SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Startup Costs Faced by Small Businesses
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Small Business Administration, Office of Administration, Office of Procurement and Grants Management, 409 Third Street, S.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC, 20416
- ZIP Code
- 20416
- Solicitation Number
- SBAHQ-02-Q-0022
- Response Due
- 8/23/2002
- Point of Contact
- Billy Jenkins, Procurement Specialist, Phone (202) 205-7077, Fax (202) 481-0487, - Billy Jenkins, Procurement Specialist, Phone (202) 205-7077, Fax (202) 481-0487,
- E-Mail Address
-
billy.jenkins@sba.gov, billy.jenkins@sba.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The economic costs of starting a business include explicit and implicit costs. Explicit costs are the time and money spent to acquire market information, comply with government regulations, and search for labor. Implicit costs comprise the foregone earnings that the entrepreneur would otherwise have made from wage employment. The purpose of this study is to identify economic barriers of starting a business, explore how and why entrepreneurs choose to start their own businesses, examine the correlation of startup costs and the business cycle and search for strategies that reduce startup costs. Special attention needs to be given to different types of businesses, sizes, and industries. Research proposals should include a set of hypotheses to be tested, the model to be applied, and the data to be used for testing the model. If available data sources are deemed unable to be used for this study, the researcher can collect primary data from small businesses. Also, an important part of the final report would be the link between existing and current research findings. Case studies could be used to reiterate the data findings. No Fax or emailing of proposals will be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 5000
- Zip Code: 20416
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20416
- Record
- SN00122830-W 20020724/020722213717 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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