Assessment of the Uses of Alternative Debt Financing by the Service Sector: AReport to Congress

摘要

Section 125 of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Reauthorization andAmendment Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-590) required the SBA's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to investigate several debt financing issues with respect to small businesses in the service sector of the economy. The report examines (1) uses of different financing sources by small firms in the service sector; (2) the potential demand for debt financing and whether that demand is adequately met; and (3) to what extent recent innovations in the financial markets affect the availability of financing to small service firms.