TY - BOOK AU - Cox,Amy G. AU - Moore,Nancy Y. ED - Rand Corporation, ED - Rand Corporation. TI - Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses T2 - Rand Corporation research report series SN - 083308478X AV - UB357 .C69 2013 U1 - 352.5/3 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - RAND Corporation KW - United States KW - Department of Defense KW - Rules and practice KW - fast KW - Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities KW - Government policy KW - Public contracts KW - Veteran-owned business enterprises KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - Veterans KW - bisacsh KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - hilcc KW - Military & Naval Science KW - Military Administration KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - Rules N1 - "RAND National Security Research Division."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30); Characteristics of veterans and service-disabled veterans and their potential effect on the supply of SDVOSBs -- Interview approach and results -- Summary of findings and recommendations N2 - The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt5vjxc5 ER -