Government and Small Business

7 important questions on Government and Small Business

The existence of a market failure does not justify government action. There are other alternatives. The limitations in government action are

  • Lack of information
  • Lack of business skills
  • Difficulty in admitting mistakes are made
  • Conflicting targets
  • Difficulty in providing help that adds to total net ouput.

A Niche for government action:

  • No generalized market failures
  • Stabilize the economy
  • Improve the regulatory regime
  • Specific support should be channeled through B2B interfaces

Peacock identified 4 more weaknesses of government action

  • Aims are vertroebeld by keeping everybody happy.
  • policies are slow.
  • Cost & Benefits are rarely assessed.
  • No real costs for policy makers themselves, when things go wrong.
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Methods of government support

  • Finance
  • Provide information
  • Help with training & personal development
  • Provide specialist advice

There are three ways in which government can help SE

  • Aims
  • Methods
  • Targeting

The means of targeting policy is to target those businesses which either

  • Will benefit the greatest from assistance.
  • Will yield the greatest policy benefits.
  • Avoid displacement.

Benefits of targeting policy

  • reduce range of expenditure
  • focus resources where they are needed
  • easier to market

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