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BUSINESS RESEARCH
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SELECTED ELECTRONIC
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BANKING |
Accounting, Banking & Finance
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/finance.html
Provides links to information on accounting, banking, stock markets,
personal finance, currencies, and on economics and business in general. Click on
to a History of Money to access a collection of essays on various themes using
information from a book by the same title.
Charts & Quotes
http://tradingcharts.com
Site includes free financial charts and quotes for stocks, market
indexes, and money markets.
21st Century Money, Banking & Commerce Alert
http://www.ffhsj.com/bancmail/addon.htm
The user will access a small, but well selected, alphabetical list of hyperlinks
to web sites on money and banking issues focused on the 21st century.
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BOOKS |
The electronic books listed below are available through the
CCM Library Catalog
Hlupic, Vlatka. Knowledge and Business Process
Management. Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., 2003.
eBook HD30.2 .K634 2003eb
Shin, Namchul. Creating Business Value with
Information Technology : Challenges and Solutions. Hershey,
PA : Idea Group Pub., 2003.
eBook HD30.2 .S553 2003eb
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BUSINESS
ETHICS |
Applied Ethics Resources on WWW
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources/
Maintained by the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British
Columbia. Areas covered include codes of ethics, association codes of ethics,
ethics institutions & organizations, other organizations of interest,
publications, specific topics, courses, and public sector ethics.
Business Ethics
http://www.businessethics.ca/
Business ethics articles, case studies, and news items.
- CasePlace.org
http://www.caseplace.org/
- "A searchable database of business case studies and supplemental
materials" provided by the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. User
must register, but registration is free.
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BUSINESS LAW |
Doing Business
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
This database from The World Bank Group "provides indicators of the cost of
doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain
business investment, productivity, and growth." Covers such topics as
starting a business, dealing with licenses, enforcing contracts, dealing with
investors, and trading across borders.
The 'Lectric Law Library's Study of Law
Study
http://lectlaw.com/study.html
Site contains very useful information for studying the law. Under
Reference Room the user will find an excellent dictionary, and a well-organized
section called Legal Topic Areas. Check out Business Law-General and
Business-Regulations to find good material for research papers. Use the 'Lectric
Law Looker-Upper to do a document search by subject.
Uniform Commercial Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
Includes a law lexicon, an area on legal topics, business law in general,
business regulations, and especially employment and labor law and issues. Site
allows for subject searching.
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DATABASES |
ABI Inform
Banking Information
Source
Business Source Premier
Hoover's Company Records
Lexis-Nexis
Reference USA
Regional Business
News |
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E-COMMERCE |
Web Marketing Today
http://www.wilsonweb.com/
Searchable database of online resources and journal articles relating to web
marketing and e-commerce.
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GENERAL SOURCES |
Business
Technology Management Best Practices
http://www.brint.com/interest.html
Contains full-text articles on business, management, and technology
issues. This is an excellent place to start researching a business topic.
Fifteen subject areas lead the browser to articles, white papers, Internet
connections, and more.
CollegeJournal
http://www.collegejournal.com/
Site sponsored by the Wall Street Journal that guides
business students to educational and work-related sites centered around a career
in business. Includes topics such as Career Paths, Job Hunting, Global Careers, and Success at Work.
Company Research
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/companyresearch/Company_Research.htm
Having knowledge about a potential
employer gives you a competitive edge over other job seekers. Learn how to do
company research and find the resources you can use to research most compaines,
including Securities and Exchange Commission filings, business directories, and
news sources.
Dow Jones
http://www.dowjones.com/
Includes history and timelines, stock quotes, and dividend histories.
Glossary of Financial and
Business Terms
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm
The New York Times
on the Web has compiled a list of over 2,500 entries.
Hoover's
http://hoovweb.hoovers.com
Covers 13,500 U.S. and foreign companies, both public and private. Under
the Site Map: find profiles of more than 3,400 companies; search by location,
industry, and/or company type; locate financial reports of 7,500 corporations;
and access subsidiary information. Under the List of Lists: find companies
categorized by different criteria--by size, geographical location, salaries,
brands, etc. Click on to Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance & Workplace
to pull up descriptions of selective companies' current environmental and social
efforts.
Online Women's Business Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
Comprehensive site from the United States Small Business
Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership that offers programs and
resources for women and business.
Researching Companies Online
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company
Deb Flanagan's tutorial presents a step-by-step process for finding free
information on companies and industries available on the Internet, including
their annual reports, home pages, and company profiles. It covers national and
international companies, nonprofit organizations, and international business.
This site is a good place to start if you are researching a particular company.
SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Provides electronic access to registration statements,
periodic reports, and other forms of both foreign and domestic companies that
have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Searchable by
company name or SIC Codes and includes details on regulatory actions and
investor information.
Wall Street Executive Library
http://executivelibrary.com/
Useful link to online business resources that includes media
sources, financial markets, company and industry research.
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HUMAN
RESOURCES |
- HR-Guide
http://www.hr-guide.com/
- This large website contains contains
"hundreds of pages of information related to Human Resources." Subjects
include staffing, compensation, law, industrial organization psychology,
safety, labor, performance appraisal, online forms, training and development
and more. Site can be translated into French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and
Portuguese.
HRWORLD: For the Management of Human Resources
http://www.hrworld.com
Includes information on, products and services for, and articles about
human resources. Users must sign up for the service, but membership is free.
- Human Resources and the Internet
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/subjectGuides/index.html
Subject guide from Cornell's Catherwood
Library here offers resources on arbitration and mediation, benchmarking,
benefits and compensation, diversity in employment, employment and labor
relations, global HR, knowledge management, safety and health, sexual
harassment, telecommuting, training and development, and more.
SHRM Online
http://www.shrm.org/
Includes white papers arranged by topic, helpful information on
governmental affairs, full-text articles from HR Magazine (including a
subject-based index), and links to additional resources on HRM.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS |
The Federation of International Trade Associations
http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html
Includes business directories and trade information, international market
research, international franchising, and sections on trade issues and trade
security.
globalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Developed by the Michigan State University's Center
for International Business Education and Research (MSU-CIBER). Provides
overviews, background material, and links on 190 countries; international
business resources organized into 7 categories (for example, under "Money," the
user will find information on stock exchanges, banks, and finance); a study
ranking 23 emerging markets; and a glossary.
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JOURNALS |
Business & Economics
http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&S=SC&C=BU |
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MANAGEMENT |
Academy of Management
http://www.aomonline.org/
A good resource for business policy strategy. Contains
bibliographies of material on business policy strategy.
APICS: The Association for Operations
Management
http://www.apics.org
A distribution center for business management publications
and educational material. Case studies in education are found under Articles.
Check out Top Management on APICS Education, and the APICS Articles Archive.
BPS: Business Policy and Strategy
http://divisions.aomonline.org/bps/
This division of AOM focuses on the roles and problems of managers. Check
out Bibliographies; Recent Writings in Business Policy and Strategy, for
full-text articles; and Management Archives. User can chose a database and
search using the standalone search engine. Site contains working papers, work in
progress, and pre-published articles in management related topics. A good source
of information for the researcher.
Center for Collaborative Organizations
http://www.workteams.unt.edu
Check out free articles & literature, where the researcher will find
useful articles on work teams.
INFORMS
http://www.informs.org
Of interest to the research are the searchable databases, in particular
the Bibliographic Database of articles covering items from 982 to 1997 mostly
from INFORMS journals, and the Working Paper Articles of current research
reports. Articles tend to be very technical in nature.
strategy+business
http://www.strategy-business.com
Sponsored by Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Site expands the Strategy &
Business magazine. Search for articles on management and business by
keyword or be specific search term, or browse articles by category.
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MARKET ANALYSIS |
AIM: Association of Investment Management
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~aim/
Resources contained here are geared for graduate students at the Stern School of
Business interested in investment management careers. Site features investment
tools, reports, stock market games, other web sites (broken down into bonds,
federal reserve, financial guides, futures, Hoover's magazines, research, SIA,
and more).
The Financial Pipeline
http://www.finpipe.com
Equity articles are divided into primary topics (about stocks/ what is a
stock/ stock valuations/equity basics/equity management styles) and into
secondary topics (charting & other indicators/common stock/corporate
development/financial ratio analysis/fundamental analysis/preferred
shares/quantitative managers/sector rotators/stock pickers/technical
analysis/technical managers/warrants).
The Mathematics of Individual Finance
http://www.busadm.mu.edu/mandell/mif.html
Site includes chapter 5 from Mathematics of Individual Finance,
covering the time value of money, future values, compounding interest rates,
present value, annuities, duration, amortization schedules, uneven cash flows
determining payments, bond valuation, HH capital budgets, discussion questions,
and sample problems.
