Small Business and Entrepreneurship

As a way to promote better understanding of small business issues, the Community Development Offices produce and disseminate a number of resources such as discussion papers, newsletters, blogs, podcasts, and other publications. Listed below is a sampling of these resources.

Papers and Publications

• A Perspective from Main Street: Long-Term Unemployment and Workforce Development (PDF) | HTML
  December 2012
  Federal Reserve Board
• 5 Tips for Increasing the Chances of Getting a Small Business Loan (PDF)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Entrepreneurs and the Economy
  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• CDFIs and Banks: Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses (PDF)
  Profitwise News and Views, July 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Evidence of a Credit Crunch? Results from a 2010 Survey of First District Community Banks (PDF)
  Public Policy Brief No. 10-3, 2011 Series
  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Hispanic Entrepreneurship Grows, But Barriers Persist
  Community Dividend, April 2011 issue
  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• New Alternatives in Small Business Financing (PDF)
  MarketWise Community, Vol. 2, Issue 1, March 25, 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• A New Way to Talk About Small Business: The Time Has Come for a Common Language
  Community Development Working Paper, 2011-02, February 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Small Businesses Need Big Ideas: The Challenge of Small Business Financing (PDF)
  Partners in Economic and Community Development, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Small Businesses in Springfield, Massachusetts: A Look at Latino Entrepreneurship (PDF)
  Community Development Discussion Paper, No. 2011-02, March 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Business in the Seventh Federal Reserve District (PDF)
  Profitwise News and Views, December 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• After Inception: How Enduring is Job Creation by Start-ups?
  Research Brief, July 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Bridges (PDF)
  Small business issue, Fall 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• The Community Reinvestment Act and Small Business Lending in Low- and Moderate-Income Neighborhoods during the Financial Crisis
  Working Paper 2010-05, October 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Neutralism and Entrepreneurship: The Structural Dynamics of Start-ups, Young Firms, and Job Creation
  Research Brief, September 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms
  NBER Working Paper No. 16272, August 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Starting Up When the Economy's Down: A Snapshot of Minnesota's New Entrepreneurs
  Community Dividend, July 2010 issue
  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Entrepreneurship in the Changing Economy: From Survival to Sustainability
  Banking and Community Perspectives, Issue I, 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• The Financial Structure of Startup Firms: The Role of Assets, Information, and Entrepreneur Characteristics
  Working Paper No. 10-17, 2010 Series
  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• The Information Revolution and Small Business Lending: The Missing Evidence
  Working Paper 2010-7, 2010 Series
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Employer-Sponsored Alternatives to Payday Loans in Virginia (PDF)
  MarketWise Community, Vol. 1, Issue 1,  2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• CDFI Business Lending Grows During Recession
  Cascade, No. 71, Spring/Summer 2009
  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• The Surprising Use of Credit Scoring in Small Business Lending by Community Banks and the Attendant Effects on Credit Availability and Risk (PDF)
  Working Paper No. 2009-9, 2009 Series
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Turning Equity Into Opportunity: Montana Fund Helps Native Entrepreneurs Enter the Financial Mainstream
  Community Dividend, September 2008 issue
  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• The Microfinance Revolution: An Overview (PDF)
  Review, January/February 2008
  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Blogs

• The Effect of Falling Home Prices on Small Business Lending
  Economic Commentary, December 20, 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Stimulating small business activity: Still a struggle
  macroblog, June 27, 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Atlanta small business macroblog
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Multimedia

• Podcast: New Economy, New Roles: Economic Development Organizations and Jobs
  May 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: Not Your Father's Factory Job: Manufacturing and Economic Development
  May 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: The Job Hunt: New Clues for Small Business Job Creation
  April 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: Small Things Really Matter: The Important Role of Microenterprise in Job Creation
  April 2011
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Minority Small Business Performance Disparities
  December 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: Fact or Fallacy: Can Self Employment Improve Economic Opportunities for Low Skilled Workers?
  December 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Podcast: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Communities: Identifying and Responding to Local Small Business Challenges
  December 2010
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Other

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Resource Center
  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas