Business Information on the Web

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General Resources:

• @Brint (http://www.brint.com)- Enormous list of links to very current information in business, technology, and knowledge management.
• Better Business Bureau (http://www.bbb.org)
• Bplans.com (http://www.bplans.com) - Sample business and marketing plans as well as general information on small business development.
• Business culture, customs and etiquette (http://www.executiveplanet.com) - Cross-cultural business information.
• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home) - Associated with Amnesty International, the Centre's online library covers over 1600 companies, over 160 countries, and over 150 topics relating to business and human rights around the world.
• Business Plan Archive (http://www.businessplanarchive.org) - This partnership between the Library of Congress, the Center for History of New Media, and the University of Maryland Libraries brings together business plans and related planning documents from the early days of the "dot.com" boom and subsequent bust. Visitors will need to register (at no charge) to use the archive.
• Department of Commerce (http://www.commerce.gov)
• Financial Times (http://www.financialtimes.com) - Web version of London's international business newspaper. Includes links to other business-related web sites.
• Franchise Handbook Online (http://www.franchise1.com)
• International Chamber of Commerce (http://www.iccwbo.org/index.asp)
• Small Business Network Resources Library (http://smallbiz.infopeople.org/info_res)
• U.S. Small Business Administration (http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov)

Accounting:

• AccountingNet (http://www.accountingnet.com) - Career information, industry news, associations, and more.
• AICPA online (http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm) - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
• RAW - Rutgers Accounting Web (http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw) - Rutgers University
• Mission College Accounting Department (www.missioncollege.org/depts/acctg) - Accounting solutions manuals

Career Search:

• Bay Area Jobs (http://www.bayareacareers.com)
• Harvard University Office of Career Search (http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu)- Use the navigation bar on the left of the screen to locate excellent information on self-assessment, preparing for interviews, research, resumes and more. Printable brochures are available as well; check out the link for "Publications".
• California Employment Development Dept. (http://www.edd.ca.gov)
• Career One-Stop (http://www.careeronestop.org) - Research your chosen career, find job listings, and more.
• Jobstar (http://jobstar.org) - Resume advice, "how-to" information for job seekers, and job listings.
• O*Net Online (http://online.onetcenter.org) - Find the education, personality, and working conditions for hundreds of careers by using this site's "snapshot" feature.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://stats.bls.gov/oco) - From the U.S. Department of Labor.
• Mission College Job Placement Center (http://www.missioncollege.org/student_services/career/hotcareerlinks.html) - Mission College Career Placement Center Hot Career Links
• WetFeet.com (http://www.wetfeet.com/research/company_interviews.asp) - find out what it's like to interview at specific companies, research companies, etc.

Company Information:

• Annual Report Gallery (http://www.reportgallery.com)
• The Chronicle 500 (http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle500) - The top 500 companies in Northern California, rated by the SF Chronicle.
• Hoovers Online (http://www.hoovers.com)
• Researching Companies Online (http://www.learnwebskills.com/company) - How to locate free information on companies using the web.
• Online Annual Reports (http://www.annualreportservice.com) - Over 2200 annual reports, with links to corporate websites.
• PRARS: The Public Registrar's Annual Report Service (http://www.prars.com) - Free hardcopies of annual reports available by mail; online ordering.
• Yahoo Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/?u) - Type in a ticker symbol to locate company or fund information; links to hundreds of financial information sites.

e-Commerce:

• Doing Business on the Internet (http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/ecommerce/inet-business.html) - Valuable list of links to online resources in e-commerce; developed by the Library of Congress.
• E-Marketer (http://www.emarketer.com) - Information, statistics, and examples of successful and unsuccessful online businesses.

Finance:

• CBS MarketWatch Market Data (http://cbs.marketwatch.com/data/marketdata.htx) - Provides current (within 15 minutes) and historic data on individual stocks as well as indexes and exchanges.
• EDGAR (The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) (http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm) - SEC submissions from U.S. companies
• Encyclopedia of Finance (http://www.ameritrade.com/education/html/encyclopedia)
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred) - Extensive national data, such as producer price index and current interest rates, including historical data.
• Financial Data Finder (http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/DB_Search/db_search.cgi?setup_file=finance.setup.cgi) - Offered by Ohio State

Labor:

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov)
• San Francisco office, Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/ro9/) - Regional statistics, including information on California and five Bay Area Metropolitan Areas.
• Office of Small Business Programs (U.S. Dept. of Labor) (http://www.dol.gov/osbp) - Information for small businesses, with a particular emphasis on those operated by women and minorities.
• U.S. Department of Labor (http://www.dol.gov) - Information about laws relating to labor, assistance in complying with those laws, and related materials
• Institute of Industrial Relations (http://lib.berkeley.edu/IIRL/iirlnet.html) - U.C. Berkeley

Marketing and Demographics:

• Ad*access (http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess) - More than 7000 digitized print advertisements.
• Demographic Research Unit (California Dept. of Finance) (http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/Druhpar.htm) - Includes estimates and projections as well as past figures on California demographics.
• Consumer Expenditure Survey (U.S. Dept. of Labor) (http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm) - Information about the buying habits of Americans.
• Country commercial guides (U.S. State Dept.) (http://www.export.gov/comm_svc) - Information about commerce in many nations.
• International Trade Web Resources (http://www.fita.org/webindex2a.shtml)
• KnowThis.com: Marketing Virtual Library (http://www.knowthis.com)

Non-Profit Organizations:

• GuideStar - The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations (http://www.guidestar.org) - Gathers and distributes data on more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit and charitable organizations.
• National Center for Charitable Statistics (http://nccs.urban.org) - Guides, research briefs, and papers on donations to charitable organizations.
• Urban Institute: Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Publications (http://www.urban.org/content/PolicyCenters/NonprofitsandPhilanthropy/Publications/Pubs.htm)

 

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