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Spokes of the Same Wheel
Collaboration between resource providers impacts outcomes for female small business owners in Western North Carolina.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Aug 9, 20232 min read

Identifying Reasons for Small & Medium-Sized Firm Closures in North Carolina
An Exploratory Framework Leveraging Administrative Data ABSTRACT Business failure is a natural part of the development lifecycle and...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Growth, Equity, & Individual Welfare
A Theoretical Framework for “Moving the Needle” on CDFI Impact Evaluation Research Report and Brief in Collaboration with AltCap ABSTRACT...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 1, 20232 min read
How CDFIs are Shaped by Funders through Data Collection, Impact Measurement, and Evaluation
Conference Paper in Collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 18, 20222 min read
COVID-19 and Local Development Entities: Response, Recovery, and Shifting Priorities
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will reverberate across North Carolina’s local economy for many years.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Place Matters: Government Capacity, Community Characteristics, and Social Capital
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Indiana University. Published in the Journal of...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Capacity of Community Development Organizations to Respond to COVID-19
Collaboration with professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT The recovery of COVID-19 will truly require...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
May 28, 20211 min read
Strategic Capacity Building in Community Development Organizations Post COVID-19
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Social Capital in the Era of Social Distancing: Community Development Responses to COVID-19
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT As local economic systems continue to reel from...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Apr 15, 20201 min read
Beyond Bridging and Bonding: A Multilevel Approach to Describing Social Capital
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 19, 20192 min read
Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Factors Associated with Local Economic Development Strategy Use
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Economic Development Quarterly ABSTRACT...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Building Bonds and Bridges (and Leveraging Links)
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Biannual Federal Reserve Community Development Research...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
May 10, 20192 min read
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