Ad Council Campaigns That Have Made A Difference
http://www.adcouncil.org/ (Select
"Campaigns" and then "Historic Campaigns") |
A Beginner's Guide to Business Research
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/zicklin/research/
Description: A Beginner's Guide to Business Research is an e-learning module designed specifically for students doing company research for the first time. This module is a required information literacy component of Introduction to Business, a 1000-level course required of all students intending to major in business at Baruch College. The Guide covers two major sources of information: company websites (including annual
reports, 10-K filings, webcasts and press releases) and business databases for news, company profiles, histories and up-to-date stock information. Author: Louise Klusek; Institution: Baruch College, The City University of New York; Interviewer: Britt Fagerheim; *** PRIMO Site of the Month Interview, February 2007 *** |
Bizymoms
http://www.bizymoms.com/
"The Ultimate Work at Home & Stay at Home Moms Resource" Business ideas, recommended books and resources, and work-at-home scams and how to avoid them. Free weekly newsletter, and message board for more ideas on a variety of topics. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
http://www.bls.gov/
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the
Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics (publisher
of well-known Occupational Outlook Handbook). |
Business.gov
http://www.business.gov/
Business.gov guides you through the maze of government rules and regulations … and
provides access to services and resources to help you start, grow, and succeed
in business. (The official business link to the U.S. Government) |
BWN - Business Women's Network
http://www.bwni.com/
Acts as an umbrella organization to unite, network, and promote the 2300 women's business and professional organizations and websites profiled int he directory--a constituency representing more than 10 million women throughout the U.S. and Canada. BWN serves as a liaison between the executive branch, Small Business Administration, Congress, and other government divisions and working women--with an emphasis on women's business ownership. -- Kraynak's Best of the Internet |
CNN-Money
http://money.cnn.com/
A standout free site, it delivers timely, reliable news and market information, along with stock quotes, charts, and other data. Investors can use tools to track personal porfolios. It draws content from its own staffs of reporters (has sister sites). --Schlein, Find It Online |
Consumer Price Index
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics -- The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. |
Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
This excellent site is the Open Sesame of company profile sites---its search engine searches the major company information sites (Hoovers Online Capsule Reports, Zacks Earnings Estimates, Wright Company Profiles, etc.) and generates a substantial set of useful links. Use this service at your own risk, as you'll soon become addicted to this unique company profile metasearch engine! Now owned by Wright Investors' Service, corporateinformation.com, was begun in 1996 by George Regnery. |
Country Commercial Guides
http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
"
Country
Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the
assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive
look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and
market analysis. The CCG's were established by recommendation of the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, a multi-agency task force, to consolidate
various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community." Access
these reports by clicking on the "Country Commercial Guides" choice
under Report Type on the export.gov link ("Market Research Library")
above. Searching by country is recommended. Index
for CCGs prior to 2001 |
Deloitte WebGuides
http://www.deloittewebguides.com/
Welcome to the Deloitte Country Guides, featuring online content for 60 countries in a dynamic new web site designed to provide convenient, searchable information and insights on tax and business issues in key trading nations. |
Dun & Bradstreet
http://www.dnb.com/us/
Dun & Bradstreet is one of the best websites for monitoring company information worldwide; it offers a wide range of services and products, including corporate linking, as well as business information and country reports. Many of DNB's resources are available on other fee-based databases including the Million Dollar Directory (www.dnbmdd.com). --Schlein, Find It Online |
EDGAR - SEC Filings and Forms
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
This site provides U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial statements that are required from all public U.S. companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders. Available free from the SEC, EDGAR is a well-designed and reliable resource, with over 1 million documents in its collection. |
Federal Reserve: Fed101 (The Federal Reserve
Today)
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/
"Fed101 takes visitors on an interactive jouney through the Federal Reserve's
history, monetary policy, regulatory functions, and financial services. High
school, college students, teachers, and users of all ages will find useful
information and games." |
Financial Market -- Baker Library
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/financial_markets/
"This guide was prepared by Harvard Business School librarians for the HBS community. These resources have been selected as excellent starting points for academic research on the U.S. and international financial markets." |
Forbes 500s and other lists
http://www.forbes.com/lists/
Popular lists published every year by Forbes (best small companies, big companies,
