Economies Before Scale: I.T. Strategy and Performance Dynamics of Young U.S. Businesses

This research was conducted while the authors were Special Sworn Status researchers at U.S. Census Bureau Research Data Centers. Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau. All results have been reviewed to ensure that no confidential information is disclosed. Thanks are due to MJ Yang, Megan MacGarvie, Chris Forman, Shane Greenstein, participants in the Carlson Information Systems seminar, Stanford’s SIEPR seminar, the Haskayne Information Systems seminar, the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER), and the NBER Summer Institute and Productivity Lunch for helpful comments. We are deeply grateful to Jim Davis and Shital Sharma of the Boston Research Data Center for their help and support across many projects and disclosure requests. All errors remain our own.