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Sep 16, 2004

Kauffman-Rand Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation Is Launched

The RAND Corporation has launched the Kauffman-RAND Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation, which will study the way legal and regulatory policymaking affect small businesses and entrepreneurship.
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Jan 1, 2002

Bundled Services: A Framework for Cutting Costs, Improving Performance, and Supporting Small Businesses

Bundling is a fast-growing trend in the commercial sector. The term is applied when services previously purchased separately are consolidated and purchased together from the same provider -- e.g., janitorial and building maintenance.
Research

Jan 1, 2001

Federal Contract Bundling: A Framework for Making and Justifying Decisions for Purchased Services

The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate measurably substantial increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer.
Research

Jan 1, 2000

The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability

Estimates the number of PRPs that would be released and the cleanup costs that would be transferred to the Fund by recent proposals.
Research Summary

Jan 1, 2000

Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work

In a series of studies, we have assessed the cost and consequences of various approaches to providing coverage for these groups (children, employees in small businesses, substance abusers, the uninsured, and the near-elderly).
Research Summary

Jan 1, 2000

Releasing Small Firms from Superfund Liability: What Will It Cost?

Provides information about proposals to exempt small firms and small-volume contributors, including the number and proportion of business firms that would be released, the proposals' dollar costs, and their effect on firms that would remain liable.
Research

Jan 1, 2000

Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business

Our simulations suggest that MSAs will provide a limited impetus to businesses that do not currently cover insurance.
Research

Jan 1, 1999

Who gains and who loses with community rating for small business?

Who gains and who loses with community rating for small business?
Research Summary

Jan 1, 1996

California's Small Aerospace Suppliers: Surviving Defense Downsizing

Much of California's small aerospace supplier base has survived the slide in Pentagon business, turning to commercial customers and other lines of production, increasing their productivity and, if necessary, reducing their work forces.
Expert Insights

Jan 1, 1971

Planning a Small Business.

A summary of ideas that may be useful in seeking new contracts and preparing proposals. Coming from a seminar on "How To Start and Operate a Small Business," the author outlines 5 main points: plan the product; research the market; assemble the tea...

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Kauffman-Rand Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation Is Launched

Bundled Services: A Framework for Cutting Costs, Improving Performance, and Supporting Small Businesses

Federal Contract Bundling: A Framework for Making and Justifying Decisions for Purchased Services

The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability

Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work

Releasing Small Firms from Superfund Liability: What Will It Cost?

Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business

Who gains and who loses with community rating for small business?

California's Small Aerospace Suppliers: Surviving Defense Downsizing

Planning a Small Business.

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Kauffman-Rand Center for the Study of Small Business and Regulation Is Launched

Bundled Services: A Framework for Cutting Costs, Improving Performance, and Supporting Small Businesses

Federal Contract Bundling: A Framework for Making and Justifying Decisions for Purchased Services

The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability

Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work

Releasing Small Firms from Superfund Liability: What Will It Cost?

Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business

Who gains and who loses with community rating for small business?

California's Small Aerospace Suppliers: Surviving Defense Downsizing

Planning a Small Business.

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