More than semantics: Small business loans and small loans to business

Small Business Loans and Small Loans to Business

Small Business Trends: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, interprets the economic state of small businesses by looking at two categories of business loans. “The statistics on ‘small business loans’ may provide a more accurate picture of the small business credit market than the ‘small loans to business’ figures,” he writes.