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Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction and Motivation 1.1. The Current System 1.2. Study Scope 1.3. Business Data Uses and Challenges 1.4. The Value of Studying Business Dynamics 1.5. Applications That Would Be Advanced by Further Development of Data on Young and Small Businesses 1.6. The Panel¿s Work 2 What Is a Business? 2.1. Defining Business Units and Identifying Births and Deaths 2.2. Defining Business Units for the Purpose of Measuring Dynamics 2.3. Concept versus Existing Data Collection 2.4. Conclusions 3 The Ideal Business Data System 3.1 Guiding Design Principles 3.2. Defining and Tracking Businesses Over Time¿The Business Register 3.3. Ideal Data Collection Characteristics 4 Limitations of the Current Data System for Measuring Business Dynamics 4.1. Data Coverage of Young and Small Businesses 4.2. Gaps in Data on Business Dynamics and on Small, Young, and Nascent Firms 4.3. Systemic Deficiencies 4.4 Appendix: Data Sharing History 5 Improving Data and Statistics on Business Dynamics¿Bridging the Gap Between the Current and a Comprehensive System 5.1. Expanding Data Sources for Measuring Business Dynamics 5.2. More Effective Use of Existing Information 5.3. Changing the Data Sharing Environment to Realize Systemic Efficiency 5.4. Recommendation Priorities and Costs References Appendixes A Overview of Current Data Collections A.1. Counting Firms and Cataloging Essential Characteristics¿the Business Lists A.2. Tracking Businesses Over Time: Business List Based Sources of Longitudinal Microdata A.3. Data Sources Designed to Improve Coverage of Small and Young Businesses A.4. Employment Statistics A.5. Data on the Self-Employed, Entrepreneurs and Business Gestation A.6. Data Coverage of Special Sectors: Agriculture, Nonprofits, E-commerce A.7. Financial Data References B Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Commercial statistics -- United States.
United States -- Statistical services.
United States -- Commerce -- Statistics.
Business enterprises -- Statistics.