Nebraska rose three spots to No. 21 in the latest State Entrepreneurship Index, a nationwide analysis and ranking system that compares how states stack up in terms of business formation and innovation.
The index was developed by economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research and Department of Economics. Nebraska ranked No. 24 overall in 2008, the last time the index was calculated, said Eric Thompson, UNL associate professor of economics and director of the bureau.
"Nebraska's rank rose because of an improving business formation rate," Thompson said. "The number of firm births per capita rose in Nebraska between 2008 and 2010. By 2010, Nebraska ranked in the top half of states by this measure."
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