Extent: | Online-Ressource (xxvi, 341 p) ill |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references "Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation "Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy "MG-663-EMKF Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Managing the Relationship Between Business and Society; The Politics of the Legal and Regulatory Environments; Small Businesses and the Legal and Regulatory Environments; Improved Understanding of the Impact of Regulation on Small Businesses Is Needed; Overview of the Book; Chapter Two - The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship: An Overview; Corporate and Securities Law; Environmental Protection; Employment Law and Regulation Health-Insurance RegulationsChapter Conclusion; Chapter Three - State Health-Insurance Mandates, Consumer-Directed Health Plans, and Health Savings Accounts: Are They a Panacea for Small Businesses?; Small Businesses Typically Face Restricted Health-Insurance Options; State Health-Insurance Mandates Seek to Expand Small-Business Options; State Mandates Have Not Improved Small-Business Access to Health Insurance; State Health-Insurance Mandates Have Had Unintended Effects; Consumer-Directed Health Plans Could Expand Options for Small Businesses Small Firms Have Not Been Especially Quick to Adopt Consumer-Directed Health PlansAdditional Evidence on the Use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, and High-Deductible Health Plans by Small Businesses; Consumer-Directed Health Plan Utilization and Growth Do Not Vary by Firm Size; Persistence in Consumer-Directed Health Plan Offerings; Which Firms Are Likelier to Offer Consumer-Directed Health Plans?; Longitudinal Analysis of Consumer-Directed Health Plan Offerings; Benefit Design of Health Reimbursement Arrangementsand Health Savings Accounts Consumer-Directed Health Plans Are Growing in Popularity but Do Not Appear to Be a Panacea for Small BusinessesConclusion; Chapter Four - Small Businesses and Workplace Fatality Risk: An Exploratory Analysis; The Relationship Between Firm Size and Risk; Previous Research on Size and Risk; Data and Methods; Findings; Implications for Policy and Research; Chapter Five - Sarbanes-Oxley's Effects on Small Firms: What Is the Evidence?; Introduction and Background; Overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; The Special Case of Small Firms; Evidence on Accounting and Audit Costs Evidence on Market Reactions and Firm ValueEvidence on Deregistrations; Proposals to Mitigate Sarbanes-Oxley's Effect on Small Firms; Conclusion; Chapter Six - Do the Owners of Small Law Firms Benefit from Limited Liability?; Importance of Liability for Small Professional Firms; Potential Value of LLP and LLC Forms to Small Professional Firms; Existing Evidence on the LLP and LLC Forms Among Professional Firms; Focus of This Chapter; Organizational Forms for Multiowner Law Firms; Data and Methods; Results; Conclusion; Chapter Seven - Data Resources for Policy Research on Small Businesses Assessing Data Set Value Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
ISBN: | 0-8330-4204-1 ; 978-0-8330-4204-0 ; 978-0-8330-4395-5 ; 978-0-8330-4204-0 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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