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Impact of pressure on coking of vacuum residue
Supporting Information Filename Description cjce25345-sup-0001-supinfo.pdfPDF document, 6.2 MB Data S1. Supporting Information. REFERENCES 1, Energy Fuels 2019, 33, 6843. 2, , Bitumen Partial Upgrading 2018 Whitepaper (AM0401A), Alberta Innovates, Edmonton, AB 2018, https://albertainnovates.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Bitumen-Partial-Upgrading-March-2018-Whitepaper-2433-Jacobs-Consultancy-FINAL_04July.pdf (accessed: October 2023).
Women Entrepreneurs are Key to Accelerating Growth
Entrepreneurship fuels economic growth, with new and young businesses accounting for nearly all net new job creation. Increasing the number of entrepreneurs, and creating conditions for them to succeed, has the potential to improve economic opportunities for all Americans. The influx of women into the labor force ushered in significant gains in economic growth and worker productivity.
Working Mothers Want to Start and Grow Businesses—But Barriers Exist | Bipartisan Policy Center
Starting a business is seen by many working mothers as a path to career advancement, but one filled with challenges, according to an April 2022 BPC—Morning Consult poll. This blog highlights key findings from the poll related to entrepreneurship. Additional information about how working mothers are faring as they emerge from the pandemic can be found here.
To Win In Technology, We Need World's Talent
Jonathan Arias & Jason Wiens The Hill May 20, 2022 If the United States is to compete with China and maintain its economic superiority, we need the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs to start their businesses here in our country. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments
Cascade: No. 88, Summer 2015
Explore This Section By Jason Wiens, Policy Director, and Emily Fetsch and Chris Jackson, Research Analysts, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO You can't discuss job creation without talking about entrepreneurship — and that is a hot topic right now. Television shows such as Shark Tank and the film The Social Network have elevated the popularity of entrepreneurship in America.
America’s New Business Plan expands what it means to be ‘pro-business’
We have a bipartisan plan for policymakers that is focused on creating new jobs and leveling the playing field for startups and small businesses. #StartUsUpNow #AmericasNewBusinessPlan At the Kauffman Foundation, we’ve been listening to entrepreneurs. We have a bipartisan plan for policymakers that is focused on creating new jobs and leveling the playing field for startups and small businesses: America’s New Business Plan.
America’s New Business Plan expands what it means to be 'pro-business'
At the Kauffman Foundation, we've been listening to entrepreneurs. We’ve been listening during advocacy events with grantees from entrepreneurship support organizations and the entrepreneurs they serve. We’ve been listening at the ESHIP Summit and the Mayors Conference. We listened to the thousands of entrepreneurs we surveyed last November. And together, we’re learning what entrepreneurs need to turn their ideas into new businesses.
The Dos and Don'ts of Local Entrepreneurship Promotion
But the principal sources of innovation and job creation are new, young, and growing companies. Entrepreneurs and the companies they start are responsible for nearly all of the net new job creation in the U.S. economy. Research suggests that policymakers seeking to promote entrepreneurship in their city or state turn from past strategies and embrace a new approach that puts entrepreneurs at the center.
Bridging the Entrepreneur-Policymaker Divide
Getting stuff done is part of the ethos of entrepreneurship. Last week, that’s exactly what hundreds of entrepreneurs did when they made their voices heard in capitals and city halls across the country.
The Voice of Entrepreneurs is Needed Now
The Voice of Entrepreneurs is Needed Now Stop us if you’ve heard this before: a promising bi-partisan economic incentive program created in Washington, D.C., requires state and local guidance. Five years go by, and we wonder why this once-promising opportunity didn’t live up to expectations.
Entrepreneurs and politicians need to communicate better with each other
Entrepreneurs are the beating heart of the American economy. Yet despite an uptick in recent years, startup formation has been in a decades-long decline that has affected every state in the country. That’s a problem because startups are responsible for nearly all net new job creation. Even if you aren’t an entrepreneur or don’t work at a startup, fewer entrepreneurs means a lower quality of life for all Americans.
Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Just the Facts
This post is the seventh in a series by the Growthology team, where we take a look at some of the topics discussed in State of the Field, a compilation of knowledge on entrepreneurship research written by the leading experts in the field. The nature of research is that there are always questions to answer. But, having questions for further research doesn’t mean there are not any facts. Such is the case with immigrant entrepreneurship.
Startup activity in America: A look at startup policy and the Kauffman Index
Editor’s note: This post was republished with permission from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Growthology blog. Recently, Jason Wiens, policy director for the Kauffman Foundation, and I presented a webinar on startup activity in America joined by federal and state policymakers from across the nation.
Guidelines for Local and State Governments to Promote Entrepreneurship
Promoting entrepreneurship has been a part of many city and state economic development strategies for at least two decades. These strategies have been largely informed by academic writing and, more recently, by the experience of successful entrepreneurs. With so much attention paid to entrepreneurship, one might expect entrepreneurship to be booming. Unfortunately, the opposite is largely true.
