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Why Post-Acquisition Integration Fails After the Deal Closes
Post acquisition integration fails after close because two companies try to align operations without clear ownership of each handoff. The first break…
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2023 Age 0-1 Firms: 129 Separations per 100 Average Quarter-Start Jobs
Two Census programs describe what happens to jobs at the youngest firms, and this article reports their 2023 measures side by side.…
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Ad Share of Aggregate Receipts: Sole Proprietorship Returns 2023
The IRS publishes how many dollars nonfarm sole proprietorships deducted for advertising and how many dollars of receipts they reported, by sector,…
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SBA 7(a) Ownership-Change 5-Year Charge-Offs & Firm Deaths, 13 Sectors
Two federal records, set side by side here: the five-year charge-off rate on non-cancelled SBA 7(a) loans coded as a change of…
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Nonfatal Injury and Illness Rates by Establishment Size 2024
BLS nonfatal injury and illness data for 2024: among the 17 detailed private industries where all five establishment-size classes were published, the…
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New Hires in Stable Jobs: Earnings by Firm Age, 2024 to 2025
Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators, private sector, 2024Q3 to 2025Q2: average monthly earnings of new hires into stable jobs at firms aged 0…
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Separations by Firm Age: 0 to 1 vs 11+ Years (2024 to 2025)
Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators, private sector, 2024Q3 to 2025Q2: firms aged 0 to 1 year averaged 16.0 more separations per 100 jobs…
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Aggregate Income Statement Shares in S Corp Returns by Receipts Size
IRS Statistics of Income, tax year 2022, Form 1120-S returns: aggregate net income from a trade or business equaled 9.03% of aggregate…
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Responding Employer-Firm Owners: Prior Business Sold or Closed, 2023
Census Annual Business Survey, reference year 2023: among owners of responding employer firms who reported a previous business they started, 5.5% said…
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Majority Family Ownership by Size, Employer Firms Answering (2023)
Census Annual Business Survey, reference year 2023: among employer firms that answered the family-ownership question, 23.1% of those with 1 to 4…
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SBA 7(a) Loans to Buy a Business: Charge-Off Rates
Among SBA 7(a) loans approved in fiscal 2018 to 2020, excluding loans that were cancelled or never disbursed and loans whose business…
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Quit Rates by Workplace Size, 2023 to 2026
In BLS JOLTS data for private nonfarm establishments, Sept 2023 to Aug 2026 (as of the September 29, 2026 release), the 10…