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Fall 2007 was a fascinating time to be an MBA student. As financial firms throughout the country suffered the fallout from the home mortgage crisis--much of it the product of [...]

Bob Lee has a nice way of saying thank you. When Swiger Coil Systems exceeds its quarterly revenue and profit goals, employees each get a gain-sharing check. Record months warrant [...]

Steve Giordano is facing a heavy risk. He recently opened a computer and IT network management services company. What's more, Giordano is facing an uphill challenge: to grow his new [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Like many small Northeast Ohio businesses, the Rutledge Group has been cutting costs to make it through the economic recession. After years of double-digit growth, the independent insurance [...]

John DeLillo has routinely competed against half a dozen businesses when trying to win public works projects for his Willoughby paving firm. But the president of the Ohio Paving Construction [...]

As his manufacturing business prospered, Roger Valentine realized he needed to protect his assets in case something happened to him. 'I could potentially leave my family with enormous messes that [...]

The first time Ken Kovach traveled to Russia, the country was still under communist rule. The Moscow airport was stark, dingy and dark. Armed guards were everywhere. Today, the airport [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite a sluggish economy, credit crunch and mortgage meltdown, the market for mergers and acquisitions is expected to remain healthy, if only for the next few months, according [...]

While falling behind in his mortgage payments, Ken Winchester developed serious health problems. But before undergoing surgery, he wanted to make sure his wife and their disabled daughter would be [...]

Brookpark's NASA Glenn Research Center, or GRC as it s called inside its tightly guarded walls, is where rocket science begins. 'Not many people wake up in the morning and [...]

Altercare of Ohio in Canton opened for business in 1973 with just one 50-bed nursing care home in Westerville, near Columbus. Since then, the company has exploded with growth. Today, [...]

OEConnection President and CEO Chuck Rotuno personally hands out birthday cards to employees every month. And much to the chagrin of--well--some of his employees, he has them stand up in [...]

Warning: Using the power of eminent domain, the government may take your land in the name of economic development even if your property is not blighted. That was the decision [...]

Experts agree the marketplace for mergers and acquisitions is a seller's paradise. That means investment bankers, private equity firms, strategic buyers, and even some hedge funds are looking to buy [...]

Congratulations! Your business is growing. You're winning more clients, hiring new employees and buying new equipment. You've done everything you can think of to maximize your office or plant. The [...]

All of us experience most of the good and bad moments of life in the buildings we call our own--our homes, our offices, our schools, our shopping centers, our churches, [...]

Empathy. Trust. Career advancement. Training, impowerment. Rewards. Recognition. Flexibility. For organizations that have won the NorthCoast 99 award four, five, six and even seven times in a row, these words [...]

So what motivates top-performing employees? Is it a great salary with all those nice benefits and perks? One might naturally assume that money always talks. But a new survey of [...]

JOE BLISS, PRESIDENT OF JBC Technologies Inc. in needed to make a major business move. He ran out of manufacturing capacity and had to find a new plant that would [...]

Robert Stark views himself as the poet developer. Just as artists paint, write, or compose, Stark expresses himself by building developments. 'I've always been passionate about developing,' Stark says. 'For [...]

Few people outside the Mahoning Valley know that the General Motors Corp. plant in Lordstown was nearly lost. Labor strife, soaring manufacturing costs, and quality problems gave the plant a [...]

TERRI HAMILTON BROWN IS NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR. The CEO of University Circle Inc. quickly extinguishes this rumor, which has drifted on the currents of insider conversation for months The [...]

James Smith's grandfather patrolled the dirt roads of 1920s Avon as a marshal on horseback when the town was just a country hamlet. 'My grandfather didn't drive an automobile, so [...]

An Olivetti electric typewriter sits behind Robin Eisenbrei. A worn, scuffed calculator rests on her desk. Eisenbrei used these office tools daily when she joined Morrison Metalweld Process Corp. as [...]

When he's not meeting with clients, spreading the corporate mantra to executives and employees, crunching numbers or promoting Second National Bank to investors and analysts, R.L. (Rick) Blossom trades his [...]

Not too long ago, people used to get dressed up to go shopping downtown as if they were going to church. After making purchases at their favorite shops, they didn't [...]

Mark Rantala uses a classic Western movie title to describe Northeast Ohio's retail environment--there is the good, the bad and the ugly. First, the good: More than 2.1 million square [...]

It was a little girl who provided the flash of brilliance that Merle D. Griff needed to find her entrepreneurial pathway. The little girl, a regular visitor to Griff's adult [...]

Werner E. Minshall, the new owner of the Galleria shopping center and Erieview office tower, is direct about what he does for a living. 'In the vernacular of the trade [...]

Head north from any point in Northeast Ohio and you'll inevitably meet the shores of Lake Erie. To many, the Great Lake is a natural stopping point; the end of [...]

David Barkay is an executive who is happy that his biotechnology firm decided to establish its U.S. headquarters in Cleveland. 'I'm very excited to be here,' says Barkay, president and [...]

At a SanJose, Calif., trade show last January, Bill King was passing out brochures promoting the Northeast Ohio high-tech industry. As president of Essential Research Inc. in Brook Park, King [...]

After the U.S. Congress passed the landmark, health care reform law in March, insurance executive Scott Dillabaugh began getting a ton of panic phone calls from his business clients. 'There's [...]

At the Youngstown Business Incubator, Mike Matousek sits in a corner conference room, its long table covered by laptops, smart phones and papers, its walls tiled by student art, index [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently, Mike Cantor was working late into the evening doing something many employers haven't been table to do in months: The COO and general counsel of Allegro Realty [...]

The hard reality of the global economy weighed heavily on Ashtabula Rubber Co. four years ago. Its key customers, under competitive pricing pressures, were searching for low-cost manufacturers in Asia. [...]

Need a stock tip? How about some advice on where to invest your annual company bonus or your retirement savings for the next 30, 40 or 50 years? You might [...]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] East Fourth Street in Cleveland is the talk of the town. The red brickpaved city block--illuminated by a dozen overhead strings of small, bright lightbulbs--is lined with an [...]

When David Browning invites clients to his Cleveland office, he admits it's challenging to give them alternate directions to avoid the inconvenience of the road and sidewalk reconstruction in downtown [...]

So where's Dave? That is the question many AmTrust employees look forward to asking every month: Dave Clifford, manager of the Cleveland bank's employee-referral program, announces a new prize winner [...]

'Candor is very efficient.' Legendary General Electrical CEO Jack Welch once uttered those words, words that TREK Diagnostic Systems CEO Mike Burke lives by. He uses them to create a [...]

CoolCleveland.com creator Thomas Mulready turned the third floor of his Lakewood home into a 600-square-foot office space complete with WiFi, Ikea office furniture, even a foosball table. While music filled [...]

When Johnson sees a disaster unfold on television news, she views it very differently now. 'When I see a tragedy on the news the reporters invariably interview people who ask, [...]

When growing your business means constructing a new building or expanding and renovating your headquarters, one of the most important decisions you'll make is selecting a project delivery system. A [...]

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson has been called many things in the media over the last four years. He's been called a liar, clueless and even several expletives. But he's also [...]

It's hard to talk about what will happen to your family and your business if something were to happen to you. And besides, nothing is going to happen to you [...]

On Nov. 7, Ohio voters will decide whether to legalize casino gambling throughout the state. But the emotionally charged debates among supporters and opponents are painting two starkly different images [...]

When Mary Pannito talks about her job at TREK Diagnostic Systems in Brooklyn, energy and passion lifts her every word that flows from her strong voice. 'It's not just the [...]

When Pat Perry, president of ERC, is asked why his organization invests so much time and energy every year to work on NorthCoast 99--an annual program that recognizes the best [...]

Most Northeast Ohio companies are using the Internet and their Web sites to attract and recruit talented employees. But most job candidates are not impressed with corporate Web sites, which [...]