States’ Job Creation Shell Game
State and local governments dole out billions of dollars annually in taxpayer-financed deals to businesses in the name of economic development. Earlier this year, the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston offered property tax breaks and grants totaling $145 million to General Electric in exchange for the company moving its headquarters to Boston from Connecticut.
Following Through: Putting Good Ideas in Action
Following Through: Putting Good Ideas in Action Last week, I wrote about the real sense of economic stagnancy many Americans feel and some ways in which policy focused on entrepreneurship can create broad-based, inclusive economic growth. But great ideas are not worth much if they cannot be implemented. In recent years, “gridlock” has become the word to define the state of our politics and for many voters, “compromise” has been viewed as shameful.
Entrepreneurship Can Give the Recovery a Second Wind
Entrepreneurship Can Give the Recovery a Second Wind By all accounts, the 2016 presidential campaign has thus far been anything but ordinary. An unconventional candidate with no record of public service has built broad support and a “Democratic socialist” who advocates higher taxes, free college tuition, and more and better paying jobs is giving the presumptive Democratic Party nominee a run for her money. Some combination of these and other explanations is likely.
The Importance of Young Firms for Economic Growth
Nearly eight years since the beginning of the Great Recession, the American economy finally gained back all of the jobs lost during the economic downturn. While this is positive news, underlying structural concerns remain, resulting in historically low labor force participation, high rates of unemployment and underemployment, and a “missing generation” of firms. Together, these factors are a drag on the economy, sapping dynamism.
How Entrepreneurs Access Capital and Get Funded
Ask any entrepreneur about his or her greatest challenge, and the conversation will likely turn to capital. Finance is the lifeblood of every company, but for new firms, capital is especially critical. Realizing this, policymakers have pursued a wide variety of strategies, from government grants to investment funds to special tax breaks. Even with these measures, most firms rely on private external financing in two forms: debt and equity.
Thoughtbook2015 - Exploring and Engaging
If states are our nation’s laboratories of democracy, we can think of America’s cities as the petri dishes. Diverse in size, location, assets, and governance, U.S. cities are perfect proving grounds for policy innovations that can spur entrepreneurship and economic growth. At the Kauffman Foundation, our research is increasingly pointing to the importance of location to entrepreneurship.
Kauffman-Funded Research Measures How Taxes Affect Investment Incentives for Startups and Innovative Firms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Feb. 9, 2015) — The Tax Policy Center today released a report, funded by the Kauffman Foundation, that examines how the current U.S. tax system affects incentives to invest and how those might change under various tax reforms. It specifically focuses on entrepreneurial ventures and firms large and small that invest in new ideas. "New and young firms are America's engine of job creation," said Kauffman Foundation Policy Director Jason Wiens.
The Economic Case for Welcoming Immigrant Entrepreneurs
There’s something inherently entrepreneurial about leaving your home to start a new life in another country. Perhaps that is why immigrants tend to start businesses at a disproportionately higher rate than native-born Americans. Immigrants have a long history of starting successful businesses in the United States. From Alexander Graham Bell to Sergey Brin, immigrants have created some of America's most iconic companies.
Snapshot: 7(a) Lending to Women-Owned Small Businesses
Access to capital is a perennial challenge for entrepreneurs and small business owners. To encourage lenders to make loans to small businesses that have not otherwise been able to secure financing on reasonable terms and conditions, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provides support through several loan guarantees. The 7(a) loan guaranty program is the SBA’s flagship lending support program. In fiscal year 2022, the SBA approved 47,677 (7a) loans, totaling $25.6 billion.
Congress Works to Meet Growing Demand for SBA Services
This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA. You can read the first five blogs in our series on congressional support for reauthorization here, here, here, here, and here.
Small Businesses Go Digital
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A Look at Women-Owned Small Business Contracting
The federal government is a huge buyer of goods and services. Each year, about 1 out of every 10 dollars in federal spending goes to contractors, who provide the government with everything from office supplies to fighter jets. By law, 23% of that spending must go to small businesses. Small business participation in the procurement process supports important public outcomes, like job creation and a robust industrial base. It also benefits small businesses, who earn new sources of revenue.
Innovation Nation: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Boosting U.S. Economic Competitiveness
Economy By Rachel Snyderman , Jason Wiens , Dane Stangler Feb 29, 2024 Report We would like to thank The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their support; as well as our regional partners: Carnegie Mellon University, Tampa Bay Wave, Oregon State University, University of Texas – San Antonio, HSC Next, Startup Colorado, and The Ohio State University.
Bipartisan Victory for Small Businesses and U.S. Competitiveness
Successful entrepreneurs know that changing business environments require changes to their businesses. With the president’s signature last week on the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, the federal government took an important step toward continuing and enhancing, through various changes, two programs that accelerate U.S. innovation and bolster economic competitiveness.
