Growth Strategies


Recent Growth Strategies Articles

Log On, Bitte

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Two on-line databases with directory information on businesses in Germany.  Read more

Capital: International Funding

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of electronics industry execs that asks how much of their financing is met by foreign capital.  Read more

It's Who You Know

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

A company subcontracts overseas, paying cheaper freight and no commission, all by eliminating an agent.  Read more

Innocents Abroad

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1990

Exporting can be a less costly experience when you investigate foreign markets thoroughly.  Read more

Good-Neighbor Policy

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

The Canadian Department of Regional Industrial Expansion has created a database with information on exporting.  Read more

The Accidental Lender

By Steve Solomon |  Mar 1, 1990

A Texas businesss-owner salvages old engine parts and sells them abroad.  Read more

Portrait of the CEO as Exporter

By Teri Lammers |  Feb 1, 1990

Jim Koch made a deal to have his Samuel Adams beer appear on a Japanese home shopping network.  Read more

Short Memories

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Feb 1, 1990

Small semiconductor manufacturer goes to Washington to argue against the formation a U.S. consortium of DRAM makers  Read more

The Tokyo Connection

By Edward O. Welles |  Feb 1, 1990

The ramifications of small high-tech companies looking to Japan to fund their development.  Read more

Growth Around The U.S.A.

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1990

Chart: Percentages of companies with growth in sales shown by region.  Read more

Growth Strategies: Prime Time

By Bruce G. Posner |  Dec 1, 1989

How a freight-haul company set out to compete with competitors by providing precise delivery times.  Read more

Growth Strategies: Sell Mates

By Joshua Hyatt |  Dec 1, 1989

An applications software developer makes sales, not technology, the driving force for the entire company.  Read more

Growth Strategies: Buy the Buy

By Joshua Hyatt |  Dec 1, 1989

A retailer creates discount store where all of the merchandise sells for less than 98 cents.  Read more

Growth Strategies: Touch of Glass

By John Case |  Dec 1, 1989

A company provides its customers with custom machinery for bottling and packaging, along with some surprising pluses.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Nov 1, 1989

Hotline information paragraphs.  Read more

Blind Ambition

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1989

Two companies fight over the patent rights to fiber optic HDTV (high-definition television).  Read more

So You Wanna Be in Pictures

By Tom Richman |  Nov 1, 1989

An independent entrepreneur creates an inexpensive alternative to the large Hollywood movie studios.  Read more

Exporting Services

By Bruce G. Posner |  Oct 1, 1989

A business-seminar company talks about the surprising ease with which they were able to export their services.  Read more

Contempt of Court

By Steve Solomon |  Oct 1, 1989

How to avoid litigation and cut legal costs.  Read more

International

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1989

Survey: Answers to some questions about how companies are preparing for the European unification in 1992.  Read more

Risky Business

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1989

How to evaluate your company in preparing for insurance planning.  Read more

The Employer's Burden

By Marisa Manley |  Sep 1, 1989

Avoid negligent-hiring suits by thoroughly checking the backgrounds of your job applicants.  Read more

Why We Lose

By Tom Richman |  Jul 1, 1989

Book review: The Silent War: Inside The Global Business Battles Shaping America's Future. (Random House 1989)  Read more

Trading Places With the Big Guys

By Paul B. Brown |  Jul 1, 1989

How a small shoe-care product manufacturer gets large athletic-shoe makers to endorse its product.  Read more

Information, Please

By Marisa Manley |  Jun 1, 1989

How to give useful job references without getting in to hot water.  Read more

International Partners

By Hal Plotkin |  May 1, 1989

California company produces goods in Taiwan because of the excellent service.  Read more

What's Holding You Back?

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1989

Survey: What's the most significant barrier to your starting or expanding export sales?  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Apr 1, 1989

Hotline informational paragraphs on the above topic.  Read more

Victims Rights

By Marisa Manley |  Apr 1, 1989

How to defend yourself against frivolous litigation.  Read more

Pleasure Sub

By Leslie Brokaw |  Mar 1, 1989

New Business paragraph regarding the manufacture of commercial submarines.  Read more

Patent Pending

By Erik Larson |  Mar 1, 1989

Story of an inventor's 30-year battle to gain control of patent rights to the laser technology he helped develop.  Read more

Small Business Sales Growth

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1989

Graphs displaying the proportion of businesses that had sales growth in 1986-1989 and the percent of change.  Read more

Keeping Up, With NASA's Help

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1989

Information regarding database searching agency for the high-tech information age  Read more

The Brave New World of Antitrust

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1988

Herbal tea company wins antitrust case despite passivity of FTC.  Read more

The Partnership Route

By Joshua Hyatt |  Dec 1, 1988

Joint ventures with foreign markets can bring new frontiers in technology and management.  Read more