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

Harvard Business Review

An important but less well-documented type is comprised of an estimated 1 million small businesses that are part of commercial and government supply chains (referred to as suppliers). And the success of large companies and growth start-ups often depend on a strong cluster of suppliers.

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

Harvard Business Review

And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. The United States cannot rest on past success and take its multinationals for granted.