Westford (Massachusetts)


The Law;

Racal-Redac Inc., a $25-million CAD/CAM comapany in Westford, Mass., used to require all of its employees to sign an agreement promising not to work for a...  Read story

Let Them Eat Royalties

How one company negotiated $100,000 in capital in exchange for royalties based on sales.  Read story

Paying Investors Royalties

There's a middle ground between giving investors an equity share and treating theirmoney as a straight loan. When Andover Advanced Technologies, a sales a...  Read story

Executive Compensation;

Is there life after junior stock? Now that accountants have dampened the appeal of this second-tier stock plan by ruling that companies must count the st...  Read story

The Executive Club: Oprah Meets Operations

A bookclub for entrepreneurs that fires the mind.  Read story

Class Of '82: Who's Who Among The Acquired

1982 Rank Company Location Acquirer 413. Basic Concept Paterson, NJ Lightolier, subs. Bairnco <...  Read story

Identity Crisis

As businesses increase their use of technology, many low-tech CEOs feel like they're running high-tech companies. An essay on managing a head-first jump into...  Read story

Letters

Several readers responded to our September Inc. story about recruiting. Another reader provided some year-end reflection on a fellow high-powered CEO.  Read story

How to Survive Without a Job

Guide to creating your own workplace in the '90s. Focus on entrepreneurs the changing small business landscape.  Read story

A Buyers Guide To Personal Business Software

Vendor Program *(Price **) System Requirements DATA MANAGEMENT ASHTON-TATE dBASE II ($700) 48K ...  Read story

Squelching Office Conflicts

Bickering employees can kill office morale and productivity. More businesses are paying ombudsmen to help staffers get along.  Read story

Upstarts: Nontraditional Ads

Looking for a new place to stick your marketing message? Try fresh fruit. A look at how several new advertising companies are using new types of ads to reach...  Read story

Marketing's New Vanguard: The Cubicle

Targeting consumers in their offices and cubicles.  Read story

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read story

Power Trips

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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The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot...  Read story

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