBIT 12 – 15| 2,902,857PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS(Dollars in Thousands)Budget Program: Bureau of Economic AnalysisSub-program: National Economic AccountsProgram Change: Big Data for Small BusinessFY 2016 FY 2016Object Class Increase Total Program11| 45.0 Personnel compensation90%11.1 Full-time permanent 856 856| 2,951,31011| 45.3 Other than full-time permanent 0 070%11.5 Other personnel compensation 0 0| 2,772,21111| 45.8 Special personnel services payments 0 020%11.9 Total personnel compensation 856 856| 2,809,97912| 44.0 Civilian personnel benefits 242 24280%13.0 Benefits for former personnel 0 0| 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons 9 9| 22.0 Transportation of things 0 0|-23.1 Rental payments to GSA 0 0| Nonlabor Components23.| 2 Rental Payments to others 0 0,047,35623| 45.3 Communications, utilities and miscellaneous charges 7 790%24.0 Printing and reproduction 0 0| 215928125| 45.1 Advisory and assistance services 0 090%25.| 2 Other services 58 58,279,37325| 46.3 Purchases of goods & services from Gov't accounts 582 58260%25.4 Operation and maintenance of facilities 0 0| 2,265,77225| 46.5 Research and development contracts 0 000%25.6 Medical care 0 0| 2,308,11825| 47.7 Operation and maintenance of equipment 0 000%25.8 Subsistence and support of persons 0 026.0 Supplies and materials 39 3931.0 Equipment 125 12599.0 Total obligations 1| 2,918 1400,918"490 Taken from pages 26-31 of [https://www.bea.gov/about/pdf/ESA_FY_2016_CJ_Final.pdf this] report| 44.40%| =='''Survey Respondents on Small Business Issues'''=={| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
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! style="width: | Large Business GDP| 5,443,589| 53.70%;" | Survey5,781,123! style="width: 1| 53.90%;" | Date6,025,888! style="width: 20| 53.80%;"| Labor Markets6,165,202! style="width: | 54.20%;"| Capital 5,971,081! style="width: 20| 54.00%;"| Sales 6,465,158! style="width: 25| 55.40%;"| General Outlook! style="width: 9%;" | Data
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| [http://wwwCompensation| 3,029,170| 53.nfib30%| 3,234,894| 53.com/assets/SBET-February-2016.pdf SBET February 2016] 70%| February 20163,418,722| *4254.10% of businesses in the survey report few or no qualified applicants for a position that they were trying to fill|3,505,231*4| 54.30% of small business owners surveyed reported that company borrowing needs were not met |3,365,906*11| 54.80% cite weak sales as their principal business problem|3,455,528*Spending and hiring plans fell as expectations for growth in real sales volumes declined| 55.20%|('''N=2194''', Data was obtained from membership files of the NFIB)|
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| [http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/files/press_kit/additional/Small_Business_Owner_Report_-_Fall_2015.pdf Small Business Owner report]Nonlabor Components| 2,414,419Fall 2015| 54.10%|*672,546,229| 54.10% planned to hire 12+ employees within 2015|2,607,166*46| 53.40% of small businesses surveyed cite credit availability as their primary concern |2,659,971*28| 54.00% of businesses say they will use recently acquired funding to develop a new product or service within the next year|2,605,175*56| 53.00% say they expect the US economy to improve within the next 12 months*72% of small businesses expect their revenue to increase for the year| 3,009,630| 55.60%|('''N=1,001''' small business owners inthe US with annual revenue $100,000<x<$4,999,999 and employing| between 2<x<99 employees)|}|-| [Source:https://wellsfargoworkswww.sba.comgov/sites/Filedefault/Indexfiles/J6WCK2WHn0yd-wrTX8btvA WellsFargo survey]rs390tot_1.pdf|January 2016=='''Big Data for Small Business'''==|*26% of small businesses expect to hire in Q1 2016"PROGRAM CHANGE:*66% BIG DATA FOR SMALL BUSINESS ($1.9M / 9 FTE)Small businesses are a critical element of businesses expect the number of jobs to stay overall economy and are often at the same*11% leading edge of businesses say that hiring and retaining qualified staff is their most pressing problem|*19% risk-taking, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Yet, unlike large corporations who have staffs of businesses responded that obtaining credit was difficult*5% of say cash flow economists, advisors, and consultants to assist in interpreting and financial stability as understanding the company's biggest problemeconomy and*4% of guiding investments, small businesses surveyed speculate credit availability may be prohibiting company growthlargely depend on limited publicly-available data.