Does Government Fund the Best Entrepreneurial Ventures? The Case of the SBIR Program
April 21, 2021 2:00 PM
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April 21, 2021 3:00 PM
NSF (virtual)
Join the Invention to Impact Wireside Chat: "Does Government Fund the Best Entrepreneurial Ventures? The Case of the SBIR Program,” a conversation with Timothy B. Folta of the University of Connecticut’s School of Business. At 2:00 PM Eastern on April 21, Dr. Folta will discuss how government programs can effectively implement entrepreneurial ventures and take questions. Read the presentation description and Dr. Folta's bio below.
Does Government Fund the Best Entrepreneurial Ventures? The Case of the SBIR Program
Policy makers around the world are increasingly interested in spurring entrepreneurship by providing capital to promising ventures and often develop government programs designed to do so. Whether governments can effectively identify and reward the most promising ventures is a topic of considerable debate. We examine the selection capabilities of the largest such government program in the United States—the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant.