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Mighty Spouse

By Mike Hofman |  Dec 1, 2001

Behind every great man is a great woman. Just ask Henry Ross Perot.  Read story

Have It Your Way

By Sarah Schafer |  Dec 15, 1997

Mass customization is a popular trend in the business-to-business arena. Read how manufacturing and communications technology have allowed small companies to...  Read story

Partnership Agreement

Partnership agreements are written documents that explicitly detail the relationship between the business partners and their individual obligations and co...  Read story

Employee Screening Programs

Every business wants trustworthy, qualified employees—especially small firms where every employee counts and interpersonal dynamics often assume heighte...  Read story

Factoring

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Present Value

Related Terms: Discounted Cash Flow ...  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

Comp Time

Comp Time, or Compensatory Time, is an alternate way of rewarding overtime work. Instead of paying an hourly employee time-and-a-half for work done over t...  Read story

Who Do You Call When No One Has the Answers?

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Sep 1, 2002

Where the smartest CEOs turn for guidance and perspective when company building gets personal.  Read story

Leveraged Buyouts

Related Terms: Mergers and Acquisitions...  Read story

Fed Intent on More Rate Increases

By Max Chafkin |  Jul 21, 2005

July 21, 2005 --Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared before a Senate subcommittee Thursday, repeating his intention to continu...  Read story

Stocks

Securities issued by a corporation are classified as debt, equity, or some hybrid of these two forms. Debt usually takes the form of a loan and must be re...  Read story

Ready for Your Product's Close-up?

By Ellen Neuborne |  Oct 1, 2004

The rules of product placement are changing. Here's how to land a starring role for your firm.  Read story

The Cultural Evolution

By Nancy K. Austin |  Oct 15, 1997

Michael May of Empower Trainers & Consultants has developed an extraordinary corporate culture that helped put his company on the 1997 Inc 500 list.  Read story

The Customer is the Company

By Max Chafkin |  Jun 1, 2008

Threadless churns out dozens of new items a month -- with no advertising, no professional designers, no sales force and no retail distribution. And it's neve...  Read story

Paper Planes

By Ellen Wojahn |  Sep 1, 1985

Flight Transportation Corp. was one of the hottest aviation stocks around, but -- when the federal investigators moved in -- they found a company that existe...  Read story

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