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Micro-businesses in the Shadow of Crisis How Can Non-traditional Entrepreneurs Contribute to Boston’s Economy? Alvaro Lima, Director of Research, BRA Northeastern University, January 2010
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Boston’s Total Employment by  Employment-Size Class (1-4 Employees) Source: U.S. County Business Patterns, 2002, BRA  Research Division Analysis
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Number of Establishments by Employment-Size Class (1-4 Employees) Source: U.S. County Business Patterns, 2002, BRA  Research Division Analysis
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What is the problem with the actual research on micro-businesses? Their conclusions and policy implications are drawn from data and not from theory or practice…
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],variable  costs      fixed costs technical skills      managerial skills income target      return on capital entry points ? ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],? progression Domestic &  Wage Labor Self- employed Small Employer Growth Business
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Examples TRANSPORTATION BEAUTY/GROOMING CLEANING SERVICES EATING PLACES RETAIL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Growth Business Small Employer Self- Employed Wage Labor  (Employee)
SUCCESSFUL INNER-CITY ENTERPRISES Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],BUSINESS Your Limo Services (Rita McGlaughlin - since 1993) Majestic Cleaning (Sheila Martinez - since 1994) Bob the Chef’s (Darryl Settles - since 1989) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
SUCCESSFUL INNER-CITY ENTERPRISES GROW SLOWLY  Enterprise Stage Duration (1) (1)  from business inception until 1999 Source: ICIC Boston & BCG 1 4 4 3 2 4.5 9 6 8 7 5.5 5 8 0.5 3 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Your Limo First Choice Limo Brighton Limo Primetime Express Majestic Cleaning Banshee Mass Paint & Cleaning Nartoone Security Bob the Chef's City Fresh Foods Merengue Tacos El Charro Years Transportation Building Maintenance Restaurants/ Catering Self-Employed Small Employer Growth Business ?? ??
A better framework to understand “micro-businesses” is to look at the social forms of production: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],production for income production for direct  use production for profit Self-employment (micro-businesses) Small businesses Growth businesses
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Micro-business in the Shadow of the Crisis

  • 1. Micro-businesses in the Shadow of Crisis How Can Non-traditional Entrepreneurs Contribute to Boston’s Economy? Alvaro Lima, Director of Research, BRA Northeastern University, January 2010
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  • 4. Boston’s Total Employment by Employment-Size Class (1-4 Employees) Source: U.S. County Business Patterns, 2002, BRA Research Division Analysis
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  • 6. Number of Establishments by Employment-Size Class (1-4 Employees) Source: U.S. County Business Patterns, 2002, BRA Research Division Analysis
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  • 9. What is the problem with the actual research on micro-businesses? Their conclusions and policy implications are drawn from data and not from theory or practice…
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  • 13. SUCCESSFUL INNER-CITY ENTERPRISES GROW SLOWLY Enterprise Stage Duration (1) (1) from business inception until 1999 Source: ICIC Boston & BCG 1 4 4 3 2 4.5 9 6 8 7 5.5 5 8 0.5 3 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Your Limo First Choice Limo Brighton Limo Primetime Express Majestic Cleaning Banshee Mass Paint & Cleaning Nartoone Security Bob the Chef's City Fresh Foods Merengue Tacos El Charro Years Transportation Building Maintenance Restaurants/ Catering Self-Employed Small Employer Growth Business ?? ??
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Notas do Editor

  1. Thanks Steve for this nice introduction I would like to start by sharing with you an enterprise development framework. In the process I will make some general points and present some examples regarding this process in Boston’s inner city. This framework can be understood as both an evolutionary process or we can think of it as a series of entry points in this process. Lets start here (first step)… Domestic and wage labor. Suppose we have a family unit in which some of its members work at home performing some domestic duties and others work outside the household as wage laborers... They complement the family income with their in kind (cooking, for example) and monetary incomes (from cooking in a restaurant, for example). Suppose now that they decide to open their own home-based cooking business… They are transitioning to a “self employment mode of production.” The general point here is that for every transition from one social form of production to the other there are enabling factors, benefits, and challenges. Enabling factors are here understood as “business environment factors” - external factors such as taxation, capital availability, technical support systems, training, etc. - and “operational factors” - internal factors such as technical skills, business skills, equity capital, etc.