Talk:Small business/Archives/2013

This needs a total Wiki makeover
The "Small business" page is missing a tremendous amount of key information and resources; and much of what's here is outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or off topic. If nobody objects, I'll take a stab at rewriting it. I've been covering small business as a journalist, editor, columnist, author and publisher for 20 years; named "2008 Small Business Journalist of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration (Los Angeles district), and have about as much experience in this area as anybody. What Works for Business (talk) 00:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I am in total agreement. This page needs serious work.  Go for it!  Cazort (talk) 16:55, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Statistics?
No statistics available on the spread scale and 'scope'? How many? How many employed, on average, what percentage of the overall economy do they constitute?

Starting in the literature
A good start in the literature is Hamilton's 2000 article [http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/262131 Does Entrepreneurship Pay? An Empirical Analysis of the Returns to Self‐Employment]. Look this up in Google Scholar; there are a few hundred articles citing it which discuss small business research. II | (t - c) 05:46, 18 December 2009 (UTC)