David L. Birch


Here Comes The Neighborhood

By David L. Birch |  Mar 1, 1990

A listing of nine high-growth neighborhoods in and around older, slower-growth cities.  Read story

After The Crash

By David L. Birch |  Dec 1, 1988

The strength of hidden aggressive smaller companies stimulates the economy when it falters.  Read story

Prematurely Gray?

By David L. Birch |  Nov 1, 1988

Statistics show that the high-tech industry has a low failure rate, despite reputation.  Read story

Late Bloomers

By David L. Birch |  Sep 1, 1988

Statistics show that high growth is prevelant in older, more established companies.  Read story

Live Fast, Die Young

By David L. Birch |  Aug 1, 1988

Statistics show that successful entrepreneurship requires tenacity and patience.  Read story

What Goes Up

By David L. Birch |  Jul 1, 1988

Volatility creates ulcers for entrepreneurs and headaches for people who deal with them, but it's what keeps our economy strong  Read story

Buyer Beware

By David L. Birch |  Jun 1, 1988

When growth companies change hands, both buyers and sellers are in for a surprise  Read story

Down, But Not Out;

By David L. Birch |  May 1, 1988

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Trading Places: Small Businesses and Global Trade

By David L. Birch |  Apr 1, 1988

Economist David L. Birch on the state of our global competitiveness and the surprising truth about small exporters.  Read story

Thriving On Adversity

By David L. Birch |  Mar 1, 1988

Sometimes entrepreneurship does best when the local economy appears to have taken a turn for the worse  Read story

Rfd Inc.

By David L. Birch |  Feb 1, 1988

Where to go when you want to start a business in a remote location.  Read story

The Truth About Start-ups

By David L. Birch |  Jan 1, 1988

From cradle to grave, here are the facts about which businesses are most often started, survive, and prosper  Read story

The Class Of '82

By David L. Birch |  Dec 1, 1987

The years 1982-1987 were kind indeed to today's INC. 500. But how did they treat the INC. 500 of 1982?  Read story

Musical Jobs

By David L. Birch |  Nov 1, 1987

The frantic job changing that our New Economy compels is hardly a game, but we all have to play it anyway  Read story

The Booming Hidden Market

By David L. Birch |  Oct 1, 1987

There are companies out there that'll need what you're selling. You just haven't heard of them yet  Read story

The Rise And Fall Of Everybody

By David L. Birch |  Sep 1, 1987

Turbulence is the new fact of business life, and we'd better understand what it means  Read story

Wide Open Spaces

By David L. Birch |  Aug 1, 1987

The real-estate glut is bad news for developers and lenders but good news for almost everybody else  Read story

Yankee Doodle Dandy

By David L. Birch |  Jul 1, 1987

Entrepreneurship and innovation make our business culture worth celebrating. But they pose challenges, too  Read story

Is Manufacturing Dead?

By David L. Birch |  Jun 1, 1987

The answer, the numbers insist, is a resounding no. In fact, our manufacturers may be the most innovative businesspeople in the country  Read story

No Respect

By David L. Birch |  May 1, 1987

If you think the much-chronicled rise of the service sector signals lower wages, fewer exports, and an economy that can't grow, think again  Read story

The Q Factor

By David L. Birch |  Apr 1, 1987

These days, a city's growth has less to do with lower costs than with the quality of its people and lifestyle  Read story

The Atomization Of America

By David L. Birch |  Mar 1, 1987

Lost in all the talk about the way our economy is growing may be what you need to understand most of all: the way it's "shrinking."  Read story