10 ways to increase your firm's value
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Value means more than earnings multiples. A potential buyer, or lender, values proprietary products, niche markets, consumable products, and a good organization. Other issues of financial accountability, debt reduction, and a record of climbing sales and profits are also considered.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1996
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Bringing new firms out of their shell
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More than 800 business incubators exist across the US to help start-up companies become self-sufficient. Most are operated by not-for-profit groups seeking to foster the development of small business in a particular community or industry.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1997
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Ways to curtail employee theft
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Employee theft of goods and cash costs employers an estimated $120 billion a year. Techniques for identifying employees who steel and preventing employee theft are described.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1993
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