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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 New Strategies for Inner-City Economic Developments Initiative for a
Competitive Inner City

Michael E. Porter

5 Initiative For A Competitive Inner City: The National Business Scltool Network
Monica Rivera Dean
Marilyn L. Taylor

14 The Sntall Business Institute Program: High Impact Entrepreneurship
Education

Charles H. Matthews

23 Exploiting the Interne(: Strategies and Frameworks for a Small Business
Vivek Choudhury

Dennis Galletta

44 Improving Profitability of Very Small and Small Firms: The Impact of Quality
Practices in tire Human Resource Area

Ronald Cook
Radha Chaganti

Cengiz Haksever

57 Small Business Solutions: Building and Leveraging a Competitive Intelligence
Capability lVitltout Going Broke

John E. Prescott
Cynthia E. Miree

77 An Erploration of Diversity Practices In Small Successful Companies
Sandra Powell

H. Lon Adams
Brian Davis

91 SMALL BUSINESS BRIEF—How Small Businesses in the United States are
Responding to the Challenges and Opportunities of Workforce 2000

Arthur Shriberg

Thomas D. Clark
Sherrie E. Human

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