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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). They provide income to their owners, but by definition are not job creators.

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

Harvard Business Review

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. Multinationals' shares of employment, capital investment, and output in the U.S. manufacturing employment by 52.5%, or 3.3