The business won the Queen's Award for Industry in 1971.

In August, he got the word: the two businesses had won the contract, involving 17 locations across the country.

But business, while successful in playing defense, did not win any great victories for its own causes, either.

Only after 17 months and more than $100,000 in legal fees, the business won its motion for judgment on the alleged violations.

The businesses that bid the most for the right to contact the consumer win the sales lead.

And when business wins a contract, it often replaces government jobs with private ones paying less in wages or benefits.

Big business, and the conventional approach, had won.

Small businesses also won billions of dollars in Recovery Act contracts.

They work with federal agencies to ensure that small businesses win 23% of all government contracts.

Manufacturers, hospitals and other businesses have won more than 76 percent of the time.