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

Harvard Business Review

The next-largest segment of small businesses is comprised of what I call Main Street entrepreneurs. As Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin have noted, strong supply chains bring “low logistical costs, rapid problem solving and easier joint innovation.”

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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. The ensuing waves of globalization and technological progress brought great benefits to American firms and consumers. Competitiveness Project.