Value Line
http://www.valueline.com/
Resources include electronic publications, Dow Jones charts, economic
calendars, and educational videos.
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NEW
JERSEY BUSINESS |
Business Forms for Commercial Recording
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/dcr/geninfo/corpman.html
New Jersey's Division of Revenue has here made available, in .PDF format,
business forms that are frequently filed with them.
New Jersey Business
http://www.njbmagazine.com/
Online magazine of the above-mentioned New Jersey Business & Industry
Association.
New Jersey Business & Industry Association
http://www.njbia.org/
Association for New Jersey companies and industries. Includes the New Jersey
Employment Watch; NJBIA's newsletter (Workplace Report) and magazine (New
Jersey Business Magazine); and a section reporting on topics of interest
from Washington, D.C.
New Jersey Business Resource Center
http://www.njbrc.org/
Excellent source of information on licensing and certification. Note the
section on maps for locating businesses, and the section on new jersey top
business lists.
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Directory
http://www.2chambers.com/new6.htm
Alphabetical listing of all chambers of commerce in New Jersey, and links to
national listings state--by-state.
New Jersey License & Certification Guide
https://www.state.nj.us/LCI/liccert.pdf
Online version of the license and certification guide, published by the NJ
Commerce & Economic Growth Commission, Dept. of Business Advocate and
Information.
Taking Care of Business
http://www.state.nj.us/njbusiness/index.shtml
Part of New Jersey's official website. Provides general information as well as
links broken down into the following broad categories: starting a business;
relocating a business; existing NJ businesses; and doing business in NJ.
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REAL
ESTATE |
American Real Estate Society
http://www.aresnet.org
Site aimed at professionals and academics. ARES publishes real estate
journals including the J. of Real Estate Research, J. of Real Estate
Literature, J. of Real Estate Portfolio, and J. of Estate Practice and
Education. The user can search for articles from these ARES journals.
The Real Estate Educators Association
http://www.reea.org/
This site is broken down into service links (information pertaining to
REEA), resources for members only, REEA articles and resources, and education
and reference resources. Under the last heading, users will find links to
government information including, for example, links to Ginnie Maes, tax
information, and more.
The Real Estate Library
http://relibrary.com/main_page.asp
A comprehensive educational site for the professional or academic. User
can browse the Resource Finder to locate mortgage lenders and realtors by state,
or use one of the many useful links listed. Hot Links, and under that,
Statistics and Research, provides the user with, among other items, an idea directory for research
papers, reference tools including dictionaries, maps, zip codes, thesauri,
demography and population databases, government links, and an index to past
articles (1976-1996) found in Real Estate Issues.
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SMALL
BUSINESS |
BEOnline
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/index.html
This site, designed by the Business References Division of the Library of
Congress, is devoted to providing Internet resources in the fields of
entrepreneurship and small business.
Edward Lowe Foundation
http://edwardlowe.org/
Includes information
on small business and entrepreneurship. User can browse site using the subject
index, the alphabetical list, or search the entire site.
New Jersey Small Business Development Centers
http://www.njsbdc.com/home/
Site includes FAQs, free counseling service, documents aimed at the
individuals interested in setting up a small business, and practical advice.
Small Business
http://money.cnn.com/smbusiness/index.html
Online magazine containing current and archived articles of interest
to the small business owner. Includes links to the Fortune 500, Fortune
magazine, and more.
U.S. Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
U.S. government office directed at all facets of the small
business enterprise. Site includes search capability, a site map, and an online
library.
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TUTORIALS |
How-To Guides
http://www.inc.com/guides/
Includes resources on entrepreneurship, small business, and e-commerce.
Interactive Business Planner
http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/home_en.cfm
Provides definitions and tips as well as sample business plans and financial
projections.
Online Small Business Workshop
http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/workshop-sessions.php
"Designed to provide you with the tools and information to assist you with
developing your small business" through six business start-up sessions.
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SELECTED
LIBRARY RESOURCES
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AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS |
Business Basics.
Scottsdale, AZ : Sunburst Visual Media ; [New York] : [distributed by Insight
Media], [2004?].
Reserve Video Z642 .C66
The Corporation. [United
States] : Zeitgeist Films, 2005.
DVD HD2731 .C67 2005
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room. Los Angeles, Calif.: Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2005.
Video HD9502.U54 E57 2005
Outsourcing: White Collar
Exodus.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005.
