Managerial Inputs and the Growth of Rural Small Firms
基于佐治亚州25个农村县的小企业调查数据，分析所有者或管理者的教育、工作努力、技术采用和规划对企业就业增长的影响，发现独立企业、独资企业和女性所有企业增长率显著偏低。
Abstract Growth of rural small firms is influenced by education and work effort of owner or manager, and by degree of technology adoption and planning. Results are based on analysis of data from a small business survey in twenty‐five rural Georgia counties. Employment growth in a sample of manufacturing, sales, and service firms is examined. Independent firms, sole proprietorships, and firms owned by women are found to have significantly lower‐than‐average growth rates. The study confirms earlier findings that firm growth is negatively related to firm size and age. Implications for small business assistance programs are discussed.