Recently added articles from Montana Business Quarterly:
Message from Provost Royce Engstrom.
Jun 22, 2009; Engstrom, Royce C. ... In the world of higher education, hardly a day goes by that we don't hear about the financial challenges faced by institutions around the country. Public and private universities alike are faced with unprecedented financial scenarios that are requiring program curtailment, layoffs or ...
Housing affordability and Montana's real estate markets.
Jun 22, 2009; Barkey, Patrick M. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Housing prices in the last 20 years have surged ahead much faster than the income used to pay them. Over the span of time that the median price for a Montana home grew by 96 percent, the per capita income of Montanans only rose by ...
Long-term care insurance: could Montana's new partnership plan have helped the Smiths?
Jun 22, 2009; Furniss, Jerry ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mary and Bob Smith's Story Mary, age 62, and Bob, age 65, have worked hard helping their only child through college and are now looking forward to living the life of empty nesters. They have tried to do everything fight in funding their child's ...
Pre-existing health conditions limit job flexibility.(Survey)
Jun 22, 2009; Davis, Gregg ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nearly 47,000 Montanans identify themselves as having pre-existing health conditions that limit their ability to either buy insurance or switch health insurance carriers, and some say this restricts their job flexibility, according to a recent Bureau of ...
BBER hires new director of health care industry research.
Jun 22, 2009 ... The Bureau welcomes Gregg Davis, the recently hired director of health care industry research who will examine the state's health care markets, trends, costs and other high visibility topics. An economics faculty member at Flathead Valley Community College for the past 14 years, ...
Four-wheeling: off-highway vehicle use growing.(Survey)
Jun 22, 2009; Sylvester, James T. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Four-wheeling through mud, snow, and woodsy trails continues to grow in popularity in Montana, with the state's off-highway vehicle (OHV) owners spending nearly $123 million during 2008 and paying more than $1.4 million into the ...
