Small Business

Corporate philanthropy is in transition. External trends and heightened stakeholder expectations have placed new pressures on the corporate sector. This report, based on extensive interviews with corporate philanthropy executives, explores...

The Milken Institute conducted a pilot project exploring ways to improve the efficacy of small business technical assistance programs through the application of behavioral science intervention known as a “nudge” (Thaler and Sunstein 2008)...

This report combines results from the Best-Performing Cities 2022 (BPC) index and GoDaddy’s Microbusiness Activity Index (MAI), examining what may be happening in the economies of a selection of cities in the two rankings. Essentially, we...

Amid the catastrophic effects caused by COVID-19, the collapse of small businesses remains one of the most worrisome. These firms, which account for 44% of the U.S. economy and two in three jobs, typically have only two weeks in cash...

The COVID-19 outbreak is decimating the global economy with company shutdowns and soaring unemployment. But in its aftermath, the world must be ready to rebound quickly. Small business and government can jumpstart this recovery by taking...

Who lends to small businesses, and how is this changing over time? This paper challenges popular answers to this question. First, despite the growing role of non-banks, banks continue to be the most important source of credit for small...

The Milken Institute and the US Small Business Administration formed an initiative to develop actionable solutions to the challenges limiting minority-owned small businesses’ access to capital. The Partnership for Lending in Underserved...

In conjunction with the Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM), a Milken Institute and U.S. Small Business Administration initiative to develop actionable solutions to long-standing barriers that constrain minority...

The Milken Institute and U.S. Small Business Administration Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM) initiative aims to increase the amount of capital reaching minority-owned businesses and the number of successful minority...

Today, all 50 U.S. states have a video game industry presence, and 21 of those states offer financial incentives. California has a considerable lead, accounting for 27 percent of the nation’s interactive entertainment industry, but...