Selected Resources

General | Accounting | Economics | Banking and Finance | Labor & Human Resources | Marketing
Small Business | International

General

• Annual Reports (try this first)
• Hoover's Online (U.S. companies)
• Stocks, Ratios, Profiles, etc. (Reuters)
• Stock Symbol Lookup
• Edgar Online
• BizStats (financial ratios)
• Edgar Online (Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Mergent Online (company financial information)
• America's Largest Private Companies (Forbes.com)
• Cost of Living Comparisons (city to city)
• Cost of Living Data (current)
• Real Earnings Data (current)
• State & Regional Unemployment Summary (current)
• NAICS
• Fortune 500 companies (2007)
• Fortune Global 500 companies (2006)
• Inc. 500 (Private companies, 2007
• Largest mergers and acquisitions by corporations, 2006
• Competition in Health Insurance: a comprehensive study of U.S. Markets, 2007
• Retirement Plan Participation - Gender Differences
• Effect of Minimum Wages on Wages and Employment (County-Level Estimates for the United States)

Accounting

• CCH Tax Research Network
• AICPA Online
• SEC Home Page
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
• Two-thirds of all U.S noncash payments in 2006 electronic (Fed. study)

Economics

• Inflation Rates
• Consumer Price Indexes
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Latinos - Labor / Employment Reports

Banking and Finance

• FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Reserve System
• Value of a dollar (conversion)
• Markets Data Center: Historical Tables (WSJ)

Labor & Human Resources

• LaborWEB - AFL-CIO Web Page
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• OSHA Home Page
• IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor

Marketing

• Ask a Sale Pro
• NTDB
• Family Firm Institute
• AMA - American Marketing Association
• Business and Marketing - (Yahoo)

Small Business

• SBA (United States Small Business Administration)
• 200 Best Small Companies in America (2007)
• Minority Business Statistics (MBDA)
• Understanding Health Insurance Issues of Small Firms (2007)
• Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Consumer-Directed Health Plans And Health Savings Accounts: (Have They Worked For Small Businesses?)
• Small Business Growth: Searching for Stylized Facts (.pdf)

International

• Millennium Development Goals, 2007 (World Bank)
• Production-related Industrial Statistics (UNIDO)
• UN List of Least Developed Countries, 2006 (statistical profiles)

China

• Making Sense of China's Economic Transformation
• China's Nexus of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth: Making Sense of the Anomaly
• China and the Global Economy: Medium-term Issues and Options - A Synthesis Report
• China's Stock Market: A Marriage of Capitalism and Socialism
• China's Rise and U.S. Influence in Asia: A Report from the Region