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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. For example, a “mom and pop” Main Street shop has different financing needs than a high‐tech startup. from offshore.

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Can the U.S. Become a Base for Serving the Global Economy?

Harvard Business Review

The United States cannot rest on past success and take its multinationals for granted. These concerns can be heard in many places: the sobering survey by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin in HBR's special March issue on U.S. Yes, but success is not guaranteed. challenges that discourage hiring and investing in America.

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How Companies Can Help Rebuild America’s Common Resources

Harvard Business Review

But these trends also had more negative consequences, as Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter have argued in their work as co-chairs of Harvard Business School’s U.S. If companies want to invest in the common resources that ensure their success — and they should — they need to learn to effectively collaborate across sectors.