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World Bank Turns To Aiding Small Companies
When the World Bank lends money at favorable interest rates, it usually goes to support massive industrial, hydroelectric, or agricultural projects. Now,... Read more
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Going Global, Part 11: What Would Bono Do?
It was the World Bank's Doing Business Report that provided reporters Nitasha Tiku and Max Chafkin with economic metrics for Inc.'s Read more
Entrepreneurs Boost Economies in Developing World
A recent survey of 84 countries conducted by the World Bank found a significant relationship between economic development and entrepreneurial activity aro... Read more
World Bank Blues
Bernard van der Lande built his business on getting World Bank contracts. Then the rules seemed to change. Read more
Crunching the Numbers
The latest stats on working women, global entrepreneurs, office life, and more Read more
Singapore, New Zealand, U.S. Top World Business Rankings
A new World Bank report ranks nations based on ease of starting a business and other factors. Read more
The Business Case for Telepresence
Two of the biggest drivers for the proliferation of video solutions among large companies and SMBs alike are the increasing need for collaboration, both i... Read more
Cutting Incorporation Bureaucracy
It takes six days and six filings to incorporate a business in the United States. Do we really need this level of bureaucracy? Read more
Small Potatoes
Much like minimills in the steel industry, small farms are using their size to stay flexible and responsive to new market opportunities. Read more
Study: Singapore Tops for Startups
The World Bank says Central Asia and Eastern Europe lead the world in pro-business reforms. Read more
In Egypt, Will an Economic Revolution Follow?
A stagnant economy contributed to the unrest that brought down Egypt's Mubarak. Fostering entrepreneurship must be a priority for the next government. Read more
Dossier: Trade Secrets
Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support. Read more
Contributors
A T-shirt business hardly sounds revolutionary. But Threadl... Read more
Read moreNew Global Hot Spots
Look beyond Shanghai for the next big thing. Read more
Safeguard Your Brand Reputation Online
Question: When you do a search on the Web for your business name or brand, does negative information show up in the results? If your answer is yes, you may n... Read more
A Country Without Credit
The Financial Times follows Inc.'s Argentina st... Read more
Green Bayou
With almost $1 billion in new taxes, Louisiana is hedging against a long-standing dependency on cheap energy and good ol' boy charm. Read more
A Constant Feeling of Crisis
Think the U.S. economy feels shaky? Try doing business in Argentina, where corruption is the norm, regulations are absurd, inflation is rampant, and financia... Read more
Is it Bush's fault?
Joe Stiglitz likes to toss blame around for the economic woes that plague our world—but I'm not sure the blame is always aimed in the right directio... Read more
Building a Global Network
Who you need to know and how to find them. Read more
7 Easy Steps to Bootstrapping Success
A guide on how to launch a start-up on the cheap. Read more
Business Out of Africa
I'd imagine most Americans have grown up with the image of Africa as a place in need of tremendous aid - snapshots of children with distended bellies in f... Read more
The Loan Ranger
CircleLending helps manage friends-and-family loans. Read more
How important will my management team be to venture capitalists?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: The strength of your start-up's management team is absolutely critical to your succe... Read more
Why We Need Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East
Underneath the political and economic discontent in the Mideast right now is also profound social unrest. The case for how new social enterprises could contr... Read more
International: Deciding When a Joint Venture Makes Sense
The president of a manufacturing concern explains one key facet he analyzed when expanding into international markets. Read more
Consulting Gold For Golden-agers
General Douglas MacArthur's dictum notwithstanding, old soldiers don't always fade away. Take the case of 72-year-old Colonel Carl Y. Farrell, U.S. Army, ... Read more
Safe Specs
The way the security-industry experts see it, if you're a small-business owner, Internet security is your problem. Not your IT department's problem... Read more
Safe Specs
The way the security-industry experts see it, if you're a small-business owner, Internet security is your problem. Not your IT department's problem... Read more
Going Global, Part 16: Wither Russia?
Tensions between Russia's government and the strange mix of entrepreneurs and oligarchs that makes up the country's nascent private sector seemed to rise ... Read more
The Thinking Man's Outsourcing
A surprising number of U.S. companies are sending their most complex activities overseas. Read more
The Outsourcing Dilemma
Corporate America has been using cheap overseas labor for years. Does it make sense for your company? Read more
Born Again
Back in 1981, Chevrolet was making good things happen; Chrysler was holding the line on prices; and Ford had a better idea. But perhaps the best idea of a... Read more
Bootstrap Banking
For decades, the federal government has tried in vain to bring entrepreneurship to the poor. Now, a small Chicago bank may have found the answer in -- of all... Read more
All Shook Up
What would drive an entrepreneur to reshuffle his top management team at the peak of his company's success? Read more
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read more
Into Africa
Yes, you can do business there. Read more
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