Business research and B Guide - Resources and Review

Online edition of the magazine for company directors and board members. Includes full text articles from the current edition and an archive of back issues. Also features a database of directors for publicly traded companies in the US.
 
Provides access to the Harvard Business Review, HBS cases, teaching materials, and other publications.
 
Reports the results of a project aiming to reduce crime against 1400 small businesses in Leicester. Outlines business surveys conducted and their findings, measures implemented to combat various problems revealed, and identifies resultant changes in crime patterns. Presented as a PDF file.
 
Offers qualitative and quantitative observations on the state of regulation and market structure in OECD member countries. Covers product market regulations including state control of business enterprises, barriers to international trade and investment, and sector
specific structures in telecommunications, transportation, electricity supply, and retail distribution. The database must be downloaded before use, and both Microsoft Access and Excel versions are available.
 
This journal examines how a variety of business processes intrinsic to organisational efficiency and effectiveness are integrated and managed for competitive success.
 
Set of links to contemporary business, management and information technology issues, including hundreds of full text articles and papers, magazines and journals, case studies and tools. Topics include business process re
engineering, knowledge management, organisational learning, complex systems and chaos, intranets, virtual corporations, outsourcing, electronic markets and electronic commerce.
 
A collection of business resources including directories and CD's, UK and European company reports, products and services addressing risk management and direct marketing, and reports covering topics like business expectations and failures. IT vacancies are advertised.
 
A non
profit organisation of over 280 leading US industrial companies.
 
FEND is a non
profit federation of leading companies and universities working in collaboration to research, develop, test, and disseminate current enterprise knowledge management and innovation.
 
Extensive collection of material indexing relevant sources for business and professional use. Incorporates statistical and pictorial data covering a variety of topics, and from countries around the world, including a large UK section.
 
Organisation promoting pan
European, market oriented research and development across almost 30 European countries. Offers news articles, reports and policy documents.
 
A guide to Internet resources containing business information, with emphasis on UK sources. Includes company profiles, financial information, export data, business news, and market information.
 
Outlines forecasting techniques and their application to management, operations research, and the social sciences. Features a dictionary, answers to common questions, and full table of contents and abstracts from 'Principles of Forecasting: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners'.
 
Keyword searches return abstracts and extracts on a range of business related topics including accounting, advertising, exportation, information technology, public relations and risk analysis. Business news, management guides, case studies and information directories are also available. Subscription is free to all students, lecturers and librarians in further and higher education.
 
A series of news articles, book reviews, and conference and seminar reports about business related issues. Topics covered include finance and investment, leadership and change, marketing, health economics, public policy and management, business ethics and managing technology.
 
Aims to advance the academic understanding and professional practice of effective financial management, control, and accountability by publishing research based on theoretical or empirical analysis.
 
Research, analysis, and inquiry into issues of theoretical and practical importance to the business community. Topics covered include finance, security markets, banking, administration and management, marketing, and industrial organisation.
 
Collection of financial information, reports and accounts for UK listed companies. Free access to summary information, company data and news is provided, with access to full reports on a subscription basis. All resources are keyword searchable.
 
Annual reports for companies traded on the US stock exchanges, including most of the Fortune 500. Contains broker recommendations, summaries of business activities, industry ranks, earnings estimates, market commentaries, and balance sheets.
 
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