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Babies

By Leslie Boltax Aizenman |  Aug 1, 1986

* By year-end, each of the more than 3.8 million babies born in 1986 will gobble up 552 jars of baby food, dirty approximately 3,000 diapers, and grow out...  Read story

What Makes a Company Great?

By George Gendron |  Feb 1, 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview and review of J. Collins and J. Porras's book 'Built to Last.'  Read story

Copyright Law Changes that May Affect You

By Richard Stim |  May 17, 2000

Congress passed a lot of copyright legislation in 1998, reflecting the lobbying efforts of many special interest groups. Whether you are an Interne...  Read story

Licensing

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The Most Creative Product Ever

By Jim Collins |  May 1, 1997

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read story

The A-pac Gamble

Nov 1, 1983

Necessity lurks behind Action Instruments Inc.'s move toward industrial computers. As the pace of computerization in manufacturing and processing plants p...  Read story

Look Ma--No Bankers

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Aug 1, 1989

Manufacturer of candy boxes learns why banks take a dim of limited partnerships.  Read story

How I Did It: Paul Frank

By Paul Frank |  Aug 1, 2005

Some people say he monkeys around.  Read story

Saving Money in the Magic Kingdom

By Tom Parsons |  Apr 1, 1999

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (and friends) are the big draws as families all over North America make room for Orlando in their summer vacation plans. The ki...  Read story

How Thousand Trails Got Out Of The Woods

By Lucien Rhodes |  Nov 1, 1981

Founder Milt Kuolt strangled himself with debt to build a network of 14 idyllic camping preserves.  Read story

Defying Gravity

By Ryan McCarthy |  May 1, 2008

Some of America's iconic companies took flight in gloomy times.  Read story

Unlimited Partners

By Joel Kotkin |  May 1, 1985

Fast-changing markets are forcing companies to redefine the art of subcontracting.  Read story

Is This Any Way to Run a Family?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Dec 1, 2005

Hoping to inspire, to teach responsibility and instill determination, Tom Parsons decided to start a business with his 15-year-old son. It seemed like a good...  Read story

Dream Big

Oct 1, 2004

"Make no little plans," said the great 19th-century architect Daniel Burnham. That spirit is alive and well in today's company builders. The trick, of cou...  Read story

Brandapalooza

By Thea Singer |  Oct 15, 1999

A look at how Michael Dorf, cofounder and CEO of the Knitting Factory, branded a culture and used strategic sponsorships to grow his fringe-music venue into ...  Read story

Who Owns Harlem?

By Paul Keegan |  Aug 1, 2000

As an economic-development boom takes off in Harlem, residents hotly debate what path will lead the famed African American neighborhood into a prosperous fut...  Read story

You Can't Run A Company By The Numbers Alone

By Harrison L. Moore |  Sep 1, 1981

When Ken Carpenter looked at the finances of Curtis-Toledo, he saw a few simple problems. After he bought the company, he found the reality was more complica...  Read story

The Consultant Wore Army Boots;

Oct 1, 1987

To help rein in costs at Servus Rubber, owner Michael Cappy might have turned to contacts from his Booz, Allen & Hamilton or business-school days. In...  Read story

Supercharged Sell

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1997

Sales-force automation is a powerful tool but succeeding with it is no easy matter.  Read story

Hard To Swallow

By John Case |  Nov 1, 1987

If Tom Peters has all the right prescriptions, why aren't we following them?  Read story

Jump Start Your Business

By John Grossmann |  May 1, 2000

Spend 48 sleepless hours with America's top new-product idea man.  Read story

Cowboy Capitalist

By Curtis Hartman |  Jan 1, 1989

Profile of entrepreneur Ross Perot, how he created EDS, and why he would create a start-up which is threatened by EDS.  Read story

When The Magic Goes

By Steve Coll |  Oct 1, 1984

The adoring crowd of 300 engineers executives, and reporters fell silent. They had gathered this Friday night in the bright new site of Sente Technologies...  Read story

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