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Book Review: Final Accounting

Jun 5, 2003

Final Accounting by Barbara Ley Toffler with Jennifer Reingold Broadway Books 273 pages $24.95 E...  Read story

Growth Around The U.S.A.

By Inc Staff |  Feb 1, 1990

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

Benchmark: International on the Internet

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Oct 1, 1996

Some data suggesting how small businesses are using the Internet.  Read story

Best Practices: Developing Budgets

Jan 12, 2000

A budget is a systematic method of allocating financial, physical, and human resources to achieve strategic goals. Companies develop budgets in order to m...  Read story

Best Practices: Accounts Payable

Feb 21, 2000

How a company manages its accounts payable processing affects two important business matters: cash flow and supplier relationships. Companies that apply b...  Read story

Best Practices: Receivable, Credit, and Collections

Mar 15, 2000

Accounts receivable is among the largest and most liquid assets on the books of most companies. A properly managed accounts receivable portfolio can exped...  Read story

From " What? " to " So What? " to " Now What? "

Aug 25, 2000

So much information is available on consumer tastes in food that it can be a challenge to go from the "what?" of market research to the "so what?" and the...  Read story

Benchmark: The Growing Labor Challenge

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1996

Some data that show the challenges faced by small and midsize companies looking for an adequate labor force.  Read story

Cost Control: Where are you cutting costs?

By Inc Staff |  Mar 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of 4,500 CEOs asking where they intend to shave costs in their companies.  Read story

Best Practices: Manage Cash Flow

Jul 24, 2000

Cash flow management is a process that involves collecting payments, controlling disbursements, covering shortfalls, forecasting cash needs, investing idl...  Read story

Benchmark: No Financing? You're Not Alone

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1995

Some statistics showing the different methods companies are using for financing.  Read story

Benchmark: Time to Upgrade?

By Phaedra Hise |  Jan 1, 1996

Some data concerning how small and medium-sized companies are upgrading their computer systems.  Read story

Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1993

Chart of family-owned business owners' concerns about ownership succession.  Read story

States of Confusion

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1997

With 48 different state-tax codes, you could have tax liabilities you've never dreamed of.  Read story

What Improvements Companies Are Investing In

By Inc Staff |  Mar 15, 1996

Some figures showing how companies are re-investing in themselves and the improvements they are making.  Read story

Resources

By Inc Staff |  Jul 1, 1997

A comprehensive guide, including phone numbers, to resources for various articles featured in the July issue of Inc.  Read story

Private Lives

Jul 20, 2000

Coutts Consulting Group , a U.K.-based career management firm, is part of a growing trend among smaller publicly held ...  Read story

A Taxing Comparison

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

A comparison of the amount taxes an S corp. and C corp. with $500,000 in taxable income will have to pay.  Read story

New for '97

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1997

An Inc. senior writers looks at what small businesses can expect in 1997, regardless of economic forecasts.  Read story

The Secret World of IPOs

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer takes you through the uncharted territory of small-company public offerings.  Read story

Family Values in Small Business

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Feb 1, 1993

Chart showing percentage of companies which offer employee leave or unpaid parental leave.  Read story

Could Your Kids Run Your Company?

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

If you hope someday to pass your company on to your kids, you should start making plans now. Here's how to prepare yourself--and your children--for the trans...  Read story

Accounting For Growth

By Donna Sammons |  Jan 1, 1984

Accounting firms, large and small, are battling for the business of small business. What do these firms really have to offer?  Read story

Riding the Economic Roller Coaster

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 2000

Turbulent world economic markets can affect your growing business -- even if you don't sell overseas. Here's how to shelter your company from adverse economi...  Read story

How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services.  Read story

Inc. 500

By Inc Staff |  Sep 1, 2007

A view from the top of the entrepreneurial economy.  Read story

Could Your Kids Run Your Company?

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

If you dream of a family dynasty, it's time to start planning. Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas f...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

By Inc Staff |  Jan 1, 1998

CEOs give advice on allowing employees to donate vacation days, saving money on radio advertising, explaining financials to employees, and improving employee...  Read story

Business 101: Family-Business Planning

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas for surgery on a stomach aneurysm, a procedure that would keep him from running his comp...  Read story

Use of Technology in Small to Midsize Companies

By Inc Staff |  Sep 15, 1996

Some data examining technology use in midsize companies.  Read story

The Recession Is Coming! The Recession Is Coming!

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1997

The best time to prepare for the next recession is when times are good, says Inc.'s finance editor.  Read story

The Grapevine

Feb 1, 1988

Often, useful research is your for the asking.  Read story

Grist: The New Lust for Integrity

By Adam Hanft |  Feb 1, 2004

Ethical accountability now shapes the way companies are judged and valued. This isn't ethics as ornament, as the accessory of the moment. It is a lasting cha...  Read story

A Byte Of Education

By Abby Solomon |  Oct 1, 1983

Three years ago, learning to use a microcomputer was about as high a priority for a CEO as learning to type. That has changed. And if education is your goal,...  Read story

Best Practices: Provide Internal Financial Information

By Rogers, Martha, Kasanoff, Bruce |  Aug 11, 2000

Internal financial reporting traditionally means compiling and distributing generic reports that show a company's past, short-term financial performance. ...  Read story

IRS Agent Jones is on Line One. . .

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

Inc.'s finance editor asks four tax experts, How bad can an audit be?Well, maybe you don't really want to know!  Read story

FYI: BYOB

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 2002

The most recent corporate scandals are likely to accelerate a trend that's been building for years: bring your own business.  Read story

Best Cities: City Pickers

By Rifka Rosenwein |  Dec 1, 2000

Before you think about moving your company or starting a business in a new location, look at this list of the key issues in judging whether a city fits your ...  Read story

Index

By Inc Staff |  Sep 1, 1998

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the September 1998 issue.  Read story

Index

By Inc Staff |  Feb 1, 1998

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the February issue.  Read story