The basic law of supply and demand that you learned in college is playing out at your small business: In a good economy, in which jobs are plentiful, competition for employees intensifies and ...

Give it one week, and certainly no more than two. It shouldn't take any longer than this for a small-business owner to learn that managing employees will be his No. 1 challenge. Employees might call ...

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A business can be affected by both internal and external environments. These internal and external factors can influence your business performance in huge ways. Of course, factors that are external to ...

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Here is some research sure to rankle every employee who has applied for an internal promotion and been passed over in favor of someone brought in from the outside. According to Wharton management ...

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