DVD HD2365 .O98 2005
Wal Mart : the High Cost of Low Price.
New York : Retail Project L.L.C. , 2005.
DVD
HF5429.215.U6 W356 2005
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BOOKS |
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, -. Reference HF5681.R25.A45 2004
Alred, Gerald J. The Business
Writer's Handbook. (7th ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press,
2003.
Reference
HF5726 .B874 2003
American Salaries & Wages Survey. Detroit, MI :
Gale Research, 1991-.
Reference HD4973.A447 2003
The
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management : Business Ethics.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Reference
HF5387 .B455 2005
The
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management : International
Management. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Reference
HD62.4 .B455 2005
Business Statistics of the United States. Lanham, MD : Bernan
Press, 1996-.
Reference HC101.A13122 2005
Capela, John J. Dictionary of
International Business Terms. (3rd ed.) Hauppauge, NY :
Barron's, 2004. Reference HD62.4 .C36 2004
D&B Million Dollar Directory : America's
Leading Public & Private Companies. Bethlehem, PA : Dun
& Bradstreet, 1997-
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Reference
HC102 .D8 2007
Directory of M&A Intermediaries.
New York, NY : SDC Publishing, 1992-.
Reference HD2746.5.D57 2003
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1970- . Reference HF5353 .E52
2005
Financial Yellow Book. New York, NY : Monitor
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Reference
HG65.F52 2003
Gitman, Lawrence J. Principles of Managerial Finance.
Boston: Pearson Addison Wesley, 2005.
Reference HG4011 .G5 2006
Handbook of Common Stocks. New
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Hoover's Handbook of American Business.
Austin, Tex. : Reference Press, Inc., 1991- . Reference HG4057
.A28 2003
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies.
Austin, Tex. : Hoover's Business Press, 1997- . Reference HG4057
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Hoover's Handbook of World Business. Austin,
TX : Reference Press, 1991- . Reference HG4009 .H66 2004
Lehmann, Michael B. The Irwin Guide to
Using the Wall Street Journal. (7th ed.)
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Reference
HB3743 .L44 2005
Little, Jeffrey B. Understanding
Wall Street. (4th ed.) New York :
McGraw-Hill, 2004.
HG4910 .L54 2004
Martin, Jeanette S. Global Business
Etiquette : a Guide to International Communication and
Customs. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
Reserve HF5389 .M375 2006
Nasaw, David. Andrew Carnegie. New York :
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CT275.C3 N37 2006
New Jersey Business Directory. Omaha, Neb.: American Directory
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Reference HF5065.N5 N42 2007
New Jersey Business to Business Directory.
Morganville, N.J. : Corfacts, 1992-.
Reference HC105.N5 B8 2005
New Jersey Directory of Small Businesses.
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OTC Semi-Annual
Stock Summary. New York, NY : Pink Sheets LLC, 2004- .
Reference HG4907 .N34 2005
The Outlook. New York: Standard & Poor's Corporation, [current year].
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Reynolds, Janice.
The Complete E-Commerce Book : Design, Build & Maintain a Successful Web-Based
Business. (2nd ed.) San Francisco : CMP Books ; Berkeley, Calif.
: Distributed to the Book trade in the U.S. by Publishers Group West, 2004.
HF5548.32 .R49 2004
Standard & Poor's Corporation Records. New
York, N.Y. : The Corporation, [current year].
Reference HG4501 .S76635
Standard & Poor's Counterparty Ratings Guide.
New York, N.Y. : Standard & Poor's, [current year].
Reference HG3751.5 .S698
Standard & Poor's Creditweek. Ephrata, Pa. :
Standard & Poor's Corp., [current year].
Reference HG4501 .S7662
Standard Corporation Descriptions. New York,
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Reference HG4501 .S76636
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Reference HG4921 .S76
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Reference HG4921.S75 2004
Timmons, Jeffry A. Business Plans that Work : a Guide for
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The Value Line Investment Survey. New York: A. Bernhard, [current
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Walker, Danielle Medina. Doing Business Internationally :
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JOURNALS |
Business America (1985-1994)
Business Economics (1984-1993)
Business Horizons (1973-1999)
Business Week (1965-1997)
Dun's (1970-1974)
Dun's Business Month (1981-1987)
Dun's Review (1975-1981)
Forbes (1934-1994)
Fortune (1930-1994)
Harvard Business Review (1922-2004)
Inc. (1984-1994)
Venture (1988-1989) |
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