|*14% experienced difficulty attracting customers Recognizing this, and the Department’s role in Q1 2016supporting small business growth and decision-making,*38% as well as the need for more insight into the health of businesses surveyed stated the small business sector, BEA proposes a positive revenue increase in Q1 2016|new*67% suite of small businesses regard their financial situation as good or very good in Q1 2016business data products. To inform policy, as well as Main Street decision-making, BEA*71% expect proposes to expand data on small business by developing a positive financial future within the next 12 months Small Business Satellite Account including*8% a new Small Business GDP to track the overall growth and health of America’s small businesses say that business sector.This will be a key new measure, offering insight into the leading edge of the economy is , as smallbusinesses are often the principal problem their business is facing first to react to growth or contraction in their sectors or regions, often reacting|('''N=600''' small business owners to changes in Q1 2016)policy before larger corporations. Gaining such insight will also fulfill a key lesson learned|-from the 2008 financial crisis in terms of expanding the granularity of data on business activity.|[http://www.vistage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WSJ-CEO-Survey-0116.pdf WSJ survey]In addition to the new Small Business GDP measure, the small business satellite account will present|January 2016|*54% of new data on the distribution of small businesses surveyed said they expect firm by size to increaseof employment and sales; legal form of|*40% business, taxes, and net income; by industry; and by region of businesses reported that they expect their firm's fixed investment expenditures to increase during the next 12 mocountry.This data will provide|*73% report an expected sales increase within meaningful descriptions and the year *54% of firms expect their profitability ability to improveunderstand trends over time regarding the changes in|*Investments in new plant composition, industry, and equipment have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years*20% geography of firms expect the economy small business sector. In addition to worsen in supporting goodpublic policy at the year ahead—the highest national level , these data will also be of substantial value to state and localgovernment as well as business development officials in more than two yearsunderstanding their regional economicdynamics.||-Coupled with BEA’s other products, such as GDP by State and Real State Personal Income, these|[https://wwwnew statistics will represent a wealth of new information to guide small business growth and policy.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/smallbusiness/SBCS-2014-Report.pdf NY Fed Survey]|Beyond the public policy arena, expanding the Department’s data offerings to this essential2014constituency will only further enhance the ability of America’s entrepreneurs to innovate, grow, and lead|successful businesses.*27% There are no risks to the development and production of businesses reported an increase in their full time staffnew data, and particularly not as it relates to a*15% reported a decrease in their full time staff*58% of respondents reported new satellite account focusing on small businesses. In this case, particularly given that no change in their employee base|new data*23% of businesses reported 10ESA -25K of debt26*62% of businesses had applied for <100K of financingEXHIBIT 12 – 15*41% responded they'd sought financing collection is proposed (the new account will be built from a large regional bank existing, primarily administrative, data), and|thus no additional burden will be placed on businesses to develop the necessary data.*35% The opportunities presented by this proposal are considerable given the well-defined record of respondents reported increasing revenues and positive profitability*23% accomplishment of businesses said they'd experienced difficulty in attracting customersaccurate, reliable, official statistical data providing the knowledge basis for|*29% of businesses reported personal savings economic growth as well as their primary financing sourcesmart decisions in the public policy sector.