...) |
Forbes Online
http://www.forbes.com/
Technology, investing, media, and politics are all covered in this site from Forbes publications. You'll find articles on companies, entrepreneurs, the economy, and the world's wealthiest people. The site features easy navigation, the latest financial news, and a good collection of personal finance tools, making it one of the best business sites on the Web. (largely from Kraynak, Best of the Internet) |
Franchise Zone of Entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Franchise_Zone/FZ_FrontDoor/
Dedicated to linking enthusiastic entrepreneurs with the top franchises, this site by Entrepreneur.com provides all the information you need to find the best franchises and become a successful franchisee. How-to articles, advice from experts, and lists of the top franchises in various castegories makes this the first site to turn for those considering the purchase of a franchise. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
FRASER » Federal Reserve Archival System for
Economic Research
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
New govt. site provides access to scanned image PDFs of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. The site currently features material from seven publications: + All Bank Statistics 1896-1955 (published 1959) + Annual Statistical Digest (issues from 1970-2000) + Banking and Monetary Statistics 1914-1941 (published 1943) + Banking and Monetary Statistics 1941-1970 (published 1976) + Business Statistics Supplement to the Survey of Current Business (issues from 1932-1965) + Concordance of Statistics (issues from 1978-2000) + Economic Indicators (issues from 1948-present, some missing) Plus statistical releases for Productivity and Costs from 1985-2003. Browse access is straightforward. |
FRED - St Louis Fed- Economic Research
http://research.stlouisfed.org/index.html
This site offers a wealth of economic data and information to promote economic education and enhance economic research. The widely used database FRED II is updated regularly and allow 24/7 access to regional and national financial and economic data. |
Fuld and Company - Competitive Intelligence Internet Index
http://www.fuld.com/Tindex/I3.html
An excellent tool for finding competitive intelligence information, the stuff you want to know about your business competitor or a company you are interested in buying. It contains links to over 600 intelligence-related Internet sites. Maintained by the Fuld Company, a leader in competitive intelligence work. |
Guide to Insider Trading- Online Publications at the SEC
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/insidertradingguide.htm
These publications tell you about legal vs. illegal insider trading, the rules on holding restricted stock, and rewards for tips on illegal trading.--Marylaine Block Neat New Stuff |
Hoover's Online - The Business Information Authority
http://www.hoovers.com/free/
Hoovers Online provides free company "snapshots" on over 30,000 public companies.
Also, more in-depth reports are available for a very reasonable annual---or monthly---fee.
Currently there is a small gray box to search the free information. |
Houghton Mifflin College Accounting
http://college.hmco.com/accounting/students/
Textbook companion site has wonderful resources of all kinds, from practice tests to online flash cards and extra reading. This site offers many different accounting texts on college accounting, cost accounting, introductory, and intermediate accounting. |
Houghton Mifflin College Business
http://college.hmco.com/business/students/
Textbook companion site hub for numerous business textbooks in General Business, Management, Marketing, Business Communication offers practice tests, case studies, and many supplemental resources. |
Industry Research Desk
http://virtualpet.com/industry/
Excellent starting point for the person researching an industry. The author brings together hyperlinks for industry data, industry home pages, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and office tools such as package costs and tracking devices, and more. |
Inside INdiana Business
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/default.asp
Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick, Indiana's Business News Leader -- site for TV broadcast on Sunday mornings, features Indiana business spotlight and news information. |
Internationalist
http://www.internationalist.com/welcome.php3
The source for books, directories, publications, reports, maps on international business, import/export, and more. Very nice site--colorful, easy to navigate, and loaded with choices. Links to Amazon and other retailers. -- Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
Intute - Social Sciences: Business and
Management
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/business/
Intute: Business and Management provides free access to high quality resources
on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject
specialists based at UK universities. We aim to match resources to the business
curriculum and the needs of researchers. Our target audience is students, staff
and researchers in higher and further education. |
KnowThis.com
http://www.knowthis.com/
KnowThis.com is a leading resource and reference site for those involved in marketing, market research, advertising, selling, promotion, and other marketing-related areas. KnowThis.com is edited and managed by Paul Christ, Ph.D. KnowThis.com's Marketing Virtual Library as been in existence since 1998 when it was chosen by CERN, originators of the World Wide Web Consortium, to be the Marketing specialty area within the World Wide Web Virtual Library. The WWW-VL is a collection of subject-related web sites maintained by experts throughout the world.The chief goal of KnowThis.com is to offer a web resource that is committed to providing unbiased, objective information that will offer valuable tools for business professionals, academics and students of marketing and related fields. Consequently, KnowThis.com does not intended to be a list of every marketing site on the WWW, instead we selectively choose the best resources on the Internet in an effort to reduce the time you spend looking for information. Detailed tutorials and many marketing topic areas (VERY interesting site). |
