小企业之声:讨论与政策启示

Kate Maxwell, Y. Motoyama
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“小企业”经常被誉为美国经济的支柱。两党政客都宣称他们致力于扶持美国小企业及其重要性。然而,就像政策辩论中经常出现的情况一样,在有关税收减免和商业援助计划的高层讨论中,个人的声音可能会消失。本着调查实际企业主想法的精神,我们决定研究一下Thumbtack.com最近的一项调查,目的是为如何最好地帮助美国的小型和新兴企业的辩论提供一些视角和背景。在2011年底和2012年初,Thumbtack对小企业主和服务提供商进行了一次大规模调查,其中包括这样一个开放式问题:“请告诉我们你在你所在州做生意的便利程度方面的任何经验或想法。”在图钉调查的6730名受访者中,36.6%的人对这个开放式问题提供了反馈。本报告定性地分析了这些企业主对他们认为重要的问题的无拘无束的想法,并探讨了出现的几个主题。这些发现为各州决策者在考虑如何使他们的州吸引和支持小企业主时提供了重要的见解。从这些回答中可以明显看出的趋势并不一定与人们经常讲述的美国企业主面临的问题相呼应。即使在政治和财政困难时期,各州也可以采取具体措施支持企业主,改善对企业的友好态度。
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Voices of Small Businesses: Discussion and Policy Implications
“Small businesses” are often lauded as the backbone of the American economy. Politicians from both sides of the aisle proclaim their commitment to fostering small business in the United States and its importance. However, as is so often the case in policy debates, individual voices can be lost in high-level discussions over tax breaks and business aid programs. In the spirit of investigating the thoughts of actual business owners, we decided to examine a recent survey from Thumbtack.com, with the intent of lending some perspective and context to the debate over how best to aid small and new businesses in the United States. When Thumbtack conducted a large-scale survey of small business owners and service providers in late 2011 and early 2012, it included this open-ended question: “Please let us know any experiences or thoughts you have regarding the ease of doing business in your state.” Of the 6,730 respondents to the Thumbtack survey, 36.6 percent provided feedback to the open-ended question. This report qualitatively analyzes these business owners’ unfettered thoughts on issues they felt important and explores several themes that arose. The findings provide important insights for state policymakers when considering how to make their states appealing to and supportive of small business owners.The trends apparent from the responses do not necessarily echo the narrative often told about the problems business owners face in the United States. Even in these times of difficult political and fiscal issues, states can take concrete steps to support business owners and improve business friendliness.
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