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027 _aRAND/MG-443-OSD
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_fpaperback
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
050 4 _aUC263
_b.S63 2011
245 0 0 _aSmall business and defense acquisitions :
_ba review of policies and current practices /
_cClifford A. Grammich ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2011.
300 _axviii, 57 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 49-57).
520 _aSupport for small businesses has been a bipartisan effort promoted by policymakers for more than a century. The Department of Defense (DoD) has had mixed results in meeting some of its mandated small business goals, exceeding them in some industries while falling short in others. Part of the challenge may be due to the nature of the different industries with which DoD works and these industries' conduciveness to small business. Another part of the challenge may be attributable, in some measure, to the bewildering array of criteria for what constitutes a "small" business. In any event, overall, there is little evidence of the effectiveness of small business policies, but supporting such policies is likely to remain a concern of DoD for many years to come. The authors of this report research the general evolution of federal small business policy and how this has affected DoD, the challenges that evolving procurement needs pose to efforts by DoD to fulfill small business policy goals, and what the current practices of large private-sector firms toward small businesses suggest about the feasibility of DoD small business policies.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense
_xProcurement.
650 0 _aBusiness logistics
_xGovernment policy.
650 0 _aGovernment contractors
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLogistics
_xContracting out
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSmall business
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aGrammich, Clifford A.
_q(Clifford Anthony),
_d1963-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aEdison, Thomas.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMoore, Nancy Y.,
_d1947-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aKeating, Edward G.
_q(Edward Geoffrey),
_d1965-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.).
_bAcquisition and Technology Policy Center.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of the Secretary of Defense.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG443.html
999 _c599779
_d599779