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The State of Small Business, 1996




The Annual Report on Small Business and Competition


The State of Small Business: A Report of the President; has been the annual reference source since 1982 that business owners, policymakers, and researchers have turned to when they need information on small business' performance in the economy. The 1996 report continues this tradition.






The State of Small Business, 1996


Text Version: Synopsis


PDF Version: The following are Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of the report available for downloading and reading on your computer:

Preliminary - Cover, The President's Message, Letter of Transmittal, Executive Summary, and Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The State of Small Business

Chapter 2 - The White House Conference on Small Business: Implementing the Recommendations

Chapter 3 - Changes in Self-Employment as Small Business

Chapter 4 - Regulatory Relief for Small Business

Chapter 5 - Innovation and Small Business

Appendix A - Supplementary Tables

Appendix B - Financing Small Business

Appendix C - Procurement

The Annual Report on Federal Procurement Preference Goals

Glossary

Index


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Ordering Information

The latest (1996) edition of "The State of Small Business" is available for purchase from any of the U.S. Government Bookstores, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/abkst001.html, that are located across the country, or by mail, telephone, or fax. The cost is $20 ; the order number is 045-000-00281-1.

By telephone: To order by telephone using Visa or MasterCard, call (202) 512-1800 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time.

By mail: Fill out the Superintendent of Documents' order form http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/order001.html; and send it along with your payment to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

By fax: To order by fax using Visa or MasterCard, fill out the Superintendent of Documents' order form http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/order001.html and transmit it to (202) 512-2250.

Foreign Orders: Please add an additional 25% to the total cost of the order.




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*Last Updated: May 15, 1998