The number of women-owned firms grew 17% between 1997 and 2004, according to the Center for Women's BusinessResearch, while the total number of firms rose only 9%.
This summer a 100-year-old box factory will reopen as the new International Water Technology Center, a seven-story research hub and business accelerator for water-related companies and promising startups.
The report was done in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, sustainability consultancy firm Irbaris, and the Investor Responsibility ResearchCenter Institute.
Mr. DAVID COLE (Center for Automotive Research): It really does represent a fundamental new business model of labor management relations, and I think it recognizes perhaps the most important element of job security is a profitable company over the long term.