Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms

Acknowledgments

xi Acknowledgments Our sincere thanks go out to the many individuals who were directly and indirectly involved in the research, writing, and publication of this book. We greatly appreciate the National Research Council of the National Academies for providing us with access to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) database. We also appreciate the generosity of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in sponsoring this research project. In addition , the comments and suggestions of Randall Eberts, Kevin Hollenbeck, and Benjamin Jones, all of the Institute, and of anonymous referees have greatly improved the content and focus of this book. Of course, we are grateful for the support of our wives, Carol and Nancy, throughout this project; their encouragement has been of great value and indeed necessary for the project’s success. ...