Columbia Business Times Archive

It’s one of the most important functions in an organization, and it’s also one of the most time-consuming. Which is why more and more companies outsource it. Employee...

One day recently, upon seeing me dressed in a red jacket, a coworker told me she read an article proclaiming red as “the new black.” Two weeks prior,...

There are many strategies that businesses use to retain high-quality employees. Some of these include good benefit packages, flexible scheduling, congenial work environments and family-friendly policies, but a...

When a doctor or nurse draws blood or takes a tissue sample at a hospital or clinic in mid-Missouri, the samples and specimens are likely to end up...

This piece is about the Missouri River. I have written before about the public policy relating to the Missouri River, and I have done so for many years....

A good business development consultant is very similar to your doctor. The physician’s goal is to discover the real source of pain. Many times a patient will describe...

Some business owners describe it as an intuition or a nagging sense that something is not right. Others say it’s like the two days before the flu sets...

Term limits, regionalism, research fight tearing away Columbia’s political status. House Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden’s remarks signified an astonishing change in Missouri’s historic stance on higher education....

“The power of the arts to transcend and transform the human condition comes because the arts create circles of convergence, a place for people to meet and share...

Cosmo Park…neighborhood parks…trails and playgrounds. Making a park requires a convergence of need, resources and opportunity, and it all starts with planning. Just as it tries to accommodate...