*29% Further, the benefit of businesses operated at a loss this initiative to the Department goes to the heart of the Department’s role in*13% economic policy – the Department is the primary source of respondents said actionable statistics on the increasing costs state of running their business was their principal concernthe| 10 states economy. Along with the daily provision of coverage: Alabama, Connecticutweather information,the weekly issuance of economicFlorida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey,New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, indicators is one of the Department’s most important and Tennessee with businesses <500visible functions.Expanding the Department’s|data offerings to such an important constituency is a highly valuable proposition for both the|}Department as well as policy and business sectors.The risk of not pursuing this proposal is perpetuating the continued lack of direct knowledge of the=='''Small Business Data Sets'''==economic health of the small business sector and what that sector can tell us about the health of the{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"overall economy. There is a clear need and desire for this information, as demonstrated by multiple|-! style="width: 10%;" | Nameefforts over the years by SBA and various trade associations to develop similar data sets. BEA is! style="width: 10%;" | Link! style="width: 45%;" | Descriptionuniquely suited to develop this data set given its role as the custodian of the nation’s economic! style="width: 35%;" | Data Summaryaccounts. Further, data on small businesses published by BEA will have the official imprimatur of BEA|-as well as the full, symmetric, and broad access to the data that is true for all BEA data products.|Dynamic Also of importance is that, as a BEA data set, the Small Business SearchSatellite Account will provide data ina consistent times series, as well as in a format and methodology consistent with all of BEA’s accounts|http://dsbsthus allowing expanded analysis in full context.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm|The Small Business Administration maintains Given the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) database. As a role and importance of small business registers businesses in the System for Award Managementeconomic growth and recovery, there is an opportunity to fill out the small business profile. The addition ofnew and better information provided populates DSBS. DSBS is another tool contracting officers use to identify potential assist small business contractors for upcoming contracting opportunities. Small businesses can also use DSBS decision-making and investment will only serve to identify other support small businesses for teaming and joint venturingbusiness success. This is an outstanding opportunity for the Department to expand itsservice offering to this critical constituency.|Costs are largely personnel in nature, with a $500k expected expenditure on data purchase.|ESA -27|Office of Advocacy NewsEXHIBIT 12 – 15Targets without increaseFY2016FY|https://www.sba.gov/advocacy2017|The News Update File is an xml news update file to inform the public about recent regulatory alerts, Advocacy small business statistics reports, Advocacy small business research reports, and Advocacy regulatory comment letters.FY2018FY|-2019|State Licenses & PermitsFY| 2020|Identifies the specific licenses or permits a business may need depending Score on the type of business, its location, and applicable government rules.Customer Satisfaction|-Survey|FDICGreater|https://www5than 4.fdic0Greaterthan 4.gov/qbp/index.asp0|Private sector loans to small businessesGreater|-than 4.0|World Bank Greater|http://wwwthan 4.doingbusiness0Greaterthan 4.org0Complete all Major Strategic|The World Bank’s Doing Business series, dating Plan milestones related to 2001, is an annual compendium and international ranking of regulatory measures impacting small business, such as improving the number of days it takes to legally register a business. Different aspects appear each year.economicaccounts|Doing Business offers economic data from 2003 to the present. The data is presented in a variety of ways useful to researchers, policy makers, journalists and othersSuccessfully complete related milestonesTargets with increase|FY|-2016|Kauffman FoundationFY|http://www.kauffman.org/section.aspx?id=research_and_policy 2017FY2018FY|Studies and data on small business and entrepreneurship2019|-FY|Warrington College of Business2020|https://siteScore on Customer SatisfactionSurveyGreaterthan 4.warrington0Greaterthan 4.ufl1Greaterthan 4.edu/ritter/ipo-data/1|IPO dataGreater|Up to date information on IPO's including: Underpricing, tech stocks, age, price revisions, sales, underwriting, foreign, long run returns, VC-backed IPOs from late 1900s - 2015than 4.1|-Greater|Bureau of Labor Statisticsthan 4.1|http://www.bls.gov/bdm/Complete all Major Strategic|Highlights from data series produced by BLS Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program provide some insights on the contribution of new and small businesses Plan milestones related to improving the number economicaccountsSuccessfully complete additional milestonesspecifically tied to initiative goalsStatement of businesses Need and jobs in the economy.Economic Benefits|Set of The additional economic statistics generated resulting from the Quarterly Census implementation of Employment this proposal will provide policymakers, the Administration, and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist the Department of gross job gains Commerce with key information to assess theeconomic health and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forwardcapacity of the small business sector to engage in economic activity.Small|-businesses comprise a large portion of the business sector in the U.S. and are often the leading edge|of economic growth and contraction; yet no current Federal Procurement Data Systemstatistical programs exist to provide a|https://wwwcomplete picture of the small business sector.