Timothy Bates


Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jun 1, 1994

As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge.  Read story

U.S. Business Data Worst in World -- and Getting Worse

By Jerry Useem |  Oct 1, 1996

Various experts discuss why it has become so difficult to track issues concerning small businesses.  Read story

A New Kind of Business

By Timothy Bates |  Jul 1, 1994

Policymakers should take a good look at growth companies founded by African Americans.  Read story

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

By Karen E. Carney |  May 15, 1995

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read story

A Bad Investment

By Timothy Bates |  Jan 1, 1995

A professor of labor and urban studies explains why empowerment zones are doomed, and offers a better plan.  Read story

Why Loans Won't Save the Poor

By L. Servon |  Apr 1, 1996

Two labor and urban affairs experts explain why microlending programs don't solve all the problems of the disadvantaged.  Read story

Look Before You Leap

By Timothy Bates |  Jul 1, 1995

A professor of economics looks at recent research concerning franchising, and offers tips about franchising.  Read story

Buyers Learn to Beware at Franchise Boot Camp

By Eileen Gunn |  Jul 1, 2003

Louis Dominguez, a 53-year-old retired account executive with Verizon, was recently on a conference call with a representative from Alphagraphics, a print...  Read story

Resources

By Inc Staff |  Oct 1, 1996

A guide to finding more information on various topics featured in the Oct. 1996 issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

The Smartest Franchisees in America

By JAY FINEGAN |  Nov 1, 1995

An in-depth look at a new wave of franchisees who are using their entrepreneurial smarts as true company builders.  Read story

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