The Internet’s profound effect on how U.S. businesses operate is even more pronounced among young companies, according to this study, which reveals that new businesses have a higher propensity to use websites, email, and to sell online, and that these inclinations have an impact on capitalization and longevity.

The National Foundation for American Policy released a policy brief that says international students who graduate from U.S. universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) should get a green card with their diplomas.

Research shows that startup companies—particularly high-growth startups—are the most fruitful source of new U.S. jobs and offer the economy’s best hope for recovery. However, despite the fact that about 46 percent of the workforce and more than 50 percent of college students are female, and that women have risen to top positions in corporate and university hierarchies, they represent only about 35 percent of startup business owners. Their firms also tend to experience less growth and prosperity than do firms started by men.

Recent new businesses been starting up with fewer workers than historic norms and are also adding fewer workers as they grow.

This book is a collection of essays promoting innovation and growth through legal reform.

New Thinking, New Competencies, New ResultsDriving New Paradigms in Cancer Research Executive Summary A recent town hall meeting offered an opportunity to explore how government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions can define new models of working with the private sector to enhance drug development efforts and bring safer, more effective drugs to the market more […]

Contrary to widespread predictions, the changing nature of economic growth means that prosperity is actually more, not less, reliant on free, competitive markets, according this study.

This analysis of the 2007 Census data shows that young firms account for roughly two-thirds of job creation, averaging nearly four new jobs per firm per year. Of the overall 12 million new jobs added in 2007, young firms were responsible for the creation of nearly 8 million of those jobs.

High-skilled immigrant entrepreneurs from India and China are leaving the United States by the tens of thousands each year, drawn away by better economic and professional opportunities in their home countries, according to this study.

The Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics provides data on business dynamics for U.S. firms and establishments with paid employees. This briefing highlights some key features of the most recent BDS update, which now has data through 2009—the trough of the recent recession.