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Defense Software Companies Look Election-proof

By Joel Kotkin |  Aug 1, 1984

Defense Software Companies Look Election-proof. With the Democrats pledging to eliminate "big-ticket" defense-budget items, many defense contractors ...  Read more

To Buy Or Not To Buy

By Donna Sammons Carpenter |  Jul 1, 1984

Sometimes the answer to a vexing real estate problem is a little cooperative effort.  Read more

Nepotism On Trial

By John F. Persinos |  Jul 1, 1984

Nepotism On Trial. A case now before the Supreme Court of the United States is challenging the notion that business owners can favor members of their own fam...  Read more

Frederick W. Smith Of Federal Express: He Didn't Get There Overnight

By Eugene Linden |  Apr 1, 1984

The history of Federal Express Corp. has become a parable of sorts. Some feel that the significance of the company is that it created a $3-billion industr...  Read more

The Inventory Cardiogram

Dec 1, 1983

How to manage inventory to prevent back-ups and slow delivery.  Read more

Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

By Sara Delano |  Nov 1, 1983

Although Dr. Josepb Blaes considered himself reasonably imaginative, he never dreamed that his design for a more efficient dental clinic would have global si...  Read more

Solar Power Gets Cheaper, But Never Cheap Enough

May 1, 1983

Solar Power Gets Cheaper, But Never Cheap Enough. When the U.S. space program began using them on its satellites in the late 1950s, solar cells cost more tha...  Read more

A Winning Combination for the Personal Computer

Feb 1, 1983

Mitch Kapor of Lotus discusses the advent of personal computing in the business world  Read more

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Office

By Craig R. Waters |  Jan 1, 1983

Companies that have gone electronic discover a host of environmental problems. You may be sitting on one, reading under another, and have your feet up on a t...  Read more

Why I Avoid Government Contracts

By Charles George |  Jun 1, 1982

The Davis-Bacon Act, a relic from the Depression, inflates costs on federal construction projects and discourages small builders from bidding on them.  Read more

A Defense Of Defense Procurement Officers

By John E. Greenhalgh |  Apr 1, 1982

A Defense Of Defense Procurement Officers. The implication in February's Speaking Out column that government procurement officials are primarily concerne...  Read more

An Apple On Every Desk

By Steve Ditlea |  Oct 1, 1981

How Apple Computer has inaugurated the workplace of the future  Read more

New Energy Brokers Use Oil Companies As Model

Oct 1, 1981

New Energy Brokers Use Oil Companies As Model. We're an oil and gas company, but without the oil and gas," says Steven Levy, the chief financial offi...  Read more

Use Your Real Estate To Raise Cash

Sep 1, 1981

Sale/leasebacks can provide capital well below conventional rates, and can give a boost to your cash flow.  Read more

After 81 Years, Pirsch Sons Proves That Quality Pays

By Susan E. Currier |  Aug 1, 1981

They make every fire engine by hand, says the founder's great-grandson, and that's why the company has been around longer than any other.  Read more

Enforcing Regflex: Will The SBA Be Aggressive?

Aug 1, 1981

A battle is brewing in Washington over the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which requires federal agencies to prepare analyses of rules they think will have an i...  Read more

Eight Who Innovate

Aug 1, 1981

Today's small business R&D is helping shape tomorrow.  Read more

How Two R&D Programs Can Work For Small Companies

Aug 1, 1981

The National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Defense Department's Small Business Advanced Technology progra...  Read more

Would You Eat Cereal Made From Amaranth?

Aug 1, 1981

One day in the not-too-distant future your morning newspaper may be made from kenaf. Your tires may come from guayule. And you may eat cereal made from amara...  Read more

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By Sara Delano |  Aug 1, 1981

. WHAT ARE THE BEST BETS IN FRANCHISING in the '80s? Ethnic food restaurants, hair-styling salons, and home computer shops are among them, says a recent gove...  Read more

Why Bureaucrats Avoid Small Business R & D

Aug 1, 1981

As a rule, the federal government doesn't like to do business with small companies, for reasons that are not hard to understand if you're the government empl...  Read more

The Inc. 100: We Missed A Trio Of Winners

By Jack Stephens |  Aug 1, 1981

The Inc. 100: We Missed A Trio Of Winners. I read with interest your INC. 100 list in the May issue. Movie Systems Inc. was incorporated in November 1975. We...  Read more

How Can Keeping Sun Out Keep You Warm?

By Douglas W. Goldstein |  Aug 1, 1981

In People Innovations (June), you say that the Heat Mirror produced by the Southwall Corp. "reflects the sun's long, heat-producing waves" result...  Read more

How Our Nation Can Compete Again

By Milton D. Stewart |  Aug 1, 1981

Technology entrepreneurs will lead the way.  Read more

Department Of Defense Small Business Advanced Technology Program (desat)

Aug 1, 1981

Phase I: The DoD expects to award approximately 100 contracts of up to $50,000 each for feasibility research carried out over six months.  Read more