Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 1586
Book Description
Small Business Problems in Urban Areas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 1586
Book Description
Small Business Problems in Urban Areas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Activities of Regulatory AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Jan. 24 hearing was held in Baltimore, Md.; Nov. 23 and 24 hearings were held in Los Angeles, Calif.
Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309444535
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured more than 80 percent of the globe's economic activity and offered social mobility and economic prosperity to millions by clustering creative, innovative, and educated individuals and organizations. Clustering populations, however, can compound both positive and negative conditions, with many modern urban areas experiencing growing inequality, debility, and environmental degradation. The spread and continued growth of urban areas presents a number of concerns for a sustainable future, particularly if cities cannot adequately address the rise of poverty, hunger, resource consumption, and biodiversity loss in their borders. Intended as a comparative illustration of the types of urban sustainability pathways and subsequent lessons learned existing in urban areas, this study examines specific examples that cut across geographies and scales and that feature a range of urban sustainability challenges and opportunities for collaborative learning across metropolitan regions. It focuses on nine cities across the United States and Canada (Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, Flint, MI, Cedar Rapids, IA, Chattanooga, TN, and Vancouver, Canada), chosen to represent a variety of metropolitan regions, with consideration given to city size, proximity to coastal and other waterways, susceptibility to hazards, primary industry, and several other factors.
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses
Author: John HaltiwangerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022645407X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges brings together and unprecedented group of economists, data providers, and data analysts to discuss research on the state of entrepreneurship and to address the challenges in understanding this dynamic part of the economy. Each chapter addresses the challenges of measuring entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurial firms contribute to economies and standards of living. The book also investigates heterogeneity in entrepreneurs, challenges experienced by entrepreneurs over time, and how much less we know than we think about entrepreneurship given data limitations. This volume will be a groundbreaking first serious look into entrepreneurship in the NBER's Income and Wealth series.
U.S. History
Author: P. Scott CorbettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1886
Book Description
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
Strong Towns
Author: Charles L. Marohn, Jr.Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119564816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
The Role of Small Business in Economic Development
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Small Business Problems in Urban AreasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to minority business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Hearing, held in Chicago, Ill., reviews effects of the revitalization of the Chicago stockyards on small business. Also discusses SBA program to integrate minorities into economy through small business entrepreneurship.
How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob RiisPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 145850042X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Small Business Problems in Urban Areas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
There Goes the Hood
Author: Lance FreemanPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1592134386
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
How does gentrification affect residents who stay in the neighborhood?