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/index.php/en/reportsWhile some features of the sector are measured in|A Department level report that displays Small Business data for a specified date range by Funding/Contracting Agency.varying ways, this proposal will pull them together into a concise picture, allowing policy makers and|This report displays the dollars, actions, business leaders to assess and percentages for anticipate small business contracts in FY 2016 economic capacity and goes back all respond accordingly.Specific economic benefits of this investment:• As has been demonstrated repeatedly since the way to FY 1981introduction of regular, consistent, publicsector|-economic data in the 1930s, detailed and quality economic statistics contribute|PayNet small Business Lending Indexsignificantly to the overall stability of the economy, which itself contributes to economic growth.|httpSpecific cost savings://www.paynetonline.com/issues-• While this proposal will not result in cost savings to BEA, it will result in significantly improvedeconomic statistics. These improved and-solutions/all-paynet-products/small-business-lending-index-sbli/expanded statistics will provide the right information|PayNet specializes in loan data to develop policies and has a database which includes information on more than 20 million loans and leasesaffect business investments that will improve U. For these indexes, PayNet uses the data from US companies which have less than $1 million in total outstanding loansS.competitiveness and|create new jobs. ESA - 28EXHIBIT 12 – 15Possible return on investment:• The Small Business Lending Index (SBLI) measure return on investment to the volume of small business loans issued over Bureau, and the past 30 days nation, is significant, as this initiative will serveto fill notable existing gaps in official government statistics and are based will provide highly valuable newdetail on the most recent data from the largest commercial and industrial lenders in PayNet's U.S. databasesmall business sector, its composition, employment, including both loans and leases. growth by region and|-|Paychex|http://wwwindustry.paychex.com/jobs-index/index.aspxOf great value to economic policy makers, this new data will also be of high value to|Paychex tracks changes the business community, in the employment levels of 350K particular small businesses with <50 employees . Major corporations have staffs of|The data for the jobs index comes from a subset of the Paychex client base, approximately 350,000 businesses with less than 50 workers economists, advisors, and consultants assisting in interpreting and understanding the U.S economy|-|ADP and guiding investments – small business reportbusinesses do not.|http://www• Better statistics allow policies to be more accurately calibrated and optimized by permitting amore accurate assessment of their costs and benefits.adpemploymentreportThe potential gains from this initiativewill certainly far exceed the relatively small cost.com/2015/March/SBS/SBS-NER-March-2015Schedule and Milestones:FY16: Research and develop methodology; conduct outreach to stakeholders to gain additionalinformation; and expand collaboration with other Federal agency stakeholders.aspx|The ADP Small Business Report provides the number FY17: Publish methodology papers and develop initial estimates; present and secure endorsement of jobs created or lost by company size (1-19 employees, 20-49) methodology and sector (goods or services). A seperate report details job gains initial estimates from BEA Advisory CommitteeFY18: Publish prototype satellite accountFY19: Publish official data seriesDeliverables:Papers, prototype data series and losses for national franchisesfinal official data series published on an annual basis.