Beyond bridging and bonding: the role of social capital in organizations
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Community Development Journal ABSTRACT...
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RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
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PUBLIC DATASETS
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PEER-REVIEWED
PUBLICATIONS
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...
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Program Evaluation: a Luxury but not a Necessity?
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Community Development ABSTRACT For decades,...
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...
RESEARCH REPORTS
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...
Growth, Equity, & Individual Welfare
A Theoretical Framework for “Moving the Needle” on CDFI Impact Evaluation Research Report and Brief in Collaboration with AltCap ABSTRACT...
Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures
The financial losses caused by COVID-19 are extraordinary in scope and have affected every facet of the small business ecosystem.
Small Business Stories: Surviving and Thriving Amidst the Pandemic
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic will leave an enduring mark on North...
Alternative Non-Economic Measures of CDFI Lending Impact
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT When small businesses flourish, they start and grow...
Promoting Economic Development in Rural North Carolina: Five Complimentary Strategies
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Executive Summary ABSTRACT Like many other states, North Carolina’s...
CSBDF’s Small Business COVID-19 Lending Programs
Fostering Social Capital and Financial Stability Carolina Small Business Development Fund Report ABSTRACT In times of crisis, investment...
Piedmont Community College: Partnering to Help Small Businesses
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT North Carolina’s community college system is a vital...
Community Development in the Southeast: Regional Economic Indicators
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report ABSTRACT Community development is inherently place-based: the geographic...
Assessing the Early Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on North Carolina’s Small Business Community
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT In April 2020 much data suggested the economic effects of...
Assessing Public, Private, and Philanthropic Support for CDFIs
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT Community-based financial institutions play a large role in...
Veteran-Owned Firms: Assessing Current Research and Evaluating Impacts
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT North Carolina is fortunate to be home to large numbers of...
CONFERENCES
& SYMPOSIA
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,...
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...
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...
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...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
View from the Top
A Comparison of the Western North Carolina and Appalachian Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Research produced jointly between Carolina Small...
Spokes of the Same Wheel
Collaboration between resource providers impacts outcomes for female small business owners in Western North Carolina.
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.
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...
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...
PUBLIC POLICY COMMENTS
Community Reinvestment Act Regulations Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Docket ID OCC-2022-002), the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System...
Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act’s Section 1071 on Small Business Data
Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Request for Stakeholder Feedback) ABSTRACT Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act was...
Changes to Data Reporting Requirements for Certified CDFIs
Comments to Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (OMB #1559-0046) OUR POSITION The Community Development Financial...
Community Reinvestment Act Regulations Proposed Rulemaking
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (#OCC-2018-0008) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (RIN #3064-AF22)...
The Community Development Financial Institution Program’s Grant Process
Comments to Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (OMB #1559-0021) OUR POSITION As part of its efforts to support community...
Reforming the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Regulatory Framework
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Docket #OCC-2018-008) OUR POSITION The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has...
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