Financing Small Business in America: Debt Capital in a Global Economy

Examining the role of the public sector in small-business debt-capital formation, this book describes current approaches, conceptually and pragmatically, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages from a variety of perspectives. It also suggests a model for improving our approach to small business capital formation in the United States.

ROGER E. HAMLIN is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Professor of Public Administration, and Research Fellow in the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. He and Thomas S. Lyons are co-authors of Creating an Economic Development Action Plan: A Guide for Development Professionals, Revised and Updated Edition (Praeger, 2001), and Economy without Walls: Managing Local Development in a Restructuring World (Praeger, 1996).THOMAS S. LYONS is Associate Professor of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville. He is the Director of the Master of Urban Planning Program and founding Director of the Center for Research on Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development.