|The ADP National Employment Report® is published monthly by the ADP Research Institute® in close collaboration with Moody’s Analytics and its experienced team ESA - 29EXHIBIT 12 – 15PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL(Actual Dollars)Budget Program: Bureau of labor market researchers. The ADP Economic AnalysisSub-program: National Employment Report provides a monthly snapshot of U.S. nonfarm private sector employment based on actual transactional payroll data.Economic Accounts|-|Intuit Program Change: Big Data for Small Business Index|http://www.intuit.com/company/press-room/press-releases/2015/Small-Business-Employment-Remained-Stagnant-in-October1/Title Band Interval NumberAnnualSalary Total SalarySenior Economist V 1 1 152,087 152,087|The index measures compensationSenior Economist IV 1 2 128, hours worked575 257, and revenue for companies with <20 employees150|The Employment Index is based on anonymizedEconomist III 1 3 87, non-identifiable aggregated data from 271411 262,750 small business employers233Economist II 1 4 64, a subset of users of Intuit Online Payroll and QuickBooks Online. The Revenue Index is based on anonymized633 258, non-identifiable aggregated data from 240532IT Specialist III 1 2 92,000 small businesses802 185, a subset of users of Intuit’s QuickBooks Online with industry identification from Dun & Bradstreet.604|-Total 12 1,115,606|Statistic BrainLess Lapse (3) (278,902)|http://wwwTotal Full-time permanent (FTE) 9 836,7042015 Pay Adjustment (1.statisticbrain0%) 8,3672016 Pay Adjustment (1.com/startup3%) 10,986Total 856,057Personnel DataFull-failuretime Equivalent Employment:Full-bytime permanent 9Other than full-industry/time permanent 0|Startup Business Failure rates by industryTotal 9|Authorized Positions:|Full-time permanent 12|The National Venture Capital Association YearbookOther than full-time permanent 0|http://nvca.org/research/stats-studies/ESA - 30EXHIBIT 12 – 15PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS|Details the state of the venture capital market (Dollars in a given yearThousands)|Primary data sources includedBudget Program:SEC filings that are regularly monitored by Thomson Reuters’ research staff, Surveys of the industry routinely conducted by Thomson Reuters, and Verified industry press and press releases from venture firms. Bureau of Economic Analysis|Sub-program: National Economic Accounts|NFIB Program Change: Big Data for Small Business Report|http://wwwFY 2016 FY 2016Object Class Increase Total Program11.nfib0 Personnel compensation11.com/surveys/small1 Full-businesstime permanent 856 85611.3 Other than full-economic-trends/time permanent 0 0|Measures economic trends in small businesses11.5 Other personnel compensation 0 0|The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since the 4th quarter of 1973 and monthly surveys since 198611. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership8 Special personnel services payments 0 011. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month9 Total personnel compensation 856 85612. This survey was conducted in March 20160 Civilian personnel benefits 242 24213. 0 Benefits for former personnel 0 0|-21.0 Travel and transportation of persons 9 9|Medical Expenditure Panel Survey22.0 Transportation of things 0 0|http://meps23.1 Rental payments to GSA 0 023.ahrq2 Rental Payments to others 0 023.gov/mepsweb/|A set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers3 Communications, utilities and employers across the United Statesmiscellaneous charges 7 724. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost 0 Printing and reproduction 0 025.1 Advisory and use of health care and health insurance coverageassistance services 0 025.2 Other services 58 58|The Household Component data are based on questionnaires fielded to individual household members and their medical providers25. The Insurance Component estimates come 3 Purchases of goods & services from a survey Gov't accounts 582 58225.4 Operation and maintenance of employers conducted to collect health insurance plan informationfacilities 0 0|-25.5 Research and development contracts 0 0|SBA Lenders25.6 Medical care 0 0|25.7 Operation and maintenance of equipment 0 025.8 Subsistence and support of persons 0 026.0 Supplies and materials 39 3931.0 Equipment 125 12599.0 Total obligations 1,918 1,918" Taken from pages 26-31 of [https://www.sbabea.gov/lenders-top-100about/pdf/ESA_FY_2016_CJ_Final.pdf this] report. |SBA lending ==U.S. innovation data(Small Business Focused)==|Table displaying the 100 most active Example SBA 7a lenders in the US by lending volume in FY 2016 through Q2Advocacy Report on Small Business Invention|-|Kaiser Family Foundation|http*https://kffwww.orgsba.gov/health-costssites/reportdefault/2015-employer-health-benefits-surveyfiles/rs411tot.pdf |Annual Survey of employers providing a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage US R&D Funding data|The 2015 survey included almost 2,000 interviews with non*https://www.aaas.org/page/historical-trends-federal public and private firms.