Small business considerations, economics and research. Volume 8 / Peter R. Bennett and Margaret O. Myers, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface; Small Business Administration:; A Primer on Programs and Funding(; Summary; Introduction; Entrepreneurial Development Programs4; Disaster Loans; Overview16; Types of Disaster Loans; Disaster Loans to Homeowners, Renters, and Personal Property Owners; Personal Property Loans; Real Property Loans; Disaster Loans to Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations; Physical Disaster Loan; Economic Injury Disaster Loans; Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program; Capital Access Programs; Overview; What Is a Business?; What Is Small?36; Loan Guarantees; Overview; 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program46

Variations on the 7(a) ProgramSpecial Purpose Loan Guaranty Programs; The 504/CDC Loan Guaranty Program51; International Trade and Export Promotion Programs53; The Microloan Program55; Surety Bond Guarantee Program56; Small Business Contracting Programs61; Prime Contracting Programs; Subcontracting Programs for Small Disadvantaged Businesses; Goaling Program; Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; Regional and District Offices; Office of Inspector General; Capital Investment Programs; The Small Business Investment Company Program84; New Market Venture Capital Program90

Small Business Innovation Research Program91Small Business Technology Transfer Program; Office of Advocacy96; Executive Direction Programs; The National Women's Business Council; Office of Ombudsman; BusinessUSA; Legislative Activity; Appropriations109; End Notes; Small Business Administration (SBA) Funding: Overview and Recent Trends*; Summary; Introduction; SBA Funding Trends: FY2000-FY2017; SBA Funding Within the Other Programs Category; Salaries and Expenses; Business Loan Administration; Office of Inspector General; Office of Advocacy14; Entrepreneurial Development Noncredit Programs18

Small Business Development CentersMicroloan Technical Assistance Program; Women Business Centers; SCORE; Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs; Veterans Programs; 7(j) Technical Assistance Program; Native American Outreach Program; National Women's Business Council; HUBZone Administration; The Entrepreneurial Development Initiative (Clusters); Entrepreneurship Education Initiative; Growth Accelerator Initiative; Appendix. SBA Appropriations, FY1954-FY1999; End Notes; SBA Office of Advocacy:; Overview, History, and Current Issues(; Summary; Introduction; Office of Advocacy's Origins

Office of Chief Counsel for AdvocacyAn "Independent" Office of Advocacy; Advocacy's Regulatory Oversight Role Expanded; Advocacy's Independent Status Enhanced; Current Organizational Structure and Funding; The Office of Advocacy and Federal Regulations; The RFA; Executive Order 13272; Advocacy's Regulatory Activities, FY2015; Producing and Promoting Research on Small Businesses; Advocacy's Research Activities, FY2015; Promoting Small Business Outreach; Advocacy's Outreach Activities, FY2015; Current Congressional Issues; Arguments for Expanding Advocacy's Authority

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