Of the myriad disadvantages small companies face, retaining talent is one of the biggest.
The trouble is, small companies often do business with other small fries who jealously guard their financials.
In that period the Russell 2000 index of small companies averaged only a 12% return.
Usually small companies' stocks get bid up on hopes that they'll be big winners.
Though Apple slowly but consistently purchased small companies, transformative deals were not its style.
Yet they have not even accomplished a fraction of what these small companies have.
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Much wickedness has descended upon the market for small companies, says tort lawyer John O'Quinn.
New jobs are created by young, new companies, not just SMALL companies- but NEW companies.
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Very small companies mostly those with fewer than 75 employees and firms at which the E.
Kevin went on to create and sell several very successful small companies in Calgary.
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Meitec, which is on the FORBES GLOBAL 300 Small Companies list, doesn't make anything.
Moreover, Novarro says, big deals are in many ways less risky than buying small companies.
And, indeed, small companies and human capital are specialties of the House of Venture.
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Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.
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The firm has made investments in small companies like Aquarius Technologies, a Wisconsin-based wastewater treatment firm.
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Small companies with value characteristics have outperformed the broad market averages over the decades.
These 200 Best Small Companies in America ( the list) are far from invulnerable.
Among small companies in the DFA small-cap fund, effective rates were more uniform, averaging 34 percent.
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Over the long haul, however, investors are nicely compensated for enduring small companies' short-term travails.
Last October Measurement ranked number three among the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies.
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The directive requires private-equity managers to disclose details of quite small companies within their portfolios.
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Other small companies in this market, eyeing the competition, have been merging or selling out.
Large and small companies will need to check their computers and those of their suppliers.
Last year's Best Small Companies picker set a high standard for Dedio to meet or beat.
Mr Brown lowered corporation tax for smaller businesses and abolished it for very small companies.
Small companies tend to be informal workplaces that lack stringent rules on Internet usage.
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The number of small companies using these types of tools is on the rise.
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Investing in small companies is more risky and volatile than investing in large companies.
Spencer had been raising money for small companies at Capital Express, in Lyndhurst, N.
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