-rd|-|Federal ReserveWIPO List of Innovation Databases|*http://www.federalreservewipo.govint/communitydevecon_stat/small-businesses-en/economics/research/ SBIR data*https://www.sbir.gov/awards/annual-analysis.htmreports |Many Reserve Banks monitor trends and credit market conditions for small and new businesses. The polling efforts of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Atlanta are two examples of System work to better understand small business trendsfunding for R&D| The SBCS captures the perspectives of businesses with fewer than 500 employees in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania*https://www. There were 835 responses to the survey fielded from April 3, 2014 to June 20, 2014nsf. The Atlanta Fed conducted the firstgov/statistics/srvyfedfunds/#tabs-quarter 2014 survey during the first four weeks of April2 Data check: U. The survey was completed by 562 respondents|-|EntrepeneurS.com reportgovernment share of basic research funding falls below 50%|https*http://www.entrepreneursciencemag.comorg/news/2017/page03/216022|Comprehensive statistics on small business trends in the United States for various years|data-check-us-government-share-basic-research-funding-falls-below-50|United States Census Bureau|OECD R&D spending data by country*https://wwwdata.censusoecd.govorg/econrd/sbo/getdatagross-domestic-spending-on-r-d.htmlhtm|Statistics for Owner's of Small businesses in 2012and PISA|1*https://data.75 million businesses were selected for the surveyoecd. Survey included are all nonfarm businesses filing Internal Revenue Service tax forms as individual proprietorships, partnerships, or any type of corporation, and with receipts of $1,000 or moreorg/pisa/science-performance-pisa.htm|-|Small Business DashboardBRDIS|http*https://smallbusinesswww.datansf.gov/statistics/srvyindustry/about/brdis/|Information on small business contracting activities|ncludes procurement contract transactions reported directly through the contract writing systems of approximately 65 U*https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11300/*https://www.nsf.Sgov/statistics/srvyindustry/about/brdis/panel. Governmentcfm Global Innovation Index 2017: Switzerland, Executive BranchSweden, departmentsNetherlands, bureausUSA, agencies, and commissionsUK Top Annual RankingData spans contract transactions from FY 2000 onwardsSmallBusinessDashboard.gov is updated with FPDS-NG data on a daily basis|-|411 Small Business Facts|*http://www.411sbfactswipo.comint/pressroom/en/articles/2017/article_0006.html|Sortable database of over 60 separate small business surveys|411SmallBusinessFacts*https://www.globalinnovationindex.com is a searchable data base of approximately 2,000 facts about American small businesses and their owners (or managers) produced by org/ The 16 most innovative countries in the NFIB Research Foundationworld*http://www.businessinsider. The Foundation developed this information from telephone surveys of small employers – those employing from one person com/most-innovative-countries-in addition to -the owner(s) to 250. Data collection began in 2001 and continues through the present. |-|Survey of Minority Owned Businesses|http://www.mbda.gov/sites/default/files/2012SBO_MBEFactSheet020216.pdf|Data set attempting to give world-2017-6/#3-netherlands-with-a comprehensive outlook to -high-volume-of-patents-filed-the-netherlands-leads-the state of minority -surveys-business enterprises in -sophistication-rankings-the US|Minority owned business fact sheet created in January 2016|-|NASE|http://www.nase.org/|A trade association that provides daycountry-also-falls-near-the-totop-day support for microin-the-categories-businesses, including direct access to experts, benefits, and consolidated buying power that is traditionally only available to large corporations. The association is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan association of its kind in the United States.|Presents statistics -knowledge-and facts on self employed members of the US economy from the 1990's to the late 2000s-technology-outputs-which-include-things-like-inventions-and-trademarks-14|-|Federal Reserve boardIMD World Competitiveness Center|https*http://www.federalreserveimd.govorg/pubswcc/ossworld-competitiveness-center/*http:/oss3/nssbftocwww.imd.htmorg/globalassets/wcc/docs/release-2017/wcy-2017-vs-2016---final.pdf|Federal reserve board survey of small business finances|Balance sheets of the firm are some examples of the types of information collectedGEM data on US*http://www.gemconsortium. Working papers and methodology reports, codebooks and other related documentation, and the full public data sets are available here for the 2003, 1998, 1993, and 1987 SSBFsorg/country-profile/122 |NBER Historical Cross-Country Technology Adoption (HCCTA) Dataset||}[[Category*http: Internal]][[Internal Classification: Legacy| ]]//www.nber.org/hccta/