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May 2004
Mike Hofman |
Q&A with Michael Porter Harvard professor and urban booster Michael Porter explains the vital role that growing companies play in the inner city.   |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
Pitting Markets vs. Poverty Harvard's Michael Porter talks about some surprising strengths in inner cities and how capitalist forces can help improve their lot |
Inc.
June 2006
Leigh Buchanan |
The 2006 Inner City 100 Good businesses, good neighbors, good stories: the fastest-growing urban companies in America. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Mike Hofman |
The Inner City 100 The Inner City 100, year four. The fastest-growing businesses based in some of America's poorest neighborhoods continue to fascinate us... |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
An Inner-City Renaissance The nation's ghettos are making surprising strides. Will the gains last? |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Stan Luxenburg |
Urban Magic Earvin "Magic" Johnson has helped prove that there is money to be made by retail developers in underserved inner-city markets that have not seen private investment in decades. |
Inc.
April 23, 2003 |
Mayoral Momentum It's no coincidence that many Inner City 100 companies come from cities that have strong support from public-sector leaders. |
Reason
February 2005
Town & O'Toole |
Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
From Projects to Progress in Chicago A massive renewal effort that stresses new housing, community services, and commercial development is turning neighborhoods around. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Mike Hofman |
Urban Outfitters Big-city mayors are eager to make revivified inner cities a part of their legacies... Cleveland... Denver... Chicago... Austin... |
Inc.
June 2006
Leigh Buchanan |
What Is an Inner City Company? The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, which compiles this annual list, defines inner cities as core urban areas - excluding central business districts - with higher unemployment and poverty rates and lower median incomes than their surrounding metropolitan statistical areas. |
Inc.
June 2007
Leigh Buchanan |
What Is an Inner City Company? Here are the conditions that candidates for the 2007 Inner City 100 must meet. |
Inc.
April 23, 2003 |
Inner City 100 Impact Index Inner City 100 companies impact their communities in more ways than just providing jobs to workers in America's urban areas. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Various Inc. Staff |
The Inner City 100 Almanac At a glance: The Inner City 100 CEOs and the companies they keep. Statistics on the CEO's, urban flight, and recruiting issues. |
Inc.
June 2007
Leigh Buchanan |
Raising Revenue, Building Blocks From Austin to Anchorage, America's fastest-growing inner city companies are cultivating business and goodwill in struggling neighborhoods. |
Inc.
May 2004
Bobbie Gossage |
Concrete Tips for Urban Pioneers If you're thinking of moving your company to (or starting a business in) an inner city neighborhood, here are some pointers to keep in mind. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Michael E. Porter |
The Secrets to Their Success In the Inner City 100, we found a new breed of urban business -- companies in the front lines of the new economy. |
Reason
May 2005 |
Letters Letters to the editor about the prior articles, "Live Free and Die of Boredom" and "Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods." |
Entrepreneur
December 2001
C.J. Prince |
(W)inner City When it comes to untapped entrepreneurial potential, the city's where it's at... |
Reason
November 2001
Sam Staley |
Ground Zero in Urban Decline Cincinnati isn't just a town down on its luck. It's the future of the American city... |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Leigh Buchanan |
On the Street Where You Live Why don't more inner-city residents start companies on their home turf? Two experienced founders have some answers. |
Entrepreneur
September 2006
Geoff Williams |
Future's So Bright Put on your shades to check out an inner-city entrepreneurship program and one of its stars. |
Reason
December 2000
Joel Kotkin |
Movers and Shakers How immigrants are reviving neighborhoods given up for dead |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 19, 2011
Garry Emmons |
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future Harvard Business School faculty are thinking along with government leaders and business practitioners about how to create sustainable places to live and work. |
Inc.
