General Business - Links to Sites of Business Information

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Gutman Library's Guide To Company and Industry Research

Research Starting Points (These "mega-sites" contain links to many additional business information sites)

• BestforBusiness.com - gateway to business information resources
• Best of the Business Web Sites - organized by business librarians
• Business Web Sites - University of Michigan Kresge Business School Library
• Business2.0 - a comprehensive business information directory from the magazine of the same name
• Business.com - many business links, nicely organized
• Business.com Industry Center - good starting point for industry information
• Business Information Sources on the Internet - University of Strathclyde, Glascow
• A Business Researcher's Interests - Yogesh Malhotra
• Business - Selected Websites - University of Pennsylvania Library
• Argus Clearinghouse - Business & Employment (choose Business & Employment from list)
• BusinessNation - a business directory, search and links database
• Dow Jones Business Directory
• Galaxy - Business and Commerce
• DMOZ Open Directory Project Business Links 
• EH.net Encylopedia - reference articles on economics and business history
• FT.com - a web business portal from the Financial Times
• Intellifact.com - features guided research on companies, markets and technologies
• InvestorGuide
• LSU Virtual Business Webliography
• MagPortal - a searchable database of links to full-text articles found on business magazine web sites
• Rutgers University Business Reference Gateway
• Selected Internet Resources - Columbia University Business School
• WWW Virtual Library: Finance and Investments
• Wall Street Directory - "Tools for the trader and investor"
• Yahoo - Business and Economy
• Yahoo - Computers and Internet

General Business (a collection of business information sources that aren't easily categorized)

• Basics of Business History: 100 Events That Shaped a Century
• B-Pubs.com - a business publications search engine
• Business Database - combines a large business dictionary and biographical information
• Business History - from Leiden University - histories for selected U.S. companies
• BusinessHistory.Net - covers 300 years of business history
• Business Law Site - a commercial site but contains good background pieces on business law
• Business and Technology Research
• Business Basics for the Workplace - introduction to business concept for novices
• Business City
• Business English Online - vocabularies for many business sub-disciplines
• CasePlace - helps faculty and students locate business cases (not the full-text)
• CEOExpress
• Doing Business - provides objective measures of 130 economies
• How To Read The Wall Street Journal
• Links to Business History - an international web site for business history (USA, UK, Germany, Japan and more)
• List of Lists - links to hundreds of "ranking" lists (e.g., top firms, etc.)
• nformationGateway - Business & Economics
• Quick MBA - background information on a wide range of business topics
• Strategic Management - Some Sources of Data on the Web
• Wall Street Executive Library
• What Was The Exchange Rate Then? - find rates for past years
• Women and Business - selective, annotated list of links on women and business
• Working Papers - links to working paper collections at major institutions (by subject)

Associations

• Academy of Management - Business Policy and Strategy Division
• American Society of Association Executives' Gateway to Associations
• Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

Company Research

• Big Charts
• Bizweb
• Bloomberg Financial
• Company Information Tutorial - A Babson Library tutorial for research companies
• Company Research - an instructional web site for basic company research techniques
• Corporate Culture - links to articles on the WWW
• CorporateInformation - search 350,000 company profiles, plus industry research
• CorpTech - specialized directory for hi-technology companies (registration needed for advanced features)
• FullDisclosure.com - Audio files of company reports on quarterly earnings
• How to Find U.S. Company Information - Science, Industry and Business Library, New York Public Library
• InvestQuest - investor presentations and financial documents for over 10,000 public companies
• IQC Quotes - historical quotes back to 1968
• List of Lists - multiple lists of rankings ("top lists") of companies and more
• MSN Company News - type in a name or ticker and get lists of news stories on companies
• Researching Companies Online - a quasi-guided resource for company research
• Searching for Company Information - NYPL business library  tutorial; has good "question" format
• SiliconValley.com - a database of the 150 largest public companies in Silicon Valley
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
• Top 100 Advertisers
• The Virtual Chase - legal and company research on the Internet

Entrepreneurship

• Bplans.com - a resource page focusing on business planning and developing business plans
• Entrepreneurial Edge
• Entrepreneurs' Help Page - from a commercial publisher, but there's a lot of free information here
• Webentrepreneurs.com - resource center for those starting or growing a web-based business

Ethics

• Business Ethics Directory - includes articles, publications, cases, and various corporate codes
• Business Ethics Resources on the WWW
• Case Studies in Business Ethics - articles about "doing good" in business from Inc.com

Industry Information

• Financial Times of London Industry Surveys
• Industry Data Finder - find links to statistics and data on approximately 25 major industries
• IndustryLink - a directory of links to industry web sites
• ITA SIC Index
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - official Census Bureau web site
• North American Industry Classification System - an unofficial clearinghouse
• OSHA SIC Search -still allows search of 1987 SIC codes
• Valuation Resources - links to resources for250 industries
• Virtual Pet - How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company
• Yahoo Finance Industry Center - good information but the number of industries covered is limited

International Business Sources (See Gutman Library's International Business Resource Page)

Management / Leadership / Human Resources

• Drucker Archives - contains the life works of Peter Drucker
• Free Management Library - management information geared to the needs of non-profits
• SooKoo - a specialized search engine for business strategy information
• Twentieth Century Great American Business Leaders - biographical profiles

MBA Program Related Sites

• MBAdepot - news items on MBA programs, links to programs, and other tools for MBA students
• The MBA Program Information Site - details of 2200 MBA programs worldwide

Mission/Vision Statements

• Mission/Vision BizBasics
• Dilbert Zone - Mission Statement Generator
• Info Web: Mission Statements