Location Quotient Calculator
http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewlq.htm
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has added a powerful new tool for labor market analysis to its web site services: the Location Quotient Calculator. The new calculator generates location quotients, a measure that is familiar to regional labor economists as a way to readily compare the industrial activity levels among different areas of the country." |
MarketWatch News (CBS)
http://www.marketwatch.com/
A standout free site delivering timely, reliable news and market information, along with stock quotes, charts, and other data. Investors can use tools to track personal portfolios; it draws content from its own staff of reporters. --Schlein, Find It Online |
Motley Fool - To Educate, Amuse and Enrich
http://www.fool.com/
Specializes in financial news and opinion, with message boards and discussion groups, notorious for rumor-slinging. Can get good tips, but must realize these are often unconfirmed rumors. Seems to require free registration, but web page appears if you wait it out. |
NYPL Guide - Searching for Company Information
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm
Excellent guide from New York Public Library, leads you through the questions of: Is the company U.S. or foreign-owned? Is the company private or public? What type of business is it? Why am I not finding my company? |
Office of Advocacy - U S Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html
Firm Size Data: Statistics of U.S. Businesses and Nonemployer Statistics "SUSB?s (Statistics of U.S. Business) employer data contain the number of firms, number of establishments, employment, and annual payroll for employment size of firm categories by location and industry. Industries are defined according to Standard Industrial Classification for 1988 to 1998 and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for 1998 and beyond. Receipts by employment size of firm are available for 1997. Special tabulations by receipt size of firm are available for the United States for 1997. The employer data consist of static and dynamic data. Unless otherwise noted, the data are static, that is, they are a "snapshot" of firms at a point in time." |
Office of Native American Affairs
http://www.sba.gov/naa/
The purpose of the office is "to ensure that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools." The site provides links to resources for Native American businesses, specific small business administration (SBA) programs, and information about using the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database to find firms owned by Native Americans. --lii.org |
OPEC
http://www.opec.org/
"OPEC’s mission is to coordinate & unify the petroleum policies
of Member Countries & ensure the stabilization of oil prices in order to
secure an efficient, economic & regular supply of petroleum to consumers,
a steady income to producers & a fair return on capital to those investing
in the petroleum industry." |
Research Starting Point
http://www.nesserconsulting.com/research.html
Nesser Consulting Groups original goal: "One of the most useful things that the internet provides is nearly immediate access to almost unlimited information and literally millions of statistics. As financial and litigation consultants, we often find ourselves researching various companies, industries, government statistics, financial trends, stock market information, etc." "On February 29, 2000 we unveiled the newest itteration of the Research Starting Point ... we have rethought and reclassified many of the sites within the Research Starting Point into what we believe is a more "user-friendly" and intuitive structure. Navigation bars were added to the top of each page to help you move throughout the Research Starting Point more easily. And, we have added "Diamond" () Sites to distinguish those sites which we feel offer the greatest utility. With that said, please enjoy your stay. We hope you find our Research Starting Point to be a useful tool in your navigation and use of the internet. Hopefully, this site will provide a structured means of accessing the information you are seeking." |
Researching Companies on the Internet
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/
One of the most-cited business tutorials on the WWW, Debbie Flanagan's tutorial is the best place to start a business-related research project. All of the links provided in the tutorial are free and open to the public without subscription. |
SMEALSearch: Academic Business Literature Digital Library
http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/index.html/
SMEAL College of Business, Penn State. Search for business documents on a specific subject or by a specific author. |
TheStreet.com breaking financial news, market commentary and stocks coverage that is insightful, irreverent and thorough
http://www.thestreet.com/ |
ThomasNet® - Find companies, product information,
CAD drawings, industry news and more
http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html
Powered by Thomas Register, this site now provides the information described
by this RUSA review of Thomas Register: Thomas Register, a searchable database
of North American manufacturing companies and products, contains entries
for more than 173,000 U.S. and Canadian companies, over 152,000 brand names,
as well as links to over 8,000 online supplier catalogs and Web sites.
