Introduction to Small Business Innovation in the Public Interest

Albert N. Link () and Alan C. OʼConnor ()

Chapter 1 in Small Business Innovation in the Public Interest, 2025, pp 1-12 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The empirical focus of the book is on research projects, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that are undertaken in small businesses/firms. Thus, this chapter provides a foundation for this small firm emphasis through a historical trace of the public sector's support for small firms, especially small firms that are involved in technology and in the innovation process. The chapter concludes with a chapter by chapter overview of the organization of the book.

Keywords: Small firms; Entrepreneurship; Small Business Act of 1953; Productivity slowdown; SBIR program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330164
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