Eastern Europe


U.S. Workers Ranked as World's Most Productive

Thanks to longer workdays and better training, U.S. employees generate more overall value than those in other nations.  Read story

Michael Shick takes over Inc.com

Ushering in a new era of reader engagement, Michael Shick embeds his viral videos on the new inc.com website.  Read story

Network: June 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Feds Bust Retail Hacking Ring

More than 41 million credit and debit card numbers were lifted from OfficeMax, Barnes & Nobles and other retailers, officials say.  Read story

Emerging Markets: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Staying Sane, Safe, and Profitable

We at Kemin have been doing business internationally for more than three decades. A few years after our founding in 1961, a Chinese graduate student at Co...  Read story

Go East, Young Man

First-person account of a joint venture in Eastern Europe.  Read story

Software Piracy Hits $29 Billion in Losses

July 9, 2004 -- The software industry is caught in a twisted cycle: People pirate software because it costs so much and software develope...  Read story

Who's Thinking About Exporting?

Chart showing percentage of companies interested in various exporting regions.  Read story

Study: Singapore Tops for Startups

The World Bank says Central Asia and Eastern Europe lead the world in pro-business reforms.  Read story

Factoring

Related Terms: Accounts Receivable ; Read story

Travel: Now boarding: the JetBlue of Bangalore

Discount airlines have become an international hit. We list who is flying.  Read story

Software Piracy Worldwide a $33 Billion Loss

May 23, 2005 --One in three software programs in use around the world today have been installed without license, according to the second a...  Read story

Organizational Growth

Growth is something for which most companies strive, regardless of their size. Small firms want to get big, big firms want to get bigger. Indeed, companie...  Read story

International: Deciding When a Joint Venture Makes Sense

The president of a manufacturing concern explains one key facet he analyzed when expanding into international markets.  Read story

U.S. Employers Lag Behind in Giving Raises

March 12, 2007 -- U.S. employers are lagging behind China, India, and Eastern Europe when it comes to giving their employees a raise, a r...  Read story

Relocating Washington

Imagine the Interior Department out West, or Labor in Detroit.  Read story

Don't Get Hooked

Everyone's seen the subject lines in his or her inbox: "Chase Customer Service" or "EBay account suspension." The subject lines are meant to prompt you to...  Read story

What Makes a Good Entrepreneurial Manager? Ask Middle Managers

According to a recent Industry Standard article, the highly successful entrepreneur John Peters, now CEO of broadband service provider Sigma Netw...  Read story

Will Your Product `Travel' Overseas?

Survey of current international opportunities in five foreign markets.  Read story

After Hours

Being the overachievers that they are, many Inc. 500 company leaders are involved in extracurricular activities. Here's a sampling of their moonlighting effo...  Read story

Attack of the $35 Gucci Handbag

Knockoffs may seem like a cheap-and-easy way to outfit your wardrobe with the top luxury brands. But all those counterfeit Louis Vuitton purses and Dolce & G...  Read story

Money (and More) for Overseas Expansion

An income-producing U.S. government agency helps businesses invest in foreign markets.  Read story

Good Morning, Vietnam

Three entrepreneurs discuss their operations in the emerging Vietnamese marketplace.  Read story

Growth in Translation

As the world gets smaller and the demand for language services grows bigger, some Inc. 500|5000 companies are cashing in by bridging the communication gap be...  Read story

Network: March 1992

Network new queries.  Read story

Risky Business

A venture capitalist discusses marketplace trends and the venture capital business.  Read story

Why Bankruptcy Works

A U.S. bankruptcy judge fields questions from a senior Inc. writer and explains why bankruptcy laws work.  Read story

Brief Profiles of 2002 Inc 500 Companies

Unusual stories and interesting statistics about companies on the 2002 Inc 500 list.  Read story

The Thinking Man's Outsourcing

A surprising number of U.S. companies are sending their most complex activities overseas.  Read story

The Next Best Thing to Being There

A new breed of collaboration software lets far-flung employees work as though they're face to face.  Read story

The French Connection

Profile of the changing French entrepreneurial landscape.  Read story

Seven Steps to Doing Good Business

Devising a system of commerce and production in which each and every act is sustainable and restorative.  Read story

How to Counter the Norton Counterfeits

Cupertino, CA -- Would you buy a fake Rolex wristwatch for $50 out of someone's coat, in a back alley? Would you buy counterfeit software, for a ...  Read story

Winning in the Asian Era

The U.S. must take a new commerce perspective in regard to the changes taking place in the world economy.  Read story

New World, Ordered

A profile of a 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year runner-up, and how he grew his company to a $1-billion business.  Read story

Do You See What I See?

Owners and CEOs of fast-growing companies discuss the likelihood of national and regional recession.  Read story

Cool, Determined & Under 30

They are collaborative, creative, and -- above all -- confident. And all of them were born after October 31, 1978.  Read story

My Awakening

How an entrepreneur from Singapore opened my eyes to what I have to do to remain competitive in Springfield.  Read story

Coming to America

A special program called StartSmart is turning immigrants into entrepreneurs. Meet five who are succeeding.  Read story

John Scharffenberger, The Tastemaker

John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of...  Read story

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