How the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Matters

Albert Link and John Scott

No 12-7, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: This note describes several performance characteristics of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The numerical examples are based on our analysis of the 1,878 randomly selected projects conducted at firms that responded to the 2005 National Research Council survey. The data show that firms receiving SBIR funding are able to overcome the initial technology-based hurdles that small, entrepreneurial firms frequently face, thus facilitating a more permanent and possibly longer-term employment growth.

Keywords: Small Business Innovation Research program; R&D; Employment growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2012-06-07
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