Businesses That Can Be Owned and Operated by Handicapped Veterans
Donald P. Whitworth
1984. 267p. L.C. card no. 84-72317. Contract awarded in FY 1983
to Associated Enterprise Development, Inc., 1623 Forest Drive,
Suite 302, Annapolis, MD 21403.
This is a manual designed to encourage and assist handicapped individuals, especially veterans, interested in entering entrepreneurship. It includes information on how to start a business and a compendium of businesses that have been or can be owned and operated by the physically impaired. Also included are lists of federal agencies and publications designed to help new business owners succeed with limited resources.
NTIS order number:
PB83-127720
Price codes:
A10 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Design of an Outreach and Delivery System of SBA Programs for Veterans
James E. Pechin
1980. 220p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to Center for Community
Economics, 301 South E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Charged to help design an outreach program for the SBA's services to veterans, the Center for Community Economics prepared this series of recommendations based on interviews and discussions with SBA staff, veterans' organizations, and other federal agencies. The recommendations were designed to help the SBA implement subpart 116 of the Small Business Act of 1974. The report also addresses other SBA policies and practices, such as the 8(a) program, which affect the level of services provided to veterans.
NTIS order number:
PB86-161510
Price codes:
A07 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 44
Differences Between Veteran-Owned and NonVeteran-Owned Businesses
David Rothenberg
n.d. 129p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to Inductive Inference,
Inc., 210 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025.
The study found both Vietnam veterans and other veterans to be entrepreneurs at about the same rate as the rest of the work force. There was veteran overrepresentation in manufacturing and under-representation in finance and retailing.
NTIS order number:
PB85-235943
Price codes:
A07(Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Entrepreneurial Choice and Success
David S. Evans
1985. 148p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to CERA Economic
Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 159, Old Greenwich, CT 06870.
This study found that men who served in the military during or since the Vietnam War were less likely than other men to work for someone else. Women with similar service were less likely than other women to work for themselves. Women veterans of all eras earned more than other women.
NTIS order number:
PB86-201217
Price codes:
A12 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 36
Financial Success and Business Ownership Among Vietnam and Other Veterans
Steven Lustgarten and Ali Saad
1986. 275p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to Steven
Lustgarten and Associates, 40 Parkway West, Mount Vernon, NY
10552.
This study finds that 8.9 percent of white male Vietnam-era veterans and 13.9 percent of similar nonveterans were self- employed. Female veterans were more likely to become self- employed than female nonveterans. Adjusted self-employment incomes of veterans and nonveterans were not significantly different.
NTIS order number
PB87-117099
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Profiling Entrepreneurial Veterans: Exploratory Research Findings (Volume 1)
Donald J. Messmer
1984. 57p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to Mid-Atlantic search,
Inc., Williamsburg, VA 23081.
For a description of this title, see entry for Volume 3, below.
NTIS order number:
PB87-117081
Price codes:
A06 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Profiling Entrepreneurial Veterans: Examination and Comparison (Volume 2)
Donald J. Messmer
1985. 112p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to Mid-Atlantic
Research, Inc., Williamsburg, VA 23081.
For a description of this title, see entry for Volume 3, below.
NTIS order number:
PB87-121364
Price codes:
A03 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 70
Profiling Entrepreneurial Veterans: A Summary of Research Findings (Volume 3)
Donald J. Messmer
1986. 37p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to Mid-Atlantic Research,
Inc., Williamsburg, VA 23081.
Consisting of three reports, this study found that veterans are more apt to own their own business than nonveterans. This may be because veterans are older and more equal to the demands of business ownership. Role models are important in entrepreneurial choice. Veteran entrepreneurs tend to be male, older, and better educated, and they earn higher incomes, on average, than nonveterans.
NTIS order number:
PB86-100724
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 68
A Study of Department of Defense Procurement from Veterans
Robert L. Hiett and Audrey Reniere
1985. 69p. Contract awarded in FY 1983 to KCA Research, Inc.,
5501 Cherokee Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311.
Defense Department contracting officers surveyed for this study believed that there were no differences in the work performed by veteran-owned firms and that per-formed by nonveteran-owned firms. Both groups provided products or services in a timelymanner, with good quality and price.
NTIS order number:
PB87-227377
Price codes:
A03 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 40
Viable Loan Categories for Veterans
Joel Popkin Joel Popkin &;1985. 50p. Contract awarded in FY 1983
to Company, 1030 15th Street NW, Suite 860, Washington,
DC 20005.
The study showed that, using repayment rates as a proxy for business success, firms in growing regions and growing industries did best. Franchising, owner experience, and firm assets and size were also important indicators of potential business success. Guaranteed loans did better than direct loans.
NTIS order number:
PB85-205375
Price codes:
A12 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 78
Vietnam-Era Veterans and Entrepreneurship
Jerry F. Boren Jerry F. 1985. 273p. Contract awarded in FY 1983
to Boren, Newtonville, MA 02195.
Between 700,000 and 1 million Vietnam-era veterans were found by
this study to have an interest in owning and operating their own
business. Greatest interest was in owning a retail or service
business. Blue-collar veterans were more likely than white-collar
veterans to want to open their own business.