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A professor of labor and urban studies explains why empowerment zones are doomed, and offers a better plan. Read story
A professor of labor and urban studies explains why empowerment zones are doomed, and offers a better plan. Read story
Various experts discuss why it has become so difficult to track issues concerning small businesses. Read story
Two labor and urban affairs experts explain why microlending programs don't solve all the problems of the disadvantaged. Read story
A professor of economics looks at recent research concerning franchising, and offers tips about franchising. Read story
How should you think about your foreign endeavors in a time of economic upheaval? Economists tackle a question on global strategies for turbulent time... Read story
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
To keep your growing company on track during a volatile economic period, you should know the answers to these six basic questions. Read story
A budding expert on college entrepreneurship—himself only four years out of NYU—answers readers' questions. Read story
For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar... Read story
An in-depth look at a new wave of franchisees who are using their entrepreneurial smarts as true company builders. Read story
Kwame Kilpatrick, the optimistic mayor of Detroit and winner of this year's ICIC Mayoral Leadership Award, believes the Motor City is becoming a hotbed of en... Read story
Ten years ago, the two founders of a New York City-based executive search firm spent their first retainer on three prints from a gallery in Greenwich Vill... Read story
Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses. Read story
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