June 2006
Leigh Buchanan |
By the Numbers The Inner City 100, class of '06, in snapshot form. |
CFO
February 1, 2005
Don Durfee |
Big City Blues Sooner rather than later, businesses will feel the effects of local budget shortfalls, through higher taxes and fees, crumbling roads and bridges, and smaller police departments. Simply relocating may not be the answer --- many suburbs now face the same fiscal pressures as inner cities. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003
John Case |
Vital Signs Finally, some good news about business -- from a place you might least expect it. You will discover it among this year's Inner City 100, the fastest-growing private companies in America's inner cities. |
Inc.
January 2006
Sasha Issenberg |
Q&A: Joe Sitt, Thor Equities Joseph J. Sitt, the 41-year-old CEO and founder of Thor Equities, has spent 20 years trying to lure the nation's top retail chains into inner cities and yuppie downtowns. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Gary Gately |
Harbor Magic Spreads In City of Firsts Lower real estate costs and higher returns on investment in this secondary market have drawn investors far and near to some of Baltimore's most prized real estate. |
U.S. Banker
August 2010 |
Start Fresh One way Rust Belt cities like Detroit and Buffalo are dealing with an oversupply of housing stock is by demolishing blocks of vacant homes in blighted neighborhoods. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007 |
What is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities? Economists generally agree that urbanization, if handled well, holds great promise for higher growth and a better quality of life. But the flip side is also true. Here are three expert points of view on different ways to manage things well. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000 |
The Second Annual Inner City 100 ...we present the 100 fastest-growing businesses in America's urban cores and highlight the methods used to build them. Because of their locations, the companies honored here sometimes find life a little more challenging than many other businesses do... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2007
Sara Drummond |
New Rules for Retail Saturated markets and deep-pocket competitors are prompting changes in this once by-the-book commercial real estate investment sector. |
Entrepreneur
May 2002
Mark Henricks |
Flexin' the City Think you know the face of urban America? The U.S. city is in for a workout... |
Inc.
May 2006
Joel Kotkin |
Boomtowns '06 Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Carol Wolf |
Big Retail Chains Market Groceries to Inner Cities Wal-Mart, CVS, and others are getting more fresh foods into inner cities, where consumers are underserved. |
Reason
October 2003
Virginia Postrel |
Designing Rules Making room for different tastes |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Mike Hofman |
Emotional Branding Tying a company's identity to its leader can be a tricky proposition, both for the emotional toll it can take on the CEOs themselves and for their companies' long-term growth... |
CFO
February 1, 2005
Julia Homer |
Think Noble, Act Local Cities have been hit hard by the sluggish economy, and the situation argues for a more collaborative relationship with even the most shareholder-focused companies. |
Fast Company
November 21, 2011
Jason Feifer |
How To Lead A Creative Life Our complete guide to making your inner genius your greatest on-the-job asset. |
Inc.
October 2003
Jess McCuan |
IPO an Inner City 100 First Molina Healthcare becomes the first Inc. Inner City 100 company to go public. |
Fast Company
September 2006 |
School Days Should for-profit companies run public schools? An entrepreneur and a principal weigh in. |
Inc.
March 2004
Joel Kotkin |
Top 25 Cities For Doing Business in America If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. Fort Lauderdale, anyone? |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
Sebastian Rupley |
Now That's Some Leg Room In early October, London's Trafalgar Square was host to the Microcab (shown), an ultralight hydrogen-powered taxi designed for inner cities. |
U.S. CPSC
June 23, 2009 |
Diving Wings With Defective Inner Bladders Recalled by Poseidon Due to Drowning Hazard The inner bladder located inside the diving wing can break, causing the wing to fail to operate as a floating/buoyancy device. This poses a drowning hazard to divers. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
John Case |
Market Makers The many-faceted Inner City 100 companies seem to embrace new-business development as a way of life, branching out in boom times and bust times alike. And they don't typically exit one business when they get into another... |
CIO
November 14, 2012
Lauren Brousell |
5 Things You Need to Know About Smart Cities IT applications such as smartphone apps and cloud-based infrastructure management can be powerful tools for improving the quality of life in urban settings. |
