@article {1972076,
	title = {How does agency workforce diversity influence Federal R\&D funding of minority and women technology entrepreneurs? An analysis of the SBIR and STTR programs, 2001–2011},
	journal = {Small Business Economics},
	volume = {50},
	year = {2017},
	month = {2017},
	pages = {499-519 (Winner of the Best Paper Prize for the Special Issue on Minority Entrepreneurship)},
	abstract = {U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide Federal research and development (R\&D) grants to technology ventures. We explore how grantor demographic diversity explains why demographically diverse grantees experience different odds for successfully transitioning from initial to follow-on R\&D grants. We empirically analyze 52,126 Phase I SBIR/STTR awards granted by 11 Federal agencies (2001-2011). We find a positive association between agency workforce diversity and Phase II funding for Phase I grantees, but minority and women technology entrepreneurs are less likely to receive this funding than their non-minority and male counterparts. Agencies valuing workforce ethnic diversity or leveraging gender homophily positively influence the likelihood of women technology entrepreneurs obtaining Phase II funding. We discuss evidence-based implications for policy and practice.},
	keywords = {Strategy \& Entrepreneurship},
	author = {Joshi,Amol and Inouye,Todd M and Robinson,Jeffrey A}
}