How to Keep Staff in a Boom Economy
Here's how CompuWorks, a computer-systems-integration firm, has dramatically reduced turnover by cultivating a sense of common purpose among employees. Read story
Karen E. Carney
Keeping Score of Profits
Walk into a company that has its financial information open to everyone, and somewhere, somehow, you're going to see a scoreboard that reports and summari... Read story
Figuring Out Your Critical Number
Eight months ago, Critz Inc., a Savannah, Ga.-based auto dealership, made the decision to start living by its crit... Read story
CEO Compensation: The ABCs of Paying Yourself
Advice from experts and CEOs that adds up to primer for execs to figure out their annual salaries. Read story
Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research
Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses. Read story
Overseas Sales On-Line
A quick look at several companies that are doing international business through on-line services like CompuServe. Read story
You Have Some Choices
A brief look at why two growing companies decided to offer 401(k)s and how they balanced cost and service. Read story
Hiring: Recuiting Strategically
A sales vice-president briefly explains how she improved her interviewing techniques. Read story
Hiring: Voodoo Job Screening
A quick look at how a CEO is using handwriting analysis to assist in such decisions as hiring and team building. Read story
Executive Education: Inc. Shops the Top Marketing Programs
A list of five sales-and-marketing "executive ed" programs, with information such as tuition, length and phone numbers. Read story
Business for Sale: California Diving Magazine
A business offering complete with price, outlook, financial summary and the pros and cons of the purchase. Read story
Benefits: Economical EAPs
A short article offering some information on employee-assistance program consortia, their benefits and pitfalls. Read story
Cost Cutting: Your Old PCs for the New World's Needy
A look at a charity that collects used computers, repairs them, and sends them to the needy, at home and aboard. Read story
The Inc. Network
Reader-to-reader advice. Read story
He Pays Them to Quit Puffing
One company's technique for getting workers to quit smoking and resources for designing smoking-cessation classes. Read story
Choosing an EAP
Five ways to gauge the suitability of an employee assistance program for your company. Read story
Big Business's Yard Sale
Recycled-furniture dealers offer high-quality furniture at cut rates. Read story
Surveys of Substance
Tips on designing and administering employee surveys. Read story
Saving Cash with Second-Time-Around Goods
A consortium encourages its members to conserve resources by using recycled materials. Read story
Network: June 1993
Reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Network: June 1993
Network questions and answers. Read story
Network: May 1993
Network: Reader to reader advice. Read story
Island Crafts Cataloger
Financial summary and brief description of a Maine-based cataloger called Island Crafts. Read story
The American Dream: Business For Sale
Financial summary and brief description of a lakefront inn and marina on Lake Tahoe. Read story
Rocky Mountain Water-Ski Shop
Financial summary brief description of a water-ski shop. Read story
The Secret Traps in SCORs
What to keep in mind when dealing with small corporate offering registrations. Read story
