Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Edge Magazine

Locate news and trends, pointers from the pros, business builders, and resource collection.

Franchise Handbook: On-Line

Articles about franchising, a list of worldwide franchise associations, latest news about the franchise industry, and links to other Web sources.

Franchise Opportunities Guide(R) Online

Search for franchise and supplier information. Basic information provided is the name, location, and phone number. When a link is provided, access the description, training, qualifications, contact information, company details, startup cash required, and investment required. You will need to register to access thsi site.

Small Business Administration Online

Access documents about starting, expanding, and financing a small business plus local SBA resources. Also access the Small Business, documents concerning regulatory fairness, and the year 2000 issues.

Small Business Resource Center

Find information on how to get started, marketing, management, financing, and other information.

Small Business School

Locate information about entrepreneurship and small business owners.

State of Small Business Profiles

The Small Business State Profiles provide an excellent overview of the important role small businesses play in each state. They include baseline statistics on each state's small business economy - number of firms, small business income, industrial composition, job growth and detailed data on minority and women-owned. 1995-1997 documents are available for most states.

Statistics on Small Business

Locate general reports, documents dealing with financing and firm size data.

U.S. Business Advisor

Locate a wealth of small business data divided into five sections:

1. Common Questions: answers to questions that business people frequently ask government;
2. How-To: contains expert tools, step-by-step guides, and transactions;
3. Search: helps you find on-line resources and regulations for topics of interest;
4. Browse: locate data arranged under these topics: Doing Business with the Government, Finance, General Business, International Trade, Labor and Employment, plus Laws and Regulations;
5. News: current news items including press releases.

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Journals and Scholarly Publications

Harvard Business School Press

Search for case studies (abstracts), course outlines, abstracts from the Harvard Business review, and current offerings from HBR Press.

Inter-University Consortium on Policy and Social Research (ICPSR)

Access archival statistical data, recent developments, and information regarding governance and the ICPSR.

Magazines and Journals Online

Alphabetical list of links to online journals and magazines.

MISQ Central

Access the MISQ Quarterly for forthcoming paper titles, plus abstracts and tables of contents. Service provided in part by the Management Information Systems Research Center.

Perspectives on Business Innovation

"Perspectives on Business Innovation is a periodic journal of management theory and practice. Each issue focuses on a major business theme, explored in case studies, interviews, and new solution frameworks." Articles are available in both HTML and .PDF formats.

Richard Ivey School of Business Cases and Publications

Access case studies and abstracts. Registration is required.

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Labor - Management

Dunlop Commission Final Report

Officially referred to as the Commission of the Future of Worker Management Relations. Information made available through the web site at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations.

elaws--Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses

Brought to you by the United States Department of Labor, the elaws Advisors are interactive tools that provide information about Federal employment laws. Each Advisor simulates an interaction between you and an employment law expert. It asks questions and provides answers based on your responses. You may also browse by keyword and by topic.

Foundation for Enterprise Development Net

Locate the magazine Leading Companies and the Resource Library. The Resource Library contains company profiles and case studies, compensation stategies, employee motivation and empowerment, leadership, speeches and opinion articles, U.S. employee ownership research and policy, international developments, and the Foundation for Enterprise Development Publications.

Institute of Industrial Relations

Locate data from the IIR's units including the Center for Labor Research and Education's Labor Center Reporter, abstracts from the journal Industrial relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, the Labor Project for Working Families newsletter, the National Center for Working Families newsletter, and IIR working papers.

U.S. Department of Labor

Access information from various departments including the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

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Organizations

Institute of Management and Administration

Management news, newsletters, and industry resources (e.g corporation finance, exports/imports, and human resources).

Society for Human Resource Management

Locate press releases, information about conferences and seminars, plus information about the Institute for International Human Relations.

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Production Operations

International Organization for Standardization

Access the catalog of all 150 ISO International Standards including drafts, complete lists of ISO members and technical committees, and the series of International Standards for quality management.

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