This is the second post in a three-part series on the shrinking infrastructure market that we are posting in an attempt to dispel myths about moving business across state and national borders and to show how businesses can adapt to a global market. Why is the U.S. construction industry lagging behind its European and Asian counterparts...
Tag: Government Contracts
How to Navigate in a Shrinking Infrastructure Market
Within the United States, the shrinking and shifting infrastructure is causing companies to move across state lines in search of work. The same forces are pushing many U.S. companies to consider “going global.” These trends should not surprise anyone. Large, prominent infrastructure development projects are disappearing in this country. For example, after winning $810 million...
Tax Withholding on Contracts May Hit Hard at Small Businesses
Lately, the federal government has launched new or expanded preference programs to benefit small businesses, enabling them to compete better with larger companies and to keep their strong foothold in the economy. However, a little-known tax provision, if it remains part of federal law, is going to have a disproportionately harmful effect on those same...