BUSINESS LINKS

Sites are presented in alphbetical order and reflect no preference.

• AAAHQ: The American Accounting Association.
• Accounting Terminology: A guide presented by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
• Ad* Access: Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
• ACNielson.com: ACNielsen was established in the United States in 1923 by Arthur C. Nielsen, Sr., one of the founders of the modern marketing research industry.
• Advertising World: The Ultimate Marketing Communications Directory from the University of Texas.
• AICPA: The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
• AIE's Investor's Clearinghouse: The Alliance for Investor Education is dedicated to facilitating greater understanding of investing, investments and the financial markets among current and prospective investors of all ages.
• Annual Reports Online: Annual Reports Online and guides to Investor Relations pages.
• Background Notes: Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations.
• B & E Datalinks: Economic and financial data sources.
• Baker Library Research Guides: Harvard University's Business School produces guides to help in the use of resources at Baker and beyond for business and career research.
• Bankrate.com: Find Mortgage rates, financial calculators, and channels covering topics such as investing, taxes, and small businesses.
• BELL: The Business Ethics link Library: Resources for Research in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.
• BEOnline Plus: Ninety BEOnline subject guides (Business Resources) from the Library of Congress.
• Biz/ed Reference: Biz/ed is a free online service for students, teachers and lecturers of business, economics, accounting, leisure and recreation and travel and tourism.
• Bizfinance: Global Business and Finance Resources.
• Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg's Business News.
• BLS: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Business Plan Archive: In partnership with the Library of Congress, the Center for History and New Media, and the University of Maryland Libraries, the Archive collects and preserves business plans and related planning documents from the Birth of the Dot Com Era so that future generations will be able to learn from this remarkable episode in the history of technology and entrepreneurship.
• Business plans and Profiles Index: A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types.
• Bplans: Business plans with samples.
• Brint: Business technology network, with portal to resources in E-commerce, business technology, knowledge management and general business and technology.
• Busethics: Business Ethics maintained by Sharon Stoerger.
• Business2.0: A directory of business resources.
• Businessweek: Online magazine.
• Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary: Glossary of over 8,000 finance terms.
• CEOExpress: A business portal for executives.
• Chicago Business: Crain's Chicago Business Online.
• CSRwire: Corporate Social Responsibility website.
• CIR: Current industrial reports from the Manufacturing and Construction division of the Census Bureau.
• CI Tools: Competitor Intelligence Index and CI toold from Fuld & Company.
• CorpWatch: CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism and works to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice.
• Country Briefings: 60 Country Briefings from the Economist.com.
• Country Comercial Guides: Country Commercial Guides (CCGs) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies and present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.
• Directory of Developmental Organizations: The directory of development organizations, listing 51.500 development organizations, has been prepared to facilitate international cooperation and knowledge sharing in development work, both among civil society organizations, research institutions, governments and the private sector.
• Doingbusiness: The Doing Business Database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement, and are comparable across 145 economies.
• Drucker Archives: The mission of the Drucker Archive is to preserve the profound intellectual legacy of Peter F. Drucker and to manage that legacy to the benefit of the scholarly community, the institution and the practice of management as a whole.
• EDGAR: SEC filings and forms: All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR and a nyone can access and download this information for free.
• EH Net: Economics and business history.
• Europages: European Business Directory, 500,000 companies in 30 countries.
• Export.gov: Export.gov provides online trade resources and one-on-one assistance for your international business – whether you’re just starting or expanding your global sales.
• Fed101: An interactive Federal Reserve System economic education web site using Flash technology.
• Federal Reserve: The Federal Reserve Board.
• FINWeb: FINWeb's list of Internet resources providing substantive information concerning economics and finance-related topics.
• FITA: Web Resources for International Trade with over 4,000 links.
• FMI: Food Marketing Institute with resources on the retail food industry.
• The Food Products Association: The Food Products Association is the largest trade association serving the food and beverage industry in the United States and worldwide.
• ForecastCenter: A focal point for forecasts from a wide range of sources; a resource and community for understanding change.
• FRED2: FRED II, a database of over 1000 U.S. economic time series from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
• globalEDGE: Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
• Groningen Growth & Development Centre: The Groningen Growth and Development Centre is a research group of economists and economic historians at the Economics Department of the University of Groningen.
• GuideStar: Searchable database of U.S. nonprofits and charities' activities and finances.
• Hoover's: Search for business information and industry profiles.
• IMF: The International Monetary Fund.
• Inc.com: Small business resources.
• Index of Economic Freedom: A reference guide to foreign investment codes, taxes, tariffs, banking regulations, monetary policy, black markets, and more.
• Industry Research Desk: Site emphasizes free industry research tools and includes a guide "How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company".
• Inc.com: Information, services, and tools for the small business builder.
• Infotoday: Newsbreaks and conference reports.
• International Business Sources: From U. N. C. Charlotte University Library, a meta-index of 1,500 useful websites.
• Iowa Electronic Markets: From the University of Iowa a real-money futures markets in which contract payoffs depend on economic and political events operated by faculty at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business as part of their research and teaching mission.
• IRS: Internal Revenue Service.
• InvestorWords.com: An online investing glossary.
• KnowThis: Marketing Virtual Library with resources for market research, marketing plans, internet marketing, marketing careers.
• Marketingpower.com: From the American Marketing Association.
• MarketResearch.com/: MarketResearch.com is an aggregator of global business intelligence representing the most comprehensive collection of published market research available on-demand.
• Market Research Portal: Site is an extensive resource for anyone with an interest in Market Research.
• Market Segmentation": A Guide to Sources of Information Compiled by Ellen Terrell.
• MarketWatch: Stock Market Quotes, Business News and Financial News from the leading provider MarketWatch.com, wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
• Money - Past, Present & Future: Sources of Information on Monetary History, Contemporary Developments, and the Prospects for Electronic Money.
• Opinion Sites: PRiMeR, Ltd. is a full service opinion polling and marketing research consultancy.
• OTTI: ITA Office of Travel & Tourism Industries.
• OWBO: OWBO promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.
• Path to Investing: Path to Investing hopes to provide clear, objective, and practical information that can help you become an educated investor.
• Patents and trademarks: A guide provided by the LSU libraries.
• PRARS: The Public Register's Annual Report Service.
• Reportgallery: Over 2,200 current annual reports are listed on the gallery.
• Researching Companies on the web: A Business research tutorial for locating free corporate and industry information on the Web. A guide for locating business information on the Web.
• Restaurant.org/: Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry.
• Roundup24: Business Filings Databases -- Updated by Kathy Biehl.
• SBA: U.S. Small Business Administration, programs and services to assist small business owners and potential entrepreneurs.
• SCORE: SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is America's premier source of free & confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs.
• StartupNation: Advice on all aspects of starting and growing a business from entrepreneurial experts, Jeff and Rich Sloan.
• The Tax Foundation: The mission of the Tax Foundation is to educate taxpayers about sound tax policy and the size of the tax burden borne by Americans at all levels of government.
• Taxsites: Tax and Accounting Sites Directory is a comprehensive index of web-based tax and accounting resources.
• Thomas Register: Search ThomasNet, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information.
• Trendwatching.com: Trendwatching.com and its 8,000+ trend spotters scan the globe for emerging consumer trends.
• TRUSTe: An organization aimed at promoting public trust and respect for privacy in Internet environment such as e-commerce.
• The Upjohn Institute: The W.E. Upjohn Institute is an independent, nonprofit research organization devoted to finding, evaluating, and promoting solutions to employment-related problems.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The US Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size.
• Virtual Finance Library: A Virtual Finance Library from Ohio State University.
• VIBES: Virtual International Business & Economic Sources with 1,600 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information.
• Wachowicz's Web WorldWeb Sites for Discerning Finance Students.
• Wall Street executive library: A portal that describes itself as containing "The Web's Best Business Sites!".
• Women, Enterprise & Society: This Web-based publication identifies materials in the Business Manuscripts Collection at Baker Library that document women's participation in American business and culture from the eighteenth through the twentieth century.
• Worldbank: The World Bank Group.
• WScentral: Wall Street Central with daily stock tracking.
• WTO: World Trade Organization.
• WTO/GATT: WTO/GATT Research by Jeanne Rehberg.
• Yahoo!Finance: Yahoo's business information portal.

Links last verified and updated 3/21/2007.

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