Road to Reauthorization: Support for Small Businesses Remains Strong
“Road to Reauthorization,” a new blog series, builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. Nearly 23 years since the last reauthorization of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the report explores the importance of top-to-bottom congressional reviews as a key aspect of good governance and outlines ideas for Congress to consider when updating and reforming the agency through reauthorization.
Building Toward a Comprehensive SBA Modernization | Bipartisan Policy Center
This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA. You can read the first four blogs in our series on congressional support for reauthorization here, here, here, and here.
Impact of Noncompetes on U.S. Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness
In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that would “ban employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers.” Business groups raised immediate concerns and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce threatened to sue the FTC. Objections ranged from abrogation of state law to the proposed rule’s broad scope, with critics also arguing that noncompete agreements are needed to protect research and development, workforce training, and trade secrets.
Small Businesses Matter: A Bipartisan Policy Agenda for 2024 and Beyond | Bipartisan Policy Center
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Prospects for SBA Reauthorization Appear Bright
Blog Post Business By Jason Wiens Sep 13, 2023 This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA.
Small Business Digitalization Grows, and So Do Small Businesses
While the word “startup” may be associated with technology, its not just startups or Silicon Valley companies that use technology to power their businesses these days. Use of digital tools—programs, software, or applications that run on a digital device—are common across most small businesses and have only become more so during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA
Business By Michelle Kumar , Dane Stangler , Jason Wiens Mar 15, 2023 Report Executive Summary Small businesses have always been vital to the American economy. Over the past two decades—through three recessions and a pandemic— small businesses have proven resilient in the face of considerable challenges. That resilience has not changed. Neither has the mandate for the federal agency that is meant to support them.
Wrapping up National Women’s Small Business Month | Bipartisan Policy Center
As National Women’s Small Business Month comes to a close, we wanted to highlight two areas where women entrepreneurs experience barriers to starting or growing their business. BPC’s recent report on small business digitalization, Small Businesses Go Digital: Benefits, Trends, and Barriers of Digitalization, highlights how digital tools are helping small businesses grow and explores some of the challenges to greater adoption of digital technology.
Bipartisan Support for Small Businesses Set to Continue in 2024
The first year of the 118th Congress may not have included any big legislative achievements for small businesses, but it did include a lot of legislative activity aimed at strengthening federal support for America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs—including more than 30 small business committee hearings. As the new year begins, let’s look back at two important small business developments from 2023 and ahead to what will undoubtedly be a consequential next 12 months.
What Will Happen to the R&D Tax Credit? | Bipartisan Policy Center
Blog Post Business By Jason Wiens Nov 30, 2022 Time is running out for Congress to change a key provision of the tax code, with implications for small businesses and overall U.S. competitiveness. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 phased out the immediate expensing of R&D expenses in 2022.
Celebrating U.S. Entrepreneurship This National Small Business Week | Bipartisan Policy Center
This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA. You can read the first blog in our series on congressional support for reauthorization here.
SBA Reauthorization Picks Up Steam Heading into Recess
This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA. You can read the first six blogs in our series on congressional support for reauthorization here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Regional Innovation Spotlight: Fort Worth, TX
Amid the current debate in Washington, DC, around U.S. competitiveness issues, BPC has been crossing the nation to gather local perspectives through roundtable discussions with private and public sector leaders. One of these conversations included a stop in Fort Worth, TX, to hear how competitiveness is defined and supported in the region, from local infrastructure to workforce preparedness.
Small Business Week Spotlights Key Challenges for Business Owners | Bipartisan Policy Center
This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA. You can read the first two blogs in our series on congressional support for reauthorization here and here.
Why Should We Reauthorize the Small Business Administration?
Blog Post Business By Jason Wiens Nov 15, 2022 The Small Business Administration (SBA) The SBA is the only cabinet-level agency fully dedicated to small businesses. Its mission is to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small businesses; preserve free competitive enterprise; and maintain and strengthen the overall economy. SBA focus areas include counseling, capital, and contracting. What Is Reauthorization?
No More Easy A’s: Strengthening the Procurement Scorecard | Bipartisan Policy Center
Since 1988, Congress has required a portion of all federal contracts to go to small businesses, opening the door to a multi-billion-dollar market. After failing to meet the 23% small business procurement goal between fiscal year (FY) 2006 and FY12, the federal government has met or exceeded the goal for nine consecutive years. In FY21, small businesses earned $154.2 billion, or 27.23%, of federal contracts—the highest share in at least a decade and a half.
Making Regulation and Research Work for Small Business
Blog Post Business By Dane Stangler , Jason Wiens May 24, 2023 This blog is part of our “Road to Reauthorization” blog series, that builds off BPC’s latest small business report, Small Agency, Big Mandate: A Bipartisan Road Map to Modernizing SBA. The series provides small business owners, stakeholders, and advocates with updates and insight on congressional progress toward reauthorization of SBA.
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