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6. Existing Data Sources
Pages 23-25

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... These will be extended and undoubtedly modified during the early stages of Phase II of the NRC study. In general, existing data will be extracted in the main from the following sources: Agency SBIR databases Published agency reports Internal agency analysis SBA and GAO reports Previously conducted recipient surveys Academic literature Prior NRC studies These existing data sources are briefly discussed below.
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... General Accounting Office, 1992. The DoD study on the commercialization of DoD SBIR was based on a survey of Phase II awards from 1984­1992.
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... Women and minorities Although information is mandatory on minority or women owned, it was not complete in the SBA data for the years before 1993.58 Other data. Other data, such as award date for SBIR Phase I and Phase II, completion date for each phase, additional (non SBIR Phase II)
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