Users can search by company, product, service, trade or brand name; and
products are also indexed using over 72,000 product heading classifications
to help users to define their searches. Once users have selected product
headings and viewed the listings of companies within those headings, they
can refine their searches by adding additional keywords or by limiting
the results to a particular state or province. Results contain brief company
profiles, and links to online catalogs, when available. Thomas Register
is an invaluable resource for finding product suppliers and useful for
locating manufacturing companies, distributors and suppliers. --RUSA Best
Ref Sites List |
Vault The Most Trusted Name in Career Information
http://www.vault.com/
Information on Industries, Career Topics Education Center, Companies, For Employers, Community Forums, Research, and Job Boards |
Working Mother Magazine
http://www.workingmother.com/
Look for link: "Best Companies" to find current info on 100 Best Companies for
Working Mothers and more |
Yahoo- Small Business News & Resources
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
Yahoo! Launches Small Business site--A new link for
the business researcher, full text content. "...
the service and content offering includes about 1,000 articles from sources
like Inc. Magazine and Entrepreneur.com on topics ranging from marketing
and legal to finance and human resources." Resources by category include:
Getting Started, Sales & Marketing, Online Business, Management & HR, Legal,
Finance, Office & Tech, and Tools (such as a Business Dictionary, package
tracking, loan calculator, and zip code lookup). |
AARP Policy & Research
http://www.aarp.org/research/
Research papers on topics and issues facing current and future retirees, including income, older workers, pensions, Social Security, public benefits, and savings and investment. Searchable, or browse alphabetically or chronologically. Archives go back to 1995. From AARP, formerly the American Association for Retired Persons. |
ArgMax.com - Economics News, Data, and Analysis
http://www.argmax.com/
This website contains economics news, data, and analysis, as well as various other economics related services. My name is John Irons and I am currently the associate director for tax and budget policy at the Center for American Progress, a DC based think-tank. (This is a personal web site, and statements on this site do not represent the views or policies of the Center for American Progress.) I was formerly the senior economic research and policy analyst, and Staff Economist at OMB Watch, a Washington DC nonprofit organization. And prior to that, I was an economics professor at Amherst College. I have a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. For many years I was the economics "guide" at About.com where I ran the site, wrote regular articles, and developed a library of web links. |
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
http://federalreserve.gov/
Maintained by the governing body of the Federal Reserve, this site provides an excellent gateway for the Federal Reserve System as a whole. Both banking professionals and those with a general interest in the economy will find useful features on this site. A search engine, as well as topical links, lead the user to rich descriptive and full-text material that includes press releases, statistical data, speeches, publications, and consumer information. In addition to descriptions of the twelve Federal Reserve district banks, there is an electronic map which links to the district homepages, which provide valuable information about different regional economies. This site is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in banking at the federal level or the economy as a whole. --RUSA Best Ref List |
Economic Growth Resources
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Economics/Growth/
A collection of economic growth and development resources, maintained by Jonathan Temple and hosted by the University of Bristol. Examples include: information about people who are experts in the field of economic growth, a list of the premier journals in the economic development field, a bibliography of select survey articles in the field of development and economic growth, a collection of growth data sets that can be downloaded, and news about upcoming conferences. |
FRASER » Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
New govt. site provides access to scanned image PDFs of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. The site currently features material from seven publications: + All Bank Statistics 1896-1955 (published 1959) + Annual Statistical Digest (issues from 1970-2000) + Banking and Monetary Statistics 1914-1941 (published 1943) + Banking and Monetary Statistics 1941-1970 (published 1976) + Business Statistics Supplement to the Survey of Current Business (issues from 1932-1965) + Concordance of Statistics (issues from 1978-2000) + Economic Indicators (issues from 1948-present, some missing) Plus statistical releases for Productivity and Costs from 1985-2003. Browse access is straightforward. |
Houghton Mifflin College - Economics
http://college.hmco.com/economics/students/index.html
Companion site for many economics texts (Principles of, Survey of, Comparative Economic Systems, History of Economic Though, Environmental, Labor, Managerial Economics, and Public Finance), offers practice tests, web links and more. |
How Much Is That- - EH.Net
http://eh.net/hmit/
Have you ever wondered what the value of a dollar was in 1895? Or what the GDP was in 1929? Here is a place where you can ask questions of comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and today. |
Index of Economic Freedom 2005
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/
This annual publication "measures 161 countries against a list of 50 independent variables divided into 10 broad factors of economic freedom. Low scores are more desirable. The higher the score on a factor, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys." Covers trade policy, monetary policy, property rights, banking and finance, and other issues. A project of The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. --lii.org |
Intute - Social Sciences: Economics
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/economics/
Intute: Economics provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet.
Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based
at UK universities. We aim to match resources to the economics curriculum and
the needs of researchers. Our target audience is students, staff and researchers
in higher and further education. |
Outline of the US Economy
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/
This report, released by the U.S. Department of State, charts the challenges and risks facing Americans and their economic well-being. The site examines how the American economy works, and explores how it evolved. |
RFE - Resources for Economists
http://rfe.org/
Every economics subject imaginable, sponsored by the American Economic Association. |
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