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A guide to more information discussed in articles appearing in the November issue of Inc. magazine.

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Letters, page 15

House of Corrections

For information on the annual business-plan competition sponsored by the Entrepreneurial Management Center at San Diego State University, E-mail Marsha Gear at marsha.gear@sdsu.edu or call her at 619-594-4501.

Accounting and Financial Fundamentals for Nonfinancial Executives, by Robert Rachlin and Allen Sweeny, is available from AMACOM (800-262-9699) for $18.95.

Field Notes, pages 17 to 27

Hot Starts: Can Big Business Be Built on Breakthrough Product?

The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association operates the Consumer Electronics Show; call 703-907-7600 for show dates. Twice (800-662-7776) is a biweekly magazine that covers consumer electronics. Parks Associates, a Dallas market-research firm, publishes Pathfinder, a monthly guide that profiles new markets, new companies, and new products in the world of residential electronics. (An annual subscription is $395; call 800-727-5711.) Electronic House magazine (800-375-8015) is a resource guide for consumer electronics.

Fast Money: Young M.B.A. Seeks Attractive Company

The Stanford Business School case study "Kirk Riedinger and Jamie Turner," by David Dodson and search-fund advocate Irv Grousbeck, is an informative account of the experiences of the first two M.B.A.'s to raise a search fund. It's available through Harvard Business School Publishing for $5 plus shipping. Call 800-545-7685 and ask for case number SB102.

Keynotes: Forget the Organization, Says Management Guru

Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes, by William Bridges (Addison Wesley, 800-822-6339, 1980, $13), is one of the earliest and best books to address coping with change in the workplace, says Nancy Austin. William Bridges & Associates (415-381-9663) publishes a quarterly newsletter called Organizations in Transition, which you can subscribe to for $35 a year. The price is right, but the newsletter is thin; you're better off picking up Bridges's JobShift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs (also from Addison Wesley, 1995, $13).

Keynotes: Take My Village...Please

Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities, by Doug Henton, John Melville, and Kim Walesh--three key people at Collaborative Economics, a consulting firm in Palo Alto, Calif.--is due out in March 1997 at $25.95 from Jossey-Bass (800-956-7739).

Red Tape: Minimum-Wage Poster Child

The Department of Labor's Web site has a ton of information on the new minimum-wage increase, and not all of it is a political advertisement for the Clinton reelection campaign. Both employers and employees will find help there. You can even download and print out a poster outlining the requirements of the new law.

On the Road: CBS Drops Small Businesses from Letterman Lineup

Rupert Jee's Hello Deli features two celebrity sandwiches that are easily replicated at home. Try the Letterman Hoagie (turkey, ham, cheese, and sweet peppers) and the Shaffer (chicken cutlet, American cheese, and mayo on a hero).

Face to Face: Playing by the Rules, page 38

"Mrs. Fields' Secret Ingredient," (Inc., October 1987) provides a more thorough explanation and illustration of how Randy and Debbi Fields began to apply rules-based technology to the management of Mrs. Fields Cookies--and by extension, how such technology can be applied to other companies. Download the story from our archives using the keyword Mrs. Fields.

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