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Jury's Decision Could Affect Patent Rights

Oct 1, 1981

In a decision that could significantly affect the legal relationship between inventors and the companies they work for, a California jury recently awarded...  Read story

Uncommon Carriers

May 1, 1982

Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., long a pioneer in space travel and modern computer communications, has come up with a new communications system that's ol...  Read story

New Recruitment Strategy: Ask Your Best Employees to Leave

By Phaedra Hise |  Jul 1, 1997

A look at how large companies are tapping into the entrepreneurial urges of their employees.  Read story

The Rating Game

By Ellen Kolton |  Feb 1, 1985

Before evaluating your employees, you might want to ask them what they're doing.  Read story

Corporate Turnaround: How Managers Turn Losers Into Winners!, By Donald B. Bibeault. Mcgraw-hill, 1221 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, Ny 10020; 406 Pp., $24.95.

Nov 1, 1981

Even the mighty can fall -- and fail. (Some familiar near and total collapses: W. T. Grant, National Cash Register, Penn Central, Lockheed, Chrysler, Mem...  Read story

7 New Technology Marvels , inc5000 Article - Inc. Article

By Calvin Cato |  Aug 20, 2008

Our Inc. 500|5000 CEOs don't settle for what's already on the market. They seek out new and efficient technologies that make our lives easier. Here are a ...  Read story

The New! Improved! Military-industrial Complex

Jun 1, 1987

The budget squeeze has prompted a defense industry shakeout, giving an edge to companies that upgrade weapons rather than replace them  Read story

Small Firm Wows Nasa With "unique" Process

Jul 1, 1981

Making windmills should be easy, right? So when NASA decided to develop a wind-powered turbine for generating electricity, it gave the contract to Lockhe...  Read story

One Dozen Powerful Strategies for Avoiding Thieves, Spies, Con-Artists, and...

By Don Phin |  Jan 1, 2004

As we tell clients, if it's out on the street, it's in your workplace. If there are people "out there" who are abusive, harassing, discriminatory, violent...  Read story

War Economy: When Should You Attack Your Competition?

By Adam Hanft |  Jul 1, 2004

Are we living in an attack culture in America today? Sure seems so. With Fox News, Michael Moore, and the nuclear nature of political discourse in genera...  Read story

Quality Circles

Related Terms: Quality Control A quality circl...  Read story

Case in Point

By Leslie Brokaw |  Dec 1, 1995

A profile of the 1995 Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year and the runners-up.  Read story

The Long Arm Of Texas

Oct 1, 1984

A year ago we chronicled the Texas campaign that brought Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC) to Austin. Over the ensuing 12 months, this ...  Read story

Small Business, Big Controversy

By Robb Mandelbaum |  May 1, 2007

Why are so many big corporations winning federal contracts designated for small firms?  Read story

The Absolutist

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2002

If you want to work with Laura Ricci, you have to do things her way. That means on-line.  Read story

Employees Make Dough While The Moon Shines

Dec 1, 1981

The "company man" who dedicates his time and energy to a corporation 40 hours a week is likely to have an extra-curricular activity his employer doesn't k...  Read story

Small Firms Eye Border-Security Contacts

By Angus Loten |  May 22, 2006

Companies specializing in video surveillance and other technologies could see a big payday.  Read story

Lucky Thirteen

By William Sourder |  Nov 1, 1985

In the brutal six-year war to stem the decline of U.S. manufacturing jobs, most states have suffered heavy casualties. From an all-time high in 1979, man...  Read story

Failure Is Success For Disaster Detectives

Oct 1, 1981

When things break down, fall apart, or go wrong, business is good for Failure Analysis Associates. Teams of engineers from the small Palo Alto, Cali...  Read story

Staying Alive in an Emerging Market

By Christi Frum |  May 3, 2000

The potential benefits of the molten-hot, new B2B market are enormous, but so are the potential pitfalls as industry giants muscle their way into the aren...  Read story

The Business of Iraq

By Venuri Siriwardane |  Aug 20, 2008

A lot of American contractors have done very well during the Iraq war. What happens if it ends?  Read story

Watch Your Language

By V.I. |  Nov 1, 1984

If little Joey wants IBM's high-powered Personal Computer/XT for Christmas, watch out. He may be scheming to cheat on his Spanish papers. Even if he gets ...  Read story

Is Peace Bad for Business?

By Joel Kotkin |  Aug 1, 1989

Businesses that formerly relied on government military contracts will have to adapt due to lower defense budgets.  Read story

High-tech Industry Turns To Retirees

Apr 1, 1982

"There has always been the assumption that when people leave the work force they want to sever all connections with their jobs," says Robert Zager, vice-p...  Read story

Hard-Ware

By Joshua D. Macht |  Mar 15, 1996

A quick look at a new laptop sturdy enough to handle the rigors of the U.S. military.  Read story

Succession Planning Not Just for Top Execs

By Robert K. Prescott |  Jun 1, 2000

The words "succession planning" are usually associated with finding the right people to fill the highest-level positions. But planning for future s...  Read story

Getting The Information You Need

By Joanne Kelleher |  Jan 1, 1982

Just about any fact you need for your business is available from a computerized data bank at a reasonable cost.  Read story

Values Added

Jan 1, 1986

Do you have to be bad to be good at business? Why are American managers so afraid of ethics? James O'Toole, author of Vanguard Management, champions values a...  Read story

Mad about You

By Teri Lammers Prior |  Aug 1, 1996

The story of what happened when a company's founder brought in his wife to run the company.  Read story

Proving that You Have the Right Stuff

By Alison Stein Wellner |  Jul 1, 2005

A growth company in Topeka prepares to make its cosmic debut.  Read story

The Never-ending Controversy

By Steve Coll |  Mar 1, 1985

Why the Pentagon will keep spending $7,600 for a coffee maker.  Read story

Star Wars, Inc.

By JAY FINEGAN |  Apr 1, 1987

Whether it's ever even deployed, the space shield is already a $19-billion growth industry  Read story

High Flyer

Sep 1, 1981

When Charles Muench was a kid, he built gasoline-fueled model airplanes. He'd take them outside and fly them around in big circles. "Some of them got pre...  Read story

Money in, Money Out

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1993

How to time cash flow to make the most of the cash in your company - both your own and other people's.  Read story

Mass. Launches Small-Business Partnership Program

By Ted O’Callahan |  Feb 22, 2006

Massachusetts Business Connect will pair small businesses with larger corporations eager for outside innovation.  Read story

Emotional Branding

By Mike Hofman |  May 1, 2002

How much of your life story should you use to market your company?  Read story

Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley

By Susan Benner |  Sep 1, 1982

As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over.  Read story

The Family Plan

By Donna Fenn |  Apr 1, 1986

The owner of Capsco Sales hopes her kids will take over the company in a couple of years. If they don't, it won't be for lack of planning.  Read story

Hot Markets

By John Case |  Dec 1, 1991

Profile of computer companies from the Inc. 500.  Read story

L.A. Quakes in the Shadow of Beautiful Downtown Burbank

By Joel Kotkin |  Dec 1, 1996

An overview of a city that is using incentive programs, loans, and regulations to attract businesses.  Read story

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