Smaller Business Association of New England


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By Lyman D. Vincola |  Dec 1, 1981

$Atlantic/Tracy, a distributor of bearings and power transmission equipment, headquartered in Somerville, Mass., is trying to be more creative with its cr...  Read story

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By Peter Webster President |  Dec 1, 1981

$For more than 20 years, Black & Webster, a machine tool manufacturer in Waltham, Mass., updated its sales literature for their electropunch. Over the...  Read story

When Sbane Talks, People Listen

By Tom Richman |  Apr 1, 1982

The Smaller Business Association of New England commands more influence, both at home and in Washington, than its modest size suggests.  Read story

Get Help From Business Peers

Dec 1, 1981

Ever catch yourself wishing for a board of directors, just so you'd have more than your own opinion when it came time for hard decisions? Many chief exec...  Read story

Will The Real Small Businessman Stand Up?

By Tom Richman |  Jul 1, 1982

Unfortunately, he can't, because he doesn't exist, although everyone claims to speak for him these days.  Read story

Micro Matter

Oct 1, 1983

From books to tapes to classes, computer training options are as varied as the computers themselves.  Read story

Back to School

By John Grossman |  Aug 1, 1988

Successful executives head back to business school for further education in management issues.  Read story

Upcoming Events

Mar 1, 1982

The National Federation of Independent Business state legislative conferences: March 10, Denver, Colo. Call Jim Henderson at the NFIB in Denver, (30...  Read story

Small Biz Gets No Charge from Electricity Deregulation

By Hal Plotkin |  Dec 1, 1996

Here's why small businesses better pay attention when its electric-utility market becomes deregulated.  Read story

Hanging Tough With Reagan On Taxes

By Tom Richman |  Sep 1, 1981

Small business deal makers had to choose between political loyalty to the Administration and attractive offers from Democrats. They made a split decision.  Read story

Pollsters Find Small Business Pessimistic

Aug 1, 1981

If you believe the findings of a lot of the polls of small business people and surveys of chief executive officers these days times are tough. A rec...  Read story

The Accountant Safety Test

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1991

Advice on how growing companies can protect their interests on the accounting front.  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

Why Small Business Lost On The Tax Bill

By Tom Richman |  Oct 1, 1981

Looking back on the tax fight that occupied Congress and the Administration throughout the summer, lobbyists and even some legislators contend that small ...  Read story

Big Business Cries Foul

By Tom Richman |  Nov 1, 1981

Small companies can patent government-funded inventions -- and the big guys don't like it.  Read story

Is Ronald Reagan Bad For Small Business?

Feb 1, 1982

Ralph Nader believes that what's good for small business is good for the consumer, but that Ronald Reagan is good for neither. The Presidential Acco...  Read story

Beyond Uncle Sam And His Gifts

By Steve Coll |  May 1, 1985

SMALL BUSINESS COULD LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FASHION VITAL NATIONAL POLICY IF IT CONCENTRATES ON SAVING THE SBA.  Read story

Entrepreneurship Honor Roll *

Sep 1, 1982

OUTSTANDING LEADERS Democrats LaFalce, John J. (N.Y.) Mitchell, Parren J. (Md.) Smith, Neal (Iowa) Bedell, Berkley (Iowa)Read story

When In Rome

By Sara Delano |  Sep 1, 1983

Mike Rooney became a globe-trotter to build a strong network of overseas sales representatives.  Read story

The Making Of The President 1988

By Joel Kotkin |  Nov 1, 1984

THERE IS A RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS -- IN BOTH PARTIES -- THAT IS LOOKING TO SHAPE A WHOLE NEW POLITICS OF GROWTH.  Read story

Now I Know My Abcs

By Steve Coll |  Apr 1, 1985

The president of the American Business Conference would have us think that the organization represents the elite of America's growth companies. Think again.  Read story

Power Trips

By Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. |  Apr 1, 1986

Some company owners exercise their imaginations not only in the office but out of it. What's striking about their vacations is not where they went, but why.  Read story

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