Developing a Micro and Macrodata Base for Small Business Research

摘要

There has been considerable concern that an adequate comprehensive microdata base does not exist so that the Small Business Administration can conduct needed research in the field of small business as required by Title II of the Small Business Act. The data base would serve as a common source of data for those addressing small business issues. It would facilitate the implementation of much needed, nationally accepted criteria for defining small business. It would also permit research in the field to be standardized and results interrelated.