Author: Kim Palmer

Living the American Dream

In an industry in which failure rates are high, Fady Chamoun is breaking new ground in the restaurant business with his Aladdin's Eateries. [read more]

Market muscle

Bob Schnabel has worked out the best way to reach customers ... and keep them. [read more]

Living together

Before making a business commitment, you may want to get to know your suitor a little better. [read more]

Radio days

With MIT and Wal-Mart leading the way in RFID technology, vendors and manufacturers may have to tune in or drop out. [read more]

Reasonable and prudent

Consider a third-party adviser when it comes to qualified plans. [read more]

The great buy in

When Dick Abbott wanted to convert his business into a 100 percent employee-owned company, he turned to the one group that could benefit most -- his employees.

Nontraditional manufacturing

Technology integration is the new tradition in manufacturing.

Fly right

When its market got smaller, Voss had to work better.

Web insight

EYEMG asks, 'What good is technology if you can't control it?'

High-tech trash

For Ross Environmental Services, regulation is the mother of invention.

Language barrier

Smaller manufacturers can walk the walk but often can't talk the talk.

Workers’ complication

The Ohio Supreme Court's recent ruling may render your absentee policy illegal.

Million-dollar smile

Entrepreneurial dentists and aging baby boomers are creating a new world of consumer health care products.

A private affair

The glamour and prestige of being a public company is gone for some smaller companies.

Pro bono

What's better than free legal advice? A lot of free legal advice.

Part of the whole

Family Heritage believes that if you really want your employees to embrace corporate giving, make it part of everything you do.

United giving

For Eaton, corporate and employee giving go hand-in-hand.

Critical mass

MetroHealth answers the high demand for trauma services like no other area hospital.

Contract sport

Sometimes getting the client to sign on the dotted line is just the beginning.

Filling the gap

A new generation of philanthropists is making a difference in the nonprofit world.

Small claims

In the case of self-funded health care plans, the road less taken may be that way for a good reason.

Senior years

As our population ages, long-term care is growing up.

Miller’s crossing

Sam Miller's success is based on professional anonymity and personal relationships.

Ben Curtis played here

Councilman John Conti wants more Akron PGA champs, and he know just how to make that happen.

Road to Wellville

Tech transfer follows a long and winding road, even for the patient investor.

Exemption to the rule

The Department of Labor attempts to clear up some of the questions surrounding employees wages.

Broken China

With so much business going overseas, U.S. manufacturers have two things going for them: Quality and flexibility.

Pass it on

When is a good tip a bad idea? When you're the only one who knows about it.

Ba da baby boomers

How will one generation transform the future of health care in America?

What’s up, doc?

Medicine has had to roll with the changing economic environment, just like any other business.

Don’t drink the water

It's important to take preventive health measures when sending employees overseas.

Recharging Invacare

How Mal Mixon plans to double sales and change an industry

Numbers game

DATATRAK may be the key to getting drugs to market faster.

The buck stops here

Leadership is key, but for Ron Auletta, manufacturing is definitely a team sport.

Simple logic

RIS Logic is looking to command the radiology medical software market, one client at a time.

The new wealth

Health care is one of the leading issues of this generation, and the Cleveland Clinic is one of its leading facilities.

Lien on you

In new construction, sometimes paying once is just not enough.

Home field advantage

Backyard recreation courts and putting greens are becoming par for the course.

Workers unite

One of the main components of implementing lean manufacturing is employee input and buy-in.

Design of the times

Nottingham-Spirk knows what the consumer wants before the consumer does.

Guess who’s coming to dinner

Remember your rights when OSHA comes a knocking.

Test your business IQ

In business, what you don't know may hurt you.

Is there a nurse in the house?

One employer found that offering flexibility is the answer to a nursing shortage.

All in the family

Howard Lewis built a successful health insurer by following a slow and steady path of growth.

Over deliver

Accountability and customer service are two reasons Anthony Hodel has outpaced his competitors.

School in the summertime

With Tooling U, students can learn what they need, when they need it, as fast as they can learn it.

Don’t drink the water

It's important to take preventive health measures when sending employees overseas.

Board straight

Nonprofit board members need to take heed of their responsibilities just like public board members.

Write right

In business, it is better to write to express, not impress.

Double depreciation

Don't forget the IRS' bonus for small businesses.

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