New Entrants and Small Business Graduation in the Market for Federal Contracts

by Andrew P. Hunter and Samantha Cohen

This paper garners information crucial to understanding business growth for new entrants and small businesses who contract with the federal government by utilizing publicly available contracting data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to track new entrants from 2001-2016. This information is then used to evaluate entrances, exits, and status changes among federal vendors with the purpose of comparing challenges faced by small businesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442280913
• ISBN13: 9781442280915
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.4" x 11.0"