Alan Krueger, a Princeton University labour economist now at the Treasury Department, has two theories for the divergence in employment between large and small firms: one is that large firms have a lot of fixed costs invested in the training of their employees, and are more reluctant to lay them off.
As the Senate is considering a bill to increase credit for small businesses, the Business Roundtable has released a new report attempting to show the link between large and small companies.
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Study co-author Geoffrey Abers of Columbia University said that "there's something important about getting unexpectedly large earthquakes out of small systems that we have discovered here, " adding that "the risk of humans inducing large earthquakes from even small injection activities is probably higher" than had been believed.
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That's why I've already proposed a new tax credit for more than 1 million small businesses that hire new workers or raise wages -- and a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest in new plants and equipment.
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"They exposed the small tip of a very large iceberg" of bad practices that are costing small investors large sums of money, he said.
This will enable any energy producer, large or small, to sell power to anyone.
We work with corporations, large and small, to develop a set of benefit programs.
Large and small, these important charitable efforts are saving lives and, as importantly, are restoring hope.
But large or small, your customer wants to be well-informed, looked after, and part of something.
In fact, audiences both large and small thrive on direct interaction with a speaker.
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Notable, too, was a marked improvement in conditions reported by non-manufacturers, large and small.
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Ads show model Carolyn Murphy wearing 21 different pieces of jewelry, large and small.
Each pool has several generators, large and small, pouring water in at various rates.
Large and small companies will need to check their computers and those of their suppliers.
By and large, small employers pay their small business taxes using individual tax rates.
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The cost of the commission's plan can thus be represented as large or small.
Forward steps, large and small, were recognized for what they were -- which was progress.
As such, a technological revolution is under way, where gadgets, large and small, are changing society.
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At Hacienda Luisita and other landholdings large and small, paternalism is a matter of pride.
Is it flowing to banks -- excuse me, is it flowing to businesses, large and small?
Mr Caldwell's unremitting pessimism about Europe raises all sorts of questions, both large and small.
In addition, it might signal to all companies, large and small, that governments punish success.
The country became an integral link in the production plans of manufacturers, large and small.
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Some analysts in Srinagar talk of over 60 dam projects, large and small, now on the books.
With a little over 1, 400 square feet of living space, it is neither unusually large nor small.
Since these machines, large and small, were portable, people assumed that they also made their owners mobile.
Almost two-thirds understand that the increasing number of regulations have created uncertainty for large and small businesses.
The younger Bidwill also has reversed his father's knack for chintzy spending on items large and small.
"It's fair to say that both large and small businesses are active" in the campaign, he said.
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