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American City Business Journals Inc. is the nation's largest
publisher of metropolitan business newspapers, serving 35 of the country's
most vibrant markets. The Web site provides links to each newspaper's home
page, with news, information and commentary from each American City Market.
You'll find upwards of 1,000 articles, news items, and columns about local
business from around the country.
American Demographics / Marketing Tools -- for businesspeople
who need to find, reach and keep customers. The American Demographics bookstore
is a source for the best business books, software and datasources, now
online with full text search. Order from your web browser on a secure,
encrypted connection, or call toll-free. The site provides various
research tools including a search facility. Search the publication archives
and the rest of this site by keyword or phrase. Join editors and
readers (and American Demographics' Dr. Demo) in an online discussion group.
Get help, share your expertise; browse through questions, comments, job
postings.
http://www.blackenterprise.com
BE was l aunched in 1970 by Earl G. Graves,
one of America's most successful entrepreneurs, BE now boasts more than
3.1 million readers. A subscription to BE provides monthly access to a
news analyst, business consultant, consumer advocate, technology specialist,
career counselor and financial advisor ­ all rolled up in one,
when and where you need it, for a fraction of the cost.
Business Process Redesign section delivers a lot of useful
information for any organization that wants to improve its workflow and
processes. Also an extensive list of links to documents on workflow
and online tools for analyzing and improving the business process.
The Business Forum Online equips the smaller business
and entrepreneurs with branchings to two unique resources: Our Internal
Index offers a compendium of over a year of weekly columns addressing a
broad range of issues and opportunities of immediate and practical interest
to the owner/manager of the smaller business and entrepreneurs. There are
also informational and professional contributions by other authorities
examining complementary areas of concern. All topics are cross-indexed
by subject. Our External Index offers wide-ranging links to more than 50
important informational and professional resources throughout the world
to meet the needs of the smaller business and entrepreneurs. Representative
of the ten topic areas are: Primary government resources, Outstanding academic
resources, and Management tools for the smaller business.
The Business@Home website is an online gathering
spot and information resource for the working-from-home community.
The Business Hotline-Online is a monthly business publication
available free of charge which covers topics facing today's small and home
based businesses: accounting and finance, legal issues, direct mail, public
speaking, personal finance, marketing tips, import/export, business opportunities,
franchising information, and marketing on the internet.
http://www.brint.com/interest.html
A Business Researcher's Interests is a searchable knowledge
map of Contemporary Business, Management and Information Technology issues.
It provides access to hundreds of full-text articles & papers, magazines
& journals, case studies and tools, and thousands of other resources
on some of the hottest issues of interest to Business, Technology &
Information professionals. Cutting-edge topics include Business Process
Reengineering, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, Complex Systems
& Chaos, Intranets, Virtual Corporations, Outsourcing, Electronic Markets
& Electronic Commerce. Also included are a research jumpstation for
all areas of business research, international business issues, intellectual
property issues, information policy issues, web strategy and marketing
issues, and key applications of information systems research.
Business Week invites you to explore Business Week
Online on the Web. To have complete access, a visitor needs to subscribe
to the print version of Business Week.
The Conference Board's Consumer Research Center (CRC)
pulls together data from dozens of sources, analyzes it and puts it together
in formats that you can use. CRC produces the Consumer Market Guide, the
Consumer Confidence Index, Measure of Business Confidence and a full library
of consumer information for busy professionals. CRC economists monitor
major demographic trends and anticipate changes in the consumer marketplace.
Our subscribers have immediate access to demographic information, analyses,
special reports and forecasts that help in day-to-day decision-making and
long-term planning.
As a full-service weekly newspaper, Direct Marketing News
is first and foremost a news medium which carries timely news articles
on new DM campaigns of direct marketing companies, news of DM and general
advertising agencies, activities of direct marketing clubs and associations,
postal news and legislative developments, along with business news and
economic developments of interest to direct marketers. In addition
to its staff-written news coverage, DM News also publishes regular columns
and feature articles by acknowledged experts in the field on such topics
as DM creative, catalog marketing, database marketing, hi-tech marketing,
legal issues, Internet marketing, production and printing and other disciplines.
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com
Entrepreneur Magazine's Small Business Square® is one of the largest and most comprehensive sites on the Web with thousands of pages to browse through. Following are the major services associated with BizSQUARE: The Small Business Convention Center, the Small Business Resource Center, the Small Business Advisor, etc... Warning: sticky site
Entrepreneur Magazine also has a web site for ordering books on small business and new ventures. The url for this particular site (also sticky) is http://www.smallbizbooks.com
The Entrepreneur's Mind is a web resource that presents
an array of real-life stories and advice from successful entrepreneurs
and industry experts on the many different facets of entrepreneurship and
emerging business. Every two months a new issue of the EM will present
in-depth profiles of entrepreneurs and how they grew their successful companies,
as well as interviews with industry professionals discussing an aspect
of starting and growing a new business venture.
Entrepreneurs and Small Business Web Resources Page is
produced and administered by Autonomy Publishing Corp., producers of Unique
Consumer Software Packages for Windows and the book, Building Yourself:
Putting Your Success Together One Piece at a Time. This page is a an extensive
listing of various resources that are available to small business owners
on the Web.
Inc. Online is the full-service electronic consultant
to people starting and running their own companies. Inc. Online goes beyond
Inc. magazine to bring you resources, information, and original articles
that are only available online. More than 5,000 articles are archived online,
from Inc. magazine, Inc. Technology, and the State of Small Business issues,
from August 1988 to the present. The site
also has a Business Resources web page with links to starting a business,
writting a business plan, time management, managing people, and customer
service.
Has extensive networks of lending and leasing partnerships
targeted at online businesses. Also offers access to distribution
partnerships.
http://www.prenhall.com/scarbzim/
Prentice Hall sponsors an Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Resource Web Site. It uses the site to advertise its three textbooks
in the area. It also offers access to information about starting
a business, developing a business plan, and links to other resources.
Today's business market is a dynamic environment, full
of incredible opportunity -- and great risk. For anyone starting, running,
or investing in a business, understanding the business of technology is
a competitive necessity. Through Redherring.com, Red Herring Magazine and
Red Herring Events, we provide timely market information, strategic insight,
and access to growing entrepreneurial communities. Red Herring Communications
provides a unique insider perspective no other media company offers.
The Research Institute for Small & Emerging Business,
RISEbusiness, is an independent, nonprofit research and educational organization,
located in Washington, D.C. RISEbusiness focuses on the national need for
objective, nonpartisan policy research on small and emerging enterprises
and their influence on the nation. RISEbusiness acts a research clearinghouse,
sponsors and commissions studies and gets information out to its key audiences,
including policy makers, the media, and business advocacy groups. RISEbusiness'
Board of Officers and Directors includes successful small business owners,
as well as public affairs analysts, attorneys, and corporate leaders. RISEbusiness'
support comes from small entrepreneurs, business leaders, foundations,
and corporations interested in small and emerging enterprises.
http://www.smallbizpartners.com/success/index.html
Published by Partners for Small Business Excellence, the
magazine Small Business Success, is available on this website.
Articles can be read or printed off the web pages.
The Small Business Journal is a publication that provides
informative articles on various business related topics. All articles
are written by experts in their respective fields. Subscriptions
are available on the website. There is also a large resource sections
providing a number of categorized links.
Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
With more than 50,000 pages of information and news that
changes 24-hours a day, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition represents
a vast information resource on a variety of topics. Some information
is free, but a subscription is needed to have full access. A subscription
is $49/yr or $29/yr if already a print subscriber to WSJ.
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(Last updated 8/8/02 by E. J. & J. D. Hunger)