Michael Porter


FYI: The Inner City 100

Inc.'s editor explains how the Inner City 100 became a joint venture between Inc. and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and why the...  Read story

Q & A with Michael Porter

Harvard professor and urban booster Michael Porter explains the vital role that growing companies play in the inner city.  Read story

The Inner-City 100: The Asphalt Window

Inner-cities aren't usually thought of as hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity, but they are often harbingers of things to come for the rest of the country.  Read story

Industry Analysis

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Know Your Place

Assessing the attractiveness of your industry and strategically positioning your company.  Read story

The Classics

A noted author offers readers a guide to the best business and management books of all time.  Read story

Clusters

Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies or institutions that manufacture products or deliver services to a particular field or ...  Read story

Book Review: Key Management Models

Key Management Models by Steven ten Have, Wouter ten Have and Frans Stevens with Marcel van der Elst and Fiona Pol-Coyne
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Vital Signs

Finally, some good news about business -- from a place you might least expect it.  Read story

Raising Revenue, Building Blocks

From Austin to Anchorage, America's fastest-growing inner city companies are cultivating business and goodwill in struggling neighborhoods. Our 2007 ranking.  Read story

Life in the Fast Lane

Notes and comments about the 1995 Inc. 500 conference from attendees and Inc.'s editor-in-chief, George Gendron.  Read story

The Business Owner's Bookshelf

30 books you should read and put to use  Read story

Inner City 100

A look at the entrepreneurs who are leading the revival of America's urban neighborhoods.  Read story

The Secrets to Their Success

Michael E. Porter and Anne Habiby discuss the types of businesses that are thriving in U.S. inner cities.  Read story

Campus Inc.

An introduction to the Inc. cover story on the hottest entrepreneurial programs offered by universities. Includes brief descriptions of more unique ...  Read story

Inside Information

The lowdown on competitive intelligence.  Read story

The Matchmaker

A look at how a catalog retailer and his start-up provides customers with hard-to-find batteries.  Read story

The State of Small Business 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief profiles the writers appearing in this special annual report, The State of Small Business.  Read story

Goldman and Buffett to Aid Small Business

Two icons of bull-market Corporate America team up to finance and support 10,000 small businesses.  Read story

The Hottest Business Plan Around

Ordering information for Harvard professor Michael Porter's excellent comprehensive business plan for Massachusetts.  Read story

2004 Inner City 100 - Street Smart Companies

The Sixth Annual Inner City 100 List For the past six years, Inc. and the Initiative for a Competive Inner Ci...  Read story

Editor's Letter

This issue's letter from the editor.  Read story

Executive Education: Inc. Shops the Top Marketing Programs

A list of five sales-and-marketing "executive ed" programs, with information such as tuition, length and phone numbers.  Read story

Public Policy: What Does Business Really Want from Government?

This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace.  Read story

America's Best-Kept Secret

An introduction to the 1999 Inner City 100. Explains how the winners were selected and describes the ways that companies on the list made their locations a b...  Read story

More Tales of the Inner City

A remarkable group of entrepreneurs deserves credit for transforming America's toughest neighborhoods, writes Michael E. Porter. But there is still much that...  Read story

More Tales of the Inner City

A remarkable group of entrepreneurs deserves credit for transforming America's toughest neighborhoods, writes Michael E. Porter. But there is still much that...  Read story

The Second Annual Inner City 100

A listing of the fastest-growing privately held inner-city businesses in America.  Read story

Index

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

2005 Inner City 100 - Street Smart Companies

America's Fastest Growing Urban Businesses For the past seven years, Inc . and the Initiative for a Competive ...  Read story

That Magic Moment

Inc. magazine's editor-in-chief talks with Earvin "Magic" Johnson about how the focus on fast money makes rising stars "uncoachable" on the court an...  Read story

How to Benchmark Sales-and-Marketing Budgets

Here's how to determine the percentage of gross revenues you should budget for sales and marketing. Includes a look at what large companies spend and nationa...  Read story

Further Details About the Inner City 100

Visit www.innercity100.org to apply for the 2005 Inner City 100. Q. What is the...  Read story

Fire and Motion

I’ve read a ton of books on competition and strategy, and none of them are as useful as this one simple concept.  Read story

Fire and Motion

I’ve read a ton of books on competition and strategy, and none of them are as useful as this one simple concept.  Read story

Further Details About the 2005 Inner City 100

Visit www.innercity100.org to apply for the 2006 Inner City 100. Further Details About the 2005 Inner C...  Read story

Book Value: So You Say People Are Your Most Important Asset

According to some recent books, thinking of people as just another asset is a mistake. Plus: What Tim Keyes of Aim Technologies reads.  Read story

States of Confusion

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

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