124 United Victes. CRITICAL ISSUES FACING SMALL AMERICAN HEARING OF BEFORE THE SE & GIFT DIVISION SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPORTS, TAX POLICY, AND OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION RICHMOND, VA, OCTOBER 2, 1989 Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business Serial No. 101-33 23-130 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1990 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office NEAL SMITH, Iowa COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS JOHN J. LAFALCE, New York, Chairman THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio IKE SKELTON, Missouri ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky NICHOLAS MAVROULES, Massachusetts GUS SAVAGE, Illinois NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JIM COOPER, Tennessee JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan FLOYD H. FLAKE, New York H. MARTIN LANCASTER, North Carolina MICHAEL R. MCNULTY, New York BILL SARPALIUS, Texas PETER HOAGLAND, Nebraska RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts GLENN POSHARD, Illinois ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania DAVID DREIER, California D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia JAN MEYERS, Kansas LARRY COMBEST, Texas RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana FREDERICK S. UPTON, Michigan TOM CAMPBELL, California RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island DONALD F. TERRY, Staff Director J. DREW HIATT, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPORTS, TAX POLICY, AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS RICHARD RAY, Georgia NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia, Chairman PETER HOAGLAND, Nebraska H. MARTIN LANCASTER, North Carolina JAMES H. BILBRAY, Nevada ANDY IRELAND, Florida D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia JAN MEYERS, Kansas JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona DIANE WORTHINGTON, Subcommittee Staff Director STEPHEN P. LYNCH, Minority Subcommittee Professional Staff Member (II) 90.600356 KF21 CONTENTS Deisenroth, Dr. Michael P., Department of Industrial Engineering and Oper- ations Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Edwards, H. Randall, executive president for administration, George Mason Jerke, John M., director, economic and technology development, Northern Virginia Community College and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technolo- Justice, J.E., deputy director, Virginia Department of World Trade, Norfolk, Larson, D. Stewart, owner, CIMTEK Software Inc., president, Virginia Shared Lieberman, Mark S., Director, Office of Technology Commercialization, Tech- nology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Ruxton, William E., manager, Technical Department, National Tooling and 1 (III) Prepared Statements: Deisenroth, Dr. Michael P., with attachments Edwards, H. Randall, with attachments.... Jerke, John M., with attachment.. Justice, J.E., with attachment Larson, D. Stewart. Lieberman, Mark S.. Ruxton, William E., with attachment. Spates, James E.... |