Turning failure into an asset
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An entrepreneur recounts how he and his partner lost all their assets when their computer hardware business, Microbits Peripheral Products Inc, failed. They restructured the company, bought back the assets from the bank, and renamed it Supra Corp. It now has $35 million in sales.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1993
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Sitting on solid ground
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Frederick Duckloe & Bros uses the skills of master craftsmen to produce its line of antique furniture reproductions. The company has grown to $3 million in annual sales by automating repetitive work, limiting waste and using information technology.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1997
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WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS: FORTY CENTURIES OF SOLID FAILURE
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EVEN THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS FAVOR WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS, HISTORY SHOWS THAT THEY USUALLY FAIL. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS IS PRESENTED. WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS DO NOT DEAL WITH THE REAL PROBLEM - THE CAUSES